The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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Much of the story of the last ten years of government can be told in the Acts of Parliament that were passed. As it neared its end the statistics of the Tony Blair premiership began to be totted up; and the conclusion some critics reached was that he was a frenetic legislator.
A recent study by Sweet & Maxwell shows that more than 2,600 new laws were passed on average each year; an increase of 22 per cent on the previous decade. Last year the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesp…
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