UK Shits Bed Before US

From http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...049791,00.html

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The boring title of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill hides an astonishing proposal. It gives ministers power to alter any law passed by Parliament. The only limitations are that new crimes cannot be created if the penalty is greater than two years in prison and that it cannot increase taxation. But any other law can be changed, no matter how important. All ministers will have to do is propose an order, wait a few weeks and, voilà, the law is changed. For ministers the advantages are obvious: no more tedious debates in which they have to answer awkward questions. Instead of a full day’s debate on the principle of the proposal, detailed line-by-line examination in committee, a second chance at specific amendment in the Commons and a final debate and vote, ministers will have to face at most a short debate in a committee and a one-and-a-half hour debate on the floor. Frequently the Government will face less than that. No amendments will be allowed. The legislative process will be reduced to a game of take-it-or-leave-it.

Does anyone even care anymore? While this is 'across the pond', I have little doubt that it's a mirror image of what American will go through in the same extent. Why is the government undermining the rights in which their people died for?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by El Ray Fernando

This by no means is law yet, its only a proposition. Face it this will never get passed in the UK

We said the same thing about Bush being re-elected

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by El Ray Fernando

Thats totally different, besides the US has a large right wing, red neck population, and Kerry was a wuss, so nobody was shocked really when he was re-elected.

Boy, no bias from this guy!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.