A Bonfire of Labour Laws?

May 2, 2010 Longrider Civil Liberties, General News, Political 20

Are we finally seeing a real Conservative? Has David Cameron been hiding his light under a social democratic bushel? Can this really be?

The centrepiece of the Tories’ Queen’s speech, to be held within the next month if the party forms a government, would be a “great repeal bill”.

This would scrap ID cards, home information packs and dozens of rarely enforced criminal offences introduced by Labour over 13 years.

Okay, so he probably wouldn’t go anything like far enough, but this is a start. A damned fine start. All he would need to do is keep going, keep repealing – and when he realises that some of those laws didn’t come from Westminster, but Brussels, there will be only one way to keep going, won’t there?

I cannot vote in this election due to the bureaucracy of registering to vote. Had I still been living in Bristol, I would have cast a vote for the Tories on this issue alone.

 

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20 Comments

  1. Yes, there will.

    “Thank you, European Union. We’ve had a shit lovely time but we really must be going…”

    Hopefully UKIP will have a few seats too. To keep the bastards honest, like.

  2. I’d simply add Sean Gabbs warning not to do it piecemeal for fear of giving the undead time to get organised.

    And of course to be sure to shred or destroy anything made obsolete by this, so it cannot simply be re-instated.

  3. Oh, I agree – scorched earth. Sweep the whole rotten edifice aside, close all unnecessary government departments and destroy all of the legislation that underpins the monster. Do they have the cojones? Ah, but that’s another matter…

  4. I’m off to a hustings tonight. If I can, would you like me to ask the (incumbent) Tory MP of more details of this?

  6. If I can, would you like me to ask the (incumbent) Tory MP of more details of this?

    Why not? I’d like to know which egregious laws they intend to scrap.

    Carswell and Hannans idea.

    I’m not too fussed whose idea it is – I just want to see it happen.

  7. So would I. So far we’ve got ID cards and the NIR and ContactPoint. Presumably the CRB farrago will remain in place.

  8. My reference to shredding was the data and paperwork. Bureaucrats live by their paperwork. If the accumulated paperwork of 10, 20 or 50 years has been shredded, there can be no incentive to recreate the department. If not, there is always the temptation

  9. I’ll believe it when I see it, Longrider. So often, iDave says one thing, then does the opposite – it’s his modus operandus.

    Let’s not forget his Heir to Blair pitch, and the fact that he admires Obama. I don’t believe he’ll deliver – any more than Obama has.

    Maggie T doesn’t support him. Can’t think why! 😉

  11. David Cecil Tarquin Primrose Sebastian Alexander Cameron the third must be doing something right if he has even managed to con Longrider into supporting his appalling party.

  12. The centrepiece of the Tories’ Queen’s speech, to be held within the next month if the party forms a government, would be a “great repeal bill”.

    I wouldn’t bank on it. After years of Labour mis-rule in NZ, they finally elected a National government (National being the other party in their two party system). What they are now finding is that National are competing to “out Labour” Labour! National are by no means sticking to their election promises.

    Alas, I am certain that the current Tory party will do just the same. Led by a man who believes himself to be the “heir to Blair”, and who has moved the Tory party further to the Left than it has ever been before, and who has reneged on quite a few “cast iron guarantees”, this will not be a Conservative government as the electorate expect. Instead it will be a Social Democrat (in the European sense) government. Expect more of the same, except slightly less “in yer face”.

  13. Well, it’s that or more Brown. Take your pick. I didn’t say my support was unconditional, nor am I conned. Let’s see if he will deliver, eh?

  15. If he delivers a great repeal act, then that’s a good thing. If he delivers his national service idea, that’s a bad one.

    Given the options on offer, this is the least worst. As I say, it’s that or another five years of Brown.

  16. Brown has been leading a tired Labour party who, unless he actually wins outright (which is really not going to happen is it?), will be baying for heads to roll. His will and (I suspect) a few others of the current cabinet. Back bench or fast retirement? I suspect the latter – a quick by-election anyone?

    Allied to the suggestion that Clegg will not work with Brown in a collation – I think we have been witnessing the death throws of that grim neo-Stalinist regime, hopefully sucking down the likes of Mandleson with it.

    If the Conservatives fail to get an outright majority (and the betting is still looking like that is the outcome) The remains of the Labour party in an alliance with the Lib Dems could herald a change to the voting system and an end to the ‘first past the post’ system.

  19. I think a European referendum is pretty unlikely – but once we get PR and if enough people still want a referendum there will be a chance for you to elect those who would…

  20. I’m not going to carry on about the referendum on Longrider’s post on the Bonfire – just to say that there have been developments today.

    As for the Bonfire – all power to his throwing arm.
    .-= My last blog ..State of play =-.

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