| SamuelRSmith said: Sorry... what legislation? Here are all the Bills going that the Government are drafting/putting through the system: http://www.commonsleader.gov.uk/output/Page2641.asp what one of them limits freedom of speech in anyway? Actually, three of the bills (Community Empowerment Bill, Equality Bill, and the "Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill") all serve to increase democracy, freedom and equality in the UK. Two of the Bills actually serve to reduce the Government's power - and that's not the first time that Labour have done that since they got in power (this is in argument to the totalitarian stuff, not the freedom of speech stuff, btw): - The Constitutional Reform Act of last year heavily reduced the amount of influence that the legislature have over the judiciary. Before, all of the Law Lords (the highest court in the UK - much like the Supreme Court in the US) sat in the House of Lords (the upper chamber of Parliament), this meant that the two pillars had a hell of a load of overlapping. Now, they've lost their ability to vote on bills, and once the current set of Law Lords die, no further judge will have a seat in the House of Lords. - The Freedom of Information Act: this means that we, the people, can demand to know everything but the most top secret of information from the Government. Increasing transparency hardly seems totalitarian, and neither does.... - Reducing the power of the Government. Labour have devolved many Governmental powers to other, completely individual bodies. They've created a Scottish Parliament and a Welsh Assembly, whilst also creating a London Assembly and introducing the concept of elected Mayors to several towns and cities (they wanted to devolve more of their powers, but it got blocked in a referendum). - And, finally (from what I can think of), Labour introduced the Human Rights Act. This means that, for the first time, the European Convention on Human Rights was actually incorporated into British law. Which, really, is the complete reverse to what you are suggesting. |
hey, is it true that the Coroners and Justice act will make many 18 rated games and 15/18 rated anime/tv shows/films illegal?
someone posted a big thing saying it would on a forum that i use, can you clarify what it will/wont do?
