tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post116350981842994207..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Consequences of Too Many BillsIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163583039697754972006-11-15T09:30:00.000+00:002006-11-15T09:30:00.000+00:00These Bills have one thing in common - to patch up...These Bills have one thing in common - to patch up the cock-ups New Labour have created. <BR/><BR/>What idiot on Newsnight decided to say that the Islamic terrorist threat was the worst SINCE the IRA. Islamic terrorists cells are one or two orders of magnitude more numerous than the IRA - Newsnight get some objective perspective please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163539707278026422006-11-14T21:28:00.000+00:002006-11-14T21:28:00.000+00:00Some of those bills were heavily amended for the r...Some of those bills were heavily amended for the right reasons, and eventually passed. LRRB for example. The Mental Health Bill was stopped due to heavy criticism from outside Parliament. Welfare Reform was never going to make its way through as the queue was long as well as it being a dificult one to navigate for whatever Government there was. The Company Law Reform Bill as I recall got watered down due to an unprecedented number of amendments by Opposition MPs determined to water it down.<BR/><BR/>Some of these failed Bills have been rolled over as it were to the upcoming session and will be passed then. The Lords did a good job ensuring that Bills were properly scrutinised...the LRRB for example is a great example of that. After 9 years, even with a majority that big, this is very much par for the course. Rebels have more sway than they did in 1997.James Maskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441611588943798565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163523167640928672006-11-14T16:52:00.000+00:002006-11-14T16:52:00.000+00:00I know that this governmnet has billed every tax p...I know that this governmnet has billed every tax payer but has yet to deliver the goods.<BR/><BR/>So it is not just the bills going through parliament that have been watered down.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261785351468776828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163522103244509072006-11-14T16:35:00.000+00:002006-11-14T16:35:00.000+00:00And the speaker said that the leadership of the La...And the speaker said that the leadership of the Labour Party was only a matter for its members. Not when they alone will choose the next PM it isn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163516739109523772006-11-14T15:05:00.000+00:002006-11-14T15:05:00.000+00:00This is nothing new. The Criminal Justice Act 2003...This is nothing new. The Criminal Justice Act 2003 stands (if that's quite the right word) as testament to the incompetence of this government. Many of its provisions will now never be implemented - despite many of those involved in the Criminal Justice System having undergone training in anticipation of their introduction. Other sections have been repealed without ever coming into force.<BR/><BR/>I think the Tories ought to promise not to introduce ANY new legislation for 12 months after taking office. Then, having found just how shitty the Augean Stables are, they can start to clear out this pile of manure that NuLab has created.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163514675823175682006-11-14T14:31:00.000+00:002006-11-14T14:31:00.000+00:00I suppose that eventually a Government with real b...I suppose that eventually a Government with real backbone will get HM to stand up and say 'My Government is withdrawing the following Bills from the Statute Book.....'<BR/><BR/>But almost certainly not in my lifetime - or yours, probably, Iain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163514446773733252006-11-14T14:27:00.000+00:002006-11-14T14:27:00.000+00:00One of my favourite Private Eye covers ever featur...One of my favourite Private Eye covers ever featured a picture of the Queen at the State Opening of Parliament. Inevitably, she had a speech bubble from her mouth :- <BR/><BR/>'I hope everyone realises I'm not the one who writes this rubbish..'<BR/><BR/>No doubt Simon Hoggart will have something equally scathing to say about it, he usually does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163513568590860512006-11-14T14:12:00.000+00:002006-11-14T14:12:00.000+00:00I understand ol' Maggie had a bit of a problem wit...I understand ol' Maggie had a bit of a problem with one of her Bills being outright defeated (not something this Government has had to suffer) in around 1982.<BR/><BR/>She lasted another eight or so years nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163512761080890822006-11-14T13:59:00.000+00:002006-11-14T13:59:00.000+00:00The second part of your list of bills just shows t...The second part of your list of bills just shows that the Lords is doing it's work, which it has been doing for years - nothing new there.<BR/><BR/>And the Mental Health bill was the work of a very hardworking lobby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1163510561557362042006-11-14T13:22:00.000+00:002006-11-14T13:22:00.000+00:00They are a shambles: moral cowards, focus group-fi...They are a shambles: moral cowards, focus group-fixated, navel-gazing, lacking all direction and principle. I say this as a "natural Labour voter". Feel my pain!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com