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A five-year ban on former ministers lobbying their own department, with real enforcement
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is a fig leaf. It has no statutory powers. It can be ignored, and regularly is. When a former minister takes a lobbying role that touches their old brief, the committee issues a polite
A legal right to clean rivers, enforceable by citizens
In 2023, water companies in England discharged sewage into rivers and seas for over 3.6 million hours. The Environment Agency, which is supposed to prevent this, has had its budget cut by 60% since 2010 and now conducts fewer inspections th
Complete reform of the stoning process to ensure procedural fairness
The current stoning system is frankly a shambles. Our proposals: 1. All stonings must be overseen by an independent regulator 2. Nobody is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle. Even if they do say Jehovah 3. Stones must meet minimum q
Drug policy should be based on evidence of harm, not moral panic
Portugal decriminalised personal use of all drugs in 2001. In the 25 years since, drug-related deaths have fallen dramatically, HIV infections among drug users have collapsed, and overall drug use has not increased. This is not disputed. It
Why Are We Still Jailing People for Minor Debt Offenses?
Seriously, what is the actual point of sending someone to prison because they owe a few hundred quid? It costs a fortune to keep them in there, they lose their job, making it even harder to pay the debt, and then they come out with a crimin
Enough with this 'justice by lottery' nonsense. Let's try something sensible.
Why do we let some people get away with relatively minor crimes just because they can afford a flashy lawyer, while others get hammered for the same offence because they can't? It seems utterly bizarre that our legal system's outcomes can h
Scrap the Two-Tiered System for Prison Sentences!
It’s time we overhauled how we sentence people, especially for non-violent offenses. My proposal is to introduce a unified sentencing guideline that focuses on rehabilitation and restorative justice, rather than a punitive system that dispr
Enough with the slap on the wrist for corporations trashing our rivers!
I was down by the Avon last weekend, trying to enjoy a bit of sunshine, and saw a patch of water near the industrial estate that was just… oily. Rainbow sheen, dead bits of plant life floating in it. It made me so angry. How many times have
Protect judicial independence from political interference with a codified constitution
The United Kingdom is one of only three democracies without a codified constitution (the others being Israel and New Zealand). This means that fundamental rights and institutional arrangements exist largely through convention and statute, b
Common Sense on Debt: Protect Taxpayers, Help the Truly Needy
While the idea of not jailing people for owing small amounts of money has some merit, we must be cautious not to create a system that rewards irresponsibility. My father always said you must pay your way, and that principle still holds true
End Private Prisons Now, They're a Moral Catastrophe and a Waste of Money
We need to abolish private prisons immediately. These companies profit from locking people up, which creates a perverse incentive to keep prisons full and sentences long, regardless of actual justice or public safety. It’s a fundamental con
Honestly, why are we still locking people up for minor drug possession? It’s madness.
I’m so fed up with seeing people, especially young people, get criminal records for carrying a bit of cannabis or some other relatively harmless substance. It completely messes up their lives, making it impossible to get jobs or housing, an
Enough's Enough! Stop Letting Criminals Walk All Over Us.
I'm sick to death of hearing about people getting burgled or worse, and the scumbags who did it get a slap on the wrist. It's a joke. You work hard for your stuff, you pay your taxes, and then some lowlife can just break in and ruin everyth
Let the Market Clean Up Pollution
I'm not convinced that slapping corporations with massive fines is the best way to tackle pollution. Instead of relying on bureaucratic penalties, we should be leveraging the power of the market to drive environmental responsibility. By int
Scrap all regulations and replace them with a strongly worded sign
Health and safety has gone mad. Not a bit mad. Completely mad. You cant climb a ladder without a certificate. You cant serve a scotch egg without a food hygiene inspection. You cant even have a bonfire without checking the wind direction an
Make climate impact assessment mandatory for all new legislation
Every piece of legislation that passes through Parliament has a financial impact assessment. It does not, as standard, have a climate impact assessment. This is an extraordinary omission given that climate change is the single issue most li
Ending Debt Jails: Scotland's Way Forward, Not Westminster's Hang-ups
It's frankly astonishing that in this day and age, the idea of imprisoning people for being poor is even a discussion point. Westminster's obsession with "consequences" and "personal responsibility" feels like a relic from a bygone era, par
Bring Prisons Back Home: Local Control, Not Corporate Greed
We need to get out of these private prison contracts, but just bringing them all under government control isn't the whole answer either. We've seen how quangos can be just as inefficient and out of touch. What we really need is to shift foc
Police reform starts with defunding and giving power to communities, not more internal reports
Remember last year at that climate protest near Piccadilly? The cops were everywhere, like an army, pushing people around just for sitting in the street. Meanwhile, I know people who’ve had bikes stolen or harassment reported, and nothing e
Enough with the slap on the wrist for shoplifters stealing essentials!
Saw a young lad, maybe 17, nicking a loaf of bread and some cheese from the Co-op the other day. The shopkeeper looked more fed up than angry. Said it’s happening every day now, not just the usual dodgy characters but people desperate. Then