DOING NOTHING ABOUT THE OBVIOUS

There was a time when people who were elected to our once sovereign Parliament in Westminster used to give their time unpaid and without drawing expenses. For this group of people, usually the wealthy and influential, they gave their time free of charge as a way of giving something back to the nation.

The only problem with this was that the ordinary working man had no chance of standing in elections or going to Parliament as he could not afford it, that was until the Trade Union Movement began to sponsor those it wanted elected to represent the Labour movement.

In those distant times Parliament did a great deal less and made far fewer laws as its Members did not have to be seen as earning their money, they gave their time for free, there was no money for them. Generally speaking we had fewer laws and the laws that were made were well considered and better for it compared to the mass of legislation which is dumped upon us these days.

In the last few years, especially since Labour came to power, the number of ministers and junior minister has increased dramatically along with the number of new laws being made. Suddenly waking up to the blindingly obvious a committee of MPs have come to the conclusion that there are too many laws being made and that there are too many ministers. This committee has concluded that there is an “excessive” number of initiatives aimed at meeting “short term political pressures” at the expense of stable, effective Government.

Well that’s the obvious bit, so what do they intend to do about it and what exactly will be done? The simple answer is sod all - they won’t be allowed to by our real Government which none of us elect in Brussels which now makes around 75 to 80 per cent of all our laws.  Sadly, this mass of legislative crap spews out of the EU ceaselessly.

So what happens when it hits the scrutiny committee in our Parliament? They are swamped and just shove it through without looking at it to save themselves from drowning in a sea of legislation as the incoming tide of EU bureaucracy pours in like water from a burst pipe. It simply becomes law and it is not until then, as the people and businesses begin to suffer and fail because of its effects, that the harm becomes obvious. Sadly, because this law originates in the EU it cannot be repealed or amended by our Parliament because we are not allowed by the EU to do so - and so the misery gets worse and worse as tie goes by.

It is sad to say that although this committee have seen the problem of far too many laws, it can talk about the problems into all eternity but will do nothing about the obvious, which is to take Britain out of the EU - that is the only way the problem can be solved.