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Old 26-11-2007, 05:12 PM   #14 (permalink)
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So on top of your £7.5 million white elephant we now have to set up committees to deem what is the view of the majority, and what isn't?

Your scheme becomes more and more costly, trivial, and burdensome by the second.



More protective of my country, and with a desire to separate fluffy idealism, from reality.

Lots of things sound good on the internet, or the back of an envelope, but in reality don't work the way they are imagined, and only cause problems.

Such things are a detriment to our nation, and to our government, and I'm fiercely opposed to them, as I seek to protect my nation.

We already have far to much junk legislation, that makes our lives worse, and costs us a fortune, just because someone, somewhere, thought it sounded like a good idea, at the time, the last thing we need is more unworkable junk.

We have a system that does the job you are basically asking to be done, if utilized properly we don't need to add anymore legislation, or costs to our lives.

Fixing a bad idea on top of that will only serve to make things worse, and cost us more money, sure, I'll hold my hands up, I'm first in the line to protect against things like that.
The MP would not have to set up committees - there are enough opinion polls for MP's to know what the general view of the public is on the important issue. I agree that there is a mass of costly and unnecessary legislation which frequently does more harm than good. Mostly the taxpayer would not want their hard earned money spent on such nonsense, but this is a way that the taxpayer can genuinely influence these wastes of money. By attacking the very individuals who are sanctioning them. This is not fluff - that MP's act in accordance with the electorates wishes is the root of democracy.
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