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ID cards top your list of brainless laws By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor Last Updated: 2:05am BST 26/03/2007 Daily Telegraph The Identity Cards Act and human rights legislation are the laws that most Daily Telegraph readers would like the Tories to repeal if they win power. We asked for your views about which of the thousands of Acts and regulations introduced by Labour since 1997 should be scrapped. Many suggested the European Communities Act 1972, though Tony Blair could hardly be blamed for that. Labour laws such as the hunting ''ban'' and devolution did feature prominently. The Human Rights Act 1998, which made the European convention justiciable in British law, was especially unpopular, though it was probably just shaded by the Identity Cards Act 2006. One reader, Ben Stanley, wanted to see all "rights" laws repealed. ''Liberties are taken, not given,'' he said. ''Everything that is not explicitly forbidden should be allowed - not the other way round.'' Ann M said: ''Repeal the human rights law, or at least modify it and add human responsibilities as well.'' advertisement Cally Barlow said: ''Human rights only apply to the wrongdoer. What about the human rights of innocent victims? It is always the criminals whose human rights are upheld.'' Chris Hayes said: ''ID cards, more than anything. I don't want to live in a police state, thank you. Human Rights Act: well-meaning but utterly flawed in practice. Don't even think about road tolls.'' Bob Watkins wrote: ''Scrap ID cards, CCTV and speed cameras, the DNA database, police special powers, membership of the EU, participation of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the nanny state, green tax, meddling with the Lords, GM crops, control of the BBC, etc... a revolution is required." Morris Hickey, of Chigwell, Essex, said: ''Abolish the Human Rights Act and give more consideration to the rights of victims. Abolish the Licensing Act 2003 and restore a strict regulatory regime to liquor licensing. Abandon plans for national identity cards. Abolish the post of Mayor of London, and give the Greater London Authority very limited powers to control truly strategic matters in London, but not allow them to interfere with matters that are plainly for local decisions in the boroughs.'' Rob McLaughlin said: ''A Conservative administration should repeal any law passed under Labour which removed or reduced our freedoms, so hard won by our forebears. It should remove the Human Rights Act from the statute book and repeal or amend laws granting supranational rights to others. It should repeal or amend any legislation granting powers to bring into force powers or legislation without full parliamentary debate.'' But, of course, as many readers pointed out, the assumption that the Conservatives will win the next general election is a big one to make. Andrew Dale suggested that if David Cameron took up the ideas proposed in YourView he would never get into No 10. 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