You may or may not know this, but the UK is well known for it's rather one-sided libel law. So much so, London is known at the libel capital of the world and regularly sees "libel tourists" - foreigners who travel to the UK just to take advantage of the one-sided libel law to quash any publication they feel is …
This is unbelievable and a sign of just how stupid some of the regulations and over-protective measures councils and the UK government as forcing onto it's citizens...
Watford Borough Council has taken the lead as probably the stupidest council in the world by banning parents from supervising their own kids in public playgrounds, "because they have not undergone criminal record checks.".…
Who'd have thought South Africa would be trail blazing with it's affirmative action laws? I certainly didn't, but given the news today, it looks like the UK will be adopting a page from the South African book in the newly announced "Equalities Bill".
Whilst most of the bill is designed to rule out discrimination and bring a whole lot of older…
• Government rejects elephants for pets e-petition - Killjoys!!! I was quite keen on being able to have a little bit of Africa in my back garden (when I get one. A garden that is). • Man's death unnoticed for a year - Wow!! A whole year before anyone missed him. …
The New Zealand police have setup a wiki allowing the the average Joe to help craft a new version of their Police Act. I think this is soooo cool. This is probably the most democratic move a government could ever do - give their citizens a voice that they can actually voice themselves, and know that it'll be read and …
A 2 year old boy has been cautioned by police for driving his 2.5 mph toy car on the pavement without an MoT or road tax - how bloody stupid. The policeman warned the youngster's grandfather as his toy contravenes the Road Traffic Act of 1998 which specifies any mechanically-propelled vehicle has to be registered with the DVLA, have insurance, …
You may or may not know this, but the UK is well known for it's rather one-sided libel law. So much so, London is known at the libel capital of the world and regularly sees "libel tourists" - foreigners who travel to the UK just to take advantage of the one-sided libel law to quash any publication they feel is …