Bad Laws: An Explosive Analysis of Britain's Petty Rules, Health and Safety Lunacies and Madcap Laws - Softcover

Johnston, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849010102 ISBN 13: 9781849010108

Publisher: Constable & Robinson, 2010

Synopsis

We are snooped on, hectored and hounded by state nannies, in a state of interference from cradle to grave. We also have to put up with the unjustified and disproportionate use of fines and charges, bloody-minded parking restrictions and preposterous European directives. Philip Johnston exposes the Bad Laws - those irritating regulations and Whitehall idiocies that have made life in Britain a day-to-day nightmare and threaten to change the nature of this country. So, what s so bad? A snooper s charter that lets an army of council jobsworths look at your phone and email details. More CCTV cameras than anywhere in teh world - yet they fail to deter criminals. The world's biggest DNS crime database that contains the profiles of over a million innocent people. The threat of a visit from the police for having politically incorrect opinions. A ban on smoking so inflexible that it threatens the future of a great British institution - the pub. This is a great country with proud traditions - so why have we lost touch with the commonsense attitudes that once defined us?

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About the Author

Philip Johnston has been with the Daily Telegraph for 20 years. He is currently assistant editor and lead writer and was previously home affairs editor and chief political correspondent. He lives in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Constable & Robinson
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849010102
• ISBN 13: 9781849010108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336