Just because the methods some would employ to achieve a stated goal are disgusting doesn't automatically invalidate the goal itself... but in this case even the goal doesn't hold up to scrutiny or rational evaluation. Nope, I'm done with the idiotic religion of "social justice". Pursue it if you want, but it is not a libertarian ideal and if you try to use theft or coercion to impose it, I will fight you.

With two changes in the legal system, prisons could be eliminated or hugely reduced while still providing justice to victims. The first is to void all laws that do not involve harm done to individuals or their property. The second is to apply restitution not merely to civil infractions but also to criminal offenses.

Of course, there are other suggestions which aren’t going to be taken up by this government. So whether it’s, I don’t know, the introduction of the death penalty, or, you know, changing the smoking ban.

Every time you’ve had to fill out three versions of the same form, tell us about it. Every time you’ve felt snooped on by the state, tell us about it. Every unnecessary law, every mind-numbing rule, every time your rights have been infringed, now is the time to tell us about it.

Be demanding about your liberty; be insistent about your rights. This is about your freedom; this is your chance to have your say.

Editor’s Note: The thread reproduced here from Douglas Carswell’s blog is almost a year old (dated 29 July 2009). It’s still very much worth a read, though.

Britain is over regulated. Laws, regulation and red tape stifle individuals, infantilise communities and strangle enterprise. We need a Great Repeal Bill.

Editor’s Note: It’s such a great feeling when, for years, you’ve been a voice crying in the wilderness, and then it looks as if, at last, someone has started listening!

The following was first published, on this site, on 12th April 2005.

How to Re-Claim the Law
By Neil Lock

Find the site at http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/. You log in, register, and then say which law you'd like repealed, and why. I've done it already, and called for the repeal of three laws:

1. The Hunting Act

2. The Climate Change Act of 2008

3. The European Communities Act 1972