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Some rant there, Praetorian! The election will be next May. For some while now, I have thought there should be `Silly Bugger Clause`, in court cases where the claimant should know better. Had a trip or fall? Maybe you should look where you are smeggin going! There was a woman who tripped over some kids playing on the floor in McDonalds, and smacked her elbow, or something, and successfully sued them for damages, as the kids were not being supervised properly, and caused a hazzard. The kids were HERS! Coffee cups with warnings printed on them, `Contents may be hot`. No **** sherlock. A lot of pipes now have warnings on them, `may be hot`. And it winds me up. It is like saying the sea is wet, beware! Gets my goat. I would love to start seeing cases were the judge chucked it out due to the SBC (silly bugger clause). `Well M,Lud, I shoved this pencil in my ear, it really hurt, and I have had no end of trauma since then. There was no warning on the package about potential ear problems, and I want eighteen squillion quid from the pencil co. (Judge) Well, the SBC applies here, now naff off, and grow up. Next!

yes nick i think your right shame we have members on here CLAIMING their work unless,this guy here,,,,,,,thats struggling,an asking lots of newbie questions is the same guy but has somehow LOST all his RC knowledge i think a stern word,or two in his shell like,may be in order or preferbably,for this guy to step forward,,,,,,an say......SORRY,for trying to make myself look cool

[RANT] I signed it "According to the Ministry of Justice, the age old principle of 'the loser pays' has been costing the government too much money." Well all I can say to that is stop taking innocent people to court then! In all seriousness though this smacks of yet another erosion of our civil liberties. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Effectively this is saying that even if you are innocent, you are still guilty. This is the governemnt trying to save money because so many cases fail from shoddy policing. I dont blame the police, they are under manned and under funded. But why should the tax payer foot the bill for yet another of the governments blunders in funding and policy? I have lost all faith in our political system. Just 'jobs for the boys' people lining their own pockets with my money. Arseholes every one of them. Its not as if its just central government either. Its the same at every level, all the way down to local councillors. No wonder people are leaving our once fair country in droves. Well, I say 'our' country. Its not really. You cant be British and celebrate your nationality anymore. Its 'racist'. You cant be critical of any other group of people because its 'racist' or 'xenophobic' or whatever the buzz word at the time may happen to be. Certain elements of said people can burn effigies of the prime minister, and shout slogans like "we will bomb you all" in protests in central London, but if we dare to criticise their actions/behaviour we are called racist. Surely its grounds for treason against the state? Yet nothing is done. Common sense anyone? No? Ahhh we must be in Britain then. Foreign immigrants go straight to the top of housing priority lists. They go straight to the top of the queue for benefits. We have double standard racial policies. For instance the prison service actively recruits people based on their ethnicity (asian, indian, arab etc) and actually states that people from 'ethnic minorities' stand a higher chance of getting a job. I sit here and imagine what would happen if they said they would give priority to caucasian people! Cue the riots and chants of 'racism'!! Why is racism in this country a one way street? We have a black police officers organisation that white people can not join........but thats not racist, and is allowed no problems. But if we have an organisation where only white people can join it would be closed in an instant and branded racisit. Actually thats a lie. It would never be allowed to open in the first place. Is it me folks? Or is this country backwards? Well I suppose there is the BNP but what a bunch of misguided idiots they are? They do British people no favours at all =/ We have a flawed justice system that has all the odds stacked in favour of the criminals. Someone breaks into your house and tries to steal your stuff and assaults you but if you give them a good kicking THEY sue YOU for assault and GBH!! WTF? Is it me......? We have a road safety policy that seems to think the only factor in accidents is speed......So we tax the motorist to be on the road, we then tax them to put fuel in the car and then we make them drive at 40mph everywhere and if they dont we fine them! (OK slight exaggeration but you get the point). Its even been proposed that local councils want to introduce a further tax for cars by where if you are at traffic lights and leave your engine running, they will slap a fine on you for 'undue pollution'!! Who turns their engine of at traffic lights? Who? Is it me........? We have a health and safety regime that seems to want to remove common sense from the equation. Someone does not look where they are going, falls over and BAM! Claim claim claim!! What happened to "look where you are going you nugget, and you wont fall over"? No, now it is "oh my that paving slab is 3mm raised and is a trip hazard!" Claim claim claim! Schools are so scared of parents sueing them that they wont let kids out to play in wet or slippery weather. They make them play conkers with gloves and safety glasses on and school trips? DEAD. Just in case little jonny tumbles and bumps his head. cue the litigation minefield. They wrap the kids up in cotton wool but yet expect them to sit exams at 5 years old. And now they even want to hassle the kids to start deciding what kind of career they want. THEY ARE 5!! Is it me........? I guess its still not as bad as the US. Over there a woman won a legal battle against a breakfast outlet because when she ordered her uncut bagel the waitress failed to inform her that the knife provided to cut it was sharp. She proceeded to cut her hand open (by accident) and then sucessfully sued. I mean really, she didnt know the knife was sharp? ITS A KNIFE!!! WTF DO YOU THINK ITS GOING TO BE????? This latest proposed law change is yet another example of our govenrment taking it upon it self to punish us for its mistakes. I despair, I really do. Yet another nail in the coffin of Britain. New Zealand anyone? They got the right idea. Thanks for reading. [/RANT] Matt

thanks mate im glad you liked it