Thursday 20 May 2010

Hated Law?

There was a question the other day about what laws you would like to see repealed. To set myself a challenge I decided to limit myself to just one. And I think it should be the animal 'welfare' Bill Blair brought in after the Foot and Mouth outbreak. The new legislation means that government officials can forcibly enter properties, remove and kill any animal, including pets, that they feel may have been close enough to a contaminated area to, er, something or other, maybe catch FMD. It is also an offence to impede officials carrying out this unwarranted activity. This legislation was made retrospective. Why would you want to do that (a bizarre concept anyway)? Well, the policy of killing healthy animals had already been carried out and with some force being used and certainly with threats. These actions were illegal and were known to be illegal, yet were carried out on the express instructions of 'personally in charge' Blair and his ministers.

So, by repealing this awful piece of legislation we also get to prosecute Blair,a few cronies and some Chief Constable's who felt that pleasing their political masters was more important than upholding the law. Yes, just by this one change so many good things can be achieved. It would herald a new era indeed.

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