And just because there aren't guns for sale in the shops doesn't mean
there aren't a huge number of illegal guns around - they aren't hard to
get hold of. Apparently!
I saw a set of figures recently that suggest that the UK is the least
law-abiding country in Europe - which figures given the amount of drugs
and alcohol that get consumed.
So I wouldn't put too much stock in what the papers are saying - they
usually get it wrong anyway.
Horse
Horse wrote:
Hi folks
The interesting thing about the UK is that we have a long history of
ignoring the laws we don't like. Or finding a way around them. And if
all else fails we have a riot. UK history is not exactly a litany of
peace and love!
Horse
Platt Holden wrote:
Hi Andre,
"The Intelligence and Security Committee, the parliamentary watchdog of
the
intelligence and security agencies which has a cross-party membership
from
both Houses, wants to press ministers to introduce legislation that
would
prevent news outlets from reporting stories deemed by the Government to
be
against the interests of national security.
Andre:
'Leftist' governments come aroud every so often, the bureacracy they
inherit
and have to work with (being Permanent Public Servants) are arch
conservative, [lefty only by name], have loads of money (therefore
loads
to
lose) and want to keep things the way they are with minimum fuss and
maximum
profits to themselves and their kind/benefactors/business associates
etc
etc.
My hunch is that it is they who are pressuring the ministers.
Just another angle.
Thanks. A perceptive insight. No doubt you're right, except for
bureaucrats being "arch conservative." They are conservative in the
sense they don't like change. But since they are in favor of big
government enforcing ever broader regulations, they are leftists. We
on the right want smaller government and less regulation.
Platt
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