THE GREAT REPEAL BILL

       

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has issued a call to arms against pointless regulation and unnecessary bureaucracy, asking the public how they want the Government to redress the balance between the citizen and the state.

"We're working to create a more open and less intrusive society through our Programme for Government. We want to restore Britain’s traditions of freedom and fairness, and free our society of unnecessary laws and regulations – both for individuals and businesses.

This site gives you the chance to submit, comment on, or vote for ideas about how we can do this. Your ideas will inform government policy and some of your proposals could end up making it into bills we bring before Parliament to change the law.

So if there are any laws or regulations you'd like us to do away with, then submit your idea. If you see ideas here already that you like the look of, then rate them and get them moved up the list. And if there’s more you’d like to say, then talk to others in the comments section for each proposal.

It’s time to have your say. After all – it’s your freedom."

http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/

CLEGG MAKES HIS MOVE

   

CLEGG MAKES HIS BID FOR A PLACE IN HISTORY

 

A "power revolution" in Britain will be promised by Nick Clegg today as he tries to put his personal stamp on the Government in his first major statement as Deputy Prime Minister. 

He will hail his programme of political reform as the most ambitious and radical since the Great Reform Act of 1832. He has told aides that the coalition government has given him the opportunity to implement the changes that he came into politics to pursue.

In a speech in London Mr Clegg will promise a "wholesale, big bang" rather than piecemeal approach, including: 

* scrapping the identity card scheme and second generation biometric passports

* removing limits on the rights to peaceful protest

* a bonfire of unnecessary laws

* a block on pointless new criminal offences

* internet and email records not to be held without reason

* closed-circuit television to be properly regulated

* new controls over the DNA database, such as on the storage of innocent people's DNA

* axeing the ContactPoint children's database

* schools will not take children's fingerprints without asking for parental consent

* reviewing the libel laws to protect freedom of speech

What Clegg will say:

"I'm not talking about a few new rules for MPs; not the odd gesture or gimmick to make you feel a bit more involved. I'm talking about the most significant programme of empowerment... since the great enfranchisement of the 19th century. The biggest shake-up of our democracy since 1832, when the Great Reform Act redrew the boundaries of British democracy." 

"This will be a government that is proud when British citizens stand up against illegitimate advances of the state. That values debate, that is unafraid of dissent." 

He will infuriate Labour by stealing words from Tony Blair's rewritten Clause IV of the Labour Party's constitution, saying the coalition government will stand up "for the freedom of the many, not the privilege of the few". He will say the coalition will draw on the spirit of the great 19th-century reformers to deliver "a power revolution – a fundamental resettlement of the relationship between state and citizen".

He will announce plans to consult the public on which laws should be scrapped. Promising to "tear through the statute book", he will attack Labour for creating thousands of criminal offences which took away people's freedom without making the streets safe.

"Obsessive lawmaking simply makes criminals out of ordinary people. So we'll get rid of the unnecessary laws and once they're gone, they won't come back. We will introduce a mechanism to block pointless new criminal offences," he will say.

Raising the coalition's sights, the Deputy Prime Minister will say: "I have spent my whole political life fighting to open up politics. So let me make one thing very clear: this government is going to be unlike any other". 

"This government is going to transform our politics so the state has far less control over you, and you have far more control over the state. This government is going to break up concentrations of power and hand power back to people, because that is how we build a society that is fair. This government is going to persuade you to put your faith in politics once again."

STORY FROM THE INDEPENDENT 

Having just endured thirteen miserable years of Labour lies and  their authoritarian communist control freakery, poking their arrogant, noses troughing snouts into every aspect of our lives, I eagerly await the actual outcome of all this in a heightened state of anticipation apathy!

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BROWN TO RESIGN AS PM TONIGHT

     

TALKS between Labour and the Liberal Democrats "never got off the ground", party sources said today. 

And insiders at Westminster claim Gordon Brown is on the brink of quitting as Prime Minister to make way for David Cameron. Lib Dem Vince Cable says a deal is "very, very close to being done". The Lib Dems resumed their discussions with the Tories about forming a government this afternoon after Mr Cameron told Nick Clegg: "It's decision time." The parties met after it was revealed that while Lib Dem and Labour negotiators were locked in discussions this morning, Mr Clegg was in a 45 minute, face-to-face talk with the Tory leader. 

Reports that Labour had accepted negotiations with the Liberal Democrats could go no further were played down by a source close to Mr Brown, who said the party was happy to go on talking. But an unconfirmed report in an evening newspaper suggested that Mr Brown might stand down as Prime Minister as early as this evening, while the BBC reported that cases were being packed into vehicles at the rear of Downing Street. 
  

Tory backbencher Nigel Evans said Conservative MPs had been put on standby for a meeting tonight. The Lib Dems are also planning a meeting at 7.30pm tonight. 
  

FULL STORY IN THE SUN
  

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THIRD LEADERS' DEBATE - LIVE BLOG

    
On Thursday evening at 8:30pm here on

 

we will be 

blogging the 3rd Live Leaders' Debate

 which is being broadcast on

BBC TV and Sky News between

8:30pm and 10:00pm. 

The third and, thankfully, final Leaders' Debate is supposed to be on the economy but, knowing the BBC and their resident Lefty, Dumblebore, they will also be doing their damnedest to make sure their man, Gordoom, gets the best crack of the whip!

So..... will the unelected, Mono-Eyed Fuckwit finally stop "shaking all over" and hang on in there with the far more polished performances of Smeggy and Davey Boy?

Who knows?

Who the fuck even cares?

Either way there will be 10 blogs and their readers champing at the bit to take the piss and rev some fucks into them all.

Oh..... and we might even discuss a policy or two!

This week, the 10 blogs where you can come and join in the fun are.....

All Seeing Eye

Barking Spider

Biased BBC  

Corrugated Soundbite 

Dick Puddlecote 

Governmentitus

  

Grumpy Old Twat

Man Widdicombe

Subrosa

  

The Red Rag
 

To catch the live blogging, come back here on

Thursday, 29th April, just before 8:30pm.

Hope to see you then,

Spidey

  

2nd LEADERS' DEBATE SUMMARY

   
Having already vented my spleen on the live blog tonight, folks, this sketch by Quentin Letts sums it all up much better that I could at the moment.....

AGGRO, THRUSTS, PALPABLE HITS AND ONE OR TWO MOMENTS OF HIGH COMEDY

Fight! Fight! Well, that one was much more fun than the first leaders’ debate. Aggro, thrusts, parries, palpable hits and one or two moments of high comedy. 

Gordon Brown, his fringe stiff with hairspray, kept smiling like Jeff Tracey from Thunderbirds. Nick Clegg developed a case of the sweaty Bettys. Mop wallah! Quick! Swab down that man.

David Cameron again frowned rather a lot, though he did remember to point his poached-egg eyes directly at the camera lens.

I can’t really say that I thought Messrs Brown and Cameron did much better this time because I thought they did pretty well last week. Shows how much I know. But the energy level was higher last night. Mr Cameron did less of the calm statesman act and tore into his opponents. Attaboy.

There was more butting in - Mr Clegg’s voice repeatedly barging Broon out of the way. Poor Gordon. He was too polite. Most unlike him!

There was a goodish bust-up about some Labour leaflets which allege that the Tories would get rid of fuel allowances and free telly licences for the elderly. 'Pure and simple lies,' growled Mr Cameron. He told Mr Brown he 'should be ashamed'. Mr Brown laughed.

This time Mr Clegg was the glistening piggy in the middle. Mr Brown, owing to his squiffy eye, was again allowed to stand stage left. The trouble with the middle position is that, like a tennis spectator, you have to look from side to side to watch your neighbours. This can lend the person a shifty aspect. Mr Clegg solved this problem by scribbling notes at his lectern.

Security was much heavier than last week. Bristolians thronged around the docks and police were out in force. A good night for the burglars of south Gloucestershire. Fathers For Justice graced us with their presence and an anti-war group yelled abuse when Mr Brown arrived. On arrival, we were greeted By a recording of jungle drums. You could almost sense Red Indians on the brow of the distant Cotswolds.

Two wags. Sarah Brown was doing her Nurse Ratchet routine - is that a syringe of sedative in her handbag? - and Mrs Cameron did the willowy fashion babe turn. In the absence of Mrs Clegg we had to make do with Paddy Ashdown, squinting like a chap with constipation.

'I’m yer man,' said Mr Brown at the start. Wasn’t there a Leonard Cohen song called that?

At times the whole thing felt less like an exercise in democratic accountability than an advert for Sky News. Branding everywhere. Our compere for the evening, Adam Boulton, sat at a table and held a Sky News cue card like Cilla Black on 'Blind Date'.

Peter Mandelson was nowhere to be seen. Peter! I missed your sensitive steers. In his place we had a Labour spin operation led by boy scout David Miliband. That sensitive flower Charlie Whelan, the trade unions’ hit man, was also on the premises, chewing wasps.

The questions were more interesting. Some man asked about the Pope’s forthcoming visit. Mr Clegg piously told us that he was 'not a man of faith' and then told Catholics they should show 'greater repentance' about the child abuse scandals. This was the one moment in the evening when I nearly threw something at the screen. Ruddy man. If you’re godless, Cleggy, spare us the pulpit talk.

An old dear called Grace asked about pensions. 'Women, and you are one of them,' said Mr Brown in his answer. Hoots of delight in the press room. We also all enjoyed the moment he compared the arguing Cameron and Clegg to his two wee boys at bathtime.

Mr Clegg cited President Obama at one point. I wonder if Mr Obama knows that he, Barack, is the Nick Clegg of American politics. Mr Clegg, keen to show himself a tough little nipper, addressed the other two as 'Gordon Brown' and 'David Cameron' rather than simply settling for Christian names. This started to sound forced. Cleggy also kept using his hands again. When he said the word 'big' he waved his hands in the air and bulged his eyes. Very Jackanory.

Two down. One to go. Next week, grapple fans, we go to the Midlands. Until then, thank you for watching. And now a message from our sponsors.

STORY FROM THE DAILY MAIL

2nd LEADERS' DEBATE - LIVE BLOG

                 
On Thursday evening at 8:00pm here on

 

we will be blogging the 2nd Live leaders' debate

which is being broadcast on Sky News between

8:00pm and 9:30pm. 

Will the new boy wonder, Nick Cleggover, manage
to maintain his momentum, (fnarr), despite the
fact we've all had a week to study his policies? 

Will Call Me Dave get his arse in gear and
show some backbone this time? 

Will Gordon just fuck the fuck off?

(PLEASE!!)

  
Come and join in the Leaders' Debate Live Blog

which, apart from the opportunity to have your

say, promises to be great fun as 10, yes, 10

blogs will all be hosting it simultaneously.

This 'chat' collaboration will be between..... 

All Seeing Eye

Barking Spider

Biased BBC  

Corrugated Soundbite 

Dick Puddlecote 

Governmentitus

  

Grumpy Old Twat

Man Widdicombe

Subrosa

  

Tory Totty Online 

..... all excellent and highly recommended blogs. 

If you haven't seen some of them before then please take this chance to try them out. 

To catch the live blogging, come back here on

Thursday, 22nd April, just before 8:00pm.

Hope to see you then,

Spidey