Those Damned Lawmakers

I had an hour to spare so I thought I'd go and see if I could find out how many statutes and statutory instruments we had on the Rolls.

I wish I hadn't bothered.

What is wrong with these people?

Have a look at this. This list is from 1987 to the end of 2011. Something changed in 1986/7 but I haven't pinned it down yet.

Take a close look at the first full year the coagulation were in power. They managed to outdo Labour when they were in full flood! So much for less government, eh?

Year & Number of statutes/SI's enacted

2011-4116-most "laws" enacted, ever! Thanks Dave. Thanks Nick.

2010-3969

2009-2861

2008-2528

2007-2906

2006-2720

2005-2864

2004-2662

2003-2785

2002-2749

2001-3075

Total-33,181

2000-2506

1999-2515

1998-2203

1997-2342

1996-2683

1995-1977

1994-1952

1993-1994

1992-2054

1991-1905

Total-22,131

1990-1704

1989-1586

1988-1621

1987-1522

Total-6,433

In 1986 just 355 pieces of legislation were enacted. Prior to that the average was less than 100 per year.

From 1900 to 1985 6,141 pieces of legislation were enacted. Compare that to the four year period above (1987-1990) when they vomited out 6,433 new rules & regulations.

The very best years of all were 1265 and 1266. (The first parliament was created in 1265). Full of newbies, they did not draft any legislation at all for the first two years, and they only managed to pump two out in 1267.

Notably, between 1716 and 1765 they produced a grand total of 17 new "laws" in that 49 year period.

If you feel you really must depress yourself further, the source is here. To begin with I was scrolling through each page of 20 Acts and SI's but there were just too many, so I used the "Legislation by year" information on the bottom left of that page.

By my tally we have in the region of 68,000 statutes and statutory instruments on the Rolls.

That is a humongous amount. In one way, shape or form, each & every one of them will or can have an effect on every one of us.

Appoint me King Shit of Turd Mountain and I will wipe them all out. All 68,000 of them. Treaties and Declarations will remain. (And no, I do not mean the EU Treaties. I mean the proper ones that form our Constitution).

With me you will get just one law: do no harm.

Break this one law and elected judges have a free rein on sentencing and punishment.

There is one small change: we will no longer need MPs or solicitors.

CR.

Two Hundred And Eight Days

I was in a good mood.

I was looking forward to Hogmanay.

I was feeling quite happy and in synch with the world.

Then I popped over to Tom's place to read his latest and I blew another gasket. Tom links to those nice folks over at the TPA and between them, they tell us the awful news: the thieving bastards want even more.

Those of us who are unlucky enough to be average will be spending TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT DAYS working for the government in 2012.

I have a short message for them:

(Image nicked from a Twitterite. I forget who, but thanks anyway).


The money you earn from 27th July to 31st December? You can keep that. You can manage all of your bills from that, surely? What else were you going to do with it? Pay off some debt? Improve the house? Buy clothes for the family? Take a holiday? Save some of it?

Time to wake up. Time to get real.

Your useless fucking government needs it.

To send aid to Brazil. To send aid to India. To send aid everyfuckingwhere.

They need it to replenish their wine cellar. To gold-plate their pensions. To pay outrageous salaries to chief cuntstables and local authority chiefs. To send to the bastard EU. To pay those feckless millions for not working. To pay for the stupid olympics. And a thousand other stupid things.

And some of you still wonder why I want to step run away from these irresponsible, unaccountable freaks?

Time to join me.

Time to starve the beast.

They can't waste it if you don't pay it to them.

Oh and by the way, Happy fucking New Year.

CR.

Ramsay: Rude And Raunchy

Ewww!



CR.

A Few Updates

Odd, isn't it?

The terminally terrified, those that come on here saying that I should comply with all edicts issued by the gubmint and its agents, would have us believe that to say "No" automatically invites a SWAT Team.

I can confirm that that simply does not happen.

The first three items have penalties attached. The fourth involves corporate theft, and the fifth involves theft of a criminal nature. So they all have something in common then.

The speeding thing: Not heard a word from the PF. This was an "offence" allegedly committed on 23rd September. Despite the threats, I argued the toss. They are supposed to have a cast iron case, and yet here I sit, no points on my license, no fines issued, and no court date in sight.

The census thing: "You will be fined 1,000 pounds if you do not comply!!!". Oh really? Then where the hell are you? I have not heard a single word from these drones. I would like to hear from them. If I cannot get to court via the speeding thing, then I would like to use this as an excuse to read them the Ranty Riot Act.

The seizure of my stuff by UKBA: still mulling this over. I have time. I intend to play with them for a bit. Nothing to lose, see? They already stole my stuff. I doubt I will get my smokes back, but it won't stop me messing with the minds of the UKBA solicitors.

The lecky thing: the legal department are in a bit of a tizzy. The wifey called me to say that they had never seen letters like mine and they did not know how to respond. I said, "It's easy: simply refund all the money you took without my consent. It's theft. Pay me back". She ummed and ahhed and went away.

The fraud thing: when the paper statement arrived from the bank, I identified another two fraudulent payments. One for 227.99 and one for 157.99. Both to Amazon. They refunded the 227.99 but denied all knowledge of the payment made on 6th December for 127.99. I called my bank. The money was in my account 45 minutes later. All told, they tried to steal 1,410 pounds from me. I have it all back now. Hopefully that is the end of it.

That's about it. (Apart from the fact that my pound symbol has buggered orf. Anyone seen it?).

How goes it with you lot?

CR.

2p Or Not 2p?

My alternative title was "Worthless Coppers?" but I thought you'd think I was ranting about plod again.

Have a look at these two 2p pieces:

The shiny one on the left (a 2004 model) is said to be worth 2p. (Post-1992 versions contain 93% mild steel and 7% copper).

The dull one on the right (a 1979 model) is worth 3.1p. (pre-1992 versions contained 97% copper).

Righty is worth more as scrap metal than it is as currency.

Marvellous, eh?

Incidentally, £5, £10, £20, £50 and £100 notes have an intrinsic value of around 4p. Banknotes issued by Scottish and Northern Ireland banks are not legal tender* in England & Wales and they can be refused as payment for goods and services. Thanks to our friends Yin & Yang, English notes are not legal tender north of the border either. (Thanks to PJH for letting us know in the comments).

CR.

*Wiki says so.