Friday 30 December 2011

Hardly a 'cleverly' thought through idea, surely?

The Leader of the Conservative Group in the London Assembly has published his ideas for reform of the House of Lords. He writes:
"Getting to the top of their profession, Trade Union, Constabulary, armed force, religious body, charitable body, business organisation etc. would ensure that the Lords is packed with people who have real world experience, know what they are talking about and hold the respect of the sectors from which they came." (my emphasis)
And bugger the respect of the taxpayer who has to pay for this?


It is highly debatable whether any of the above, having got to the top of their profession, possess the faintest idea what they are talking about.


This is an example of Conservative 'thinking'? Oh, wait..............


What we have here is another 'idea' for yet more 'government', which begs the repeat of a question posed by Ian Parker-Joseph - and one that I have repeated more than once. No-one has yet managed to answer.
"If you don’t believe that Britain is governed totally by political rules, regulations, orders and diktats, please name me 6 everyday activities, yes, just six, that you undertake that does not require a. permission, b. licence, c. regulated action, d. regulated packaging, materials, ingredients, tools etc. i.e. 6 activities that never touch the state or a regulator."
Well, anyone fancy a crack?


 

14 comments:

A K Haart said...

"Well, anyone fancy a crack?"

No - it's a very good question by IPJ. Worth sending to my MP if there was the slightest chance of a reply.

IanPJ said...

"Getting to the top of their profession, Trade Union, Constabulary, armed force, religious body, charitable body, business organisation etc. would ensure that the Lords is packed with people who have....

all had extensive Common Purpose training...

That is NOT what the House of Lords should be full of.

Dave H said...

1. Picking your nose
2. Wiping your arse
3. Breathing
4. Err...

Anonymous said...

Dave H.
1. The scissirs / clippers used to trim your nails to a convenient length... (Not to mention salt content regs if you ingest the product.)
2. The paper used for this ...
3. Clean air regs, passive smoking regs...
4. Is that a gender inclusive comment?...

IanPJ said...

Dave H.
Nose picking is a good one, although probably not an every day event for most people.

I suggest that regulation for this was specifically exempted in the UK by a former nose picking PM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VaP1HB7Vew

Not so in Canada however where you can get a $850 fine should you do it in your car, and arrested in Israel if caught doing it on the Sabbath.

Dave H said...

@anonymous - who says you have to use paper for #2? As for #1, I can use teeth to trim nails (but not after #2).

Anonymous said...

Dave H said...
1. Picking your nose
2. Wiping your arse
3. Breathing
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1. Health regulations. Face to mouth to air contact liable to result in spread of disease. Vaccinations of various kinds must be required of all citizens.
2. Standard size toilet capacities limit use of paper not to exceed established quantities capable of flushing. Standard sewage treatment plants multiply the effect. All good citizens must comply.
3. Breathing emits CO2 leading to destruction of the planet. A carbon tax must be implemented to save the world. Second hand smoking is destructive to health of all citizens and sole remedy to eliminate all source of illness from the world. All citizens must pay their tax and be banned from smoking at all times.

WitteringsfromWitney said...

Ahem - other than the first two comments, I rather feel the thread has been highjacked........

May we return to serious comments please on what was a serious question - please?

Ed P said...

Five-finger exercises, eight times a day?

(Although unlikely, except for teenage boys.)

Dave H said...

Actually, my first one was sort of serious, it was highlighting the level of the sort of things that are not yet regulated.

Restriction (d) takes out almost everything, simply because we don't have much control over anything we don't grow or otherwise produce ourselves. I suspect many of us ignore the more trivial examples of (a) and (b), either through ignorance that someone would be anal enough to introduce a restriction, or because of small acts of defiance.

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