Arbitrary Law

I heard about a rather worrying development over the tea table this moming. Apparently, our enlightened and progressive government are trying to introduce a bill so that Ministers can change the law at will, without having to pass the changes through parliament. Six law professors from this very institution, Cambridge Uni, have written to the Times highlighting the dangers of this. Although arguing by authority is the least reliable form of argument, I have no choice (unless I go and do a law degree) but to refer to this letter and trust these learned fellows' opinions. See also this. This country is grave danger of becoming a very unpleasant place to live. We already have people being held for 90 days without charge or trial, we have ID cards on the way and now the prospect of law changes without check and balance. We need to be a bit more like the French, we need to actually stand up for our rights: civil protest works. Strikes are necessary and in fact a very useful function of society.

Hopefully Scotland's separate legal system can buffer my home country from this disturbing trend of authoritarianism.