# Great Repeal Bill **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012 "2010-05-19T15:55:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/1 "2010-05-19T15:55:59Z")
Background: Now that Britain has thrown off the shackles of the most evil and corrupt political party since records began\*, one of the things our new government is doing as a matter of priority is putting forward a “Great Repeal Bill”, whose aim is to throw out so much off the illiberal controlling legislation that was put in place by the last one - but not only that. The aim is to remove a huge clump of laws that are getting in people’s way as they try to go about their legitimate pursuit of happiness. I believe, but am not 100% certain\*\*, that you can contribute towards the proposed bill here: [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Great\_Repeal\_Bill](http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Great_Repeal_Bill) - obviously at the moment it’s a bit of a mess, and has some nutty things in it, although I find the idea of abolishing France to be rather amusing. So - the debate. What laws would you like to see repealed? I don’t see any reason why this needs to be UK centric, even though the bill is. And is this bill a good idea? The latter I vote yes… the former, well I need to make quite a big list! \*If you disagree with this open another thread, as it’s irrelevant to this one. Also, you lost the election and your party is disintegrating. Fuck off 😃 \*\*That was definitely the correct place to go when the idea was first suggested a couple of years ago; I assume that the government will setup an official website shortly ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/2 "2010-05-19T21:27:21Z")
Obviously everyone likes the status quo then 😃 ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/3 "2010-05-19T21:31:16Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > So - the debate. What laws would you like to see repealed? I don’t see any reason why this needs to be UK centric, even though the bill is. And is this bill a good idea? The latter I vote yes… the former, well I need to make quite a big list! I’m a USAan so I don’t have a dog in this fight, but how can you have an opinion about whether the bill is a good idea before you know what’s in it? Perhaps some nut’ll put in a repeal of the laws against murder or theft or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/4 "2010-05-20T16:47:43Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > Obviously everyone likes the status quo then 😃 Wait, are we talking about Britain or Latin America? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/5 "2010-05-20T16:56:10Z")
Either ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/6 "2010-05-20T16:57:23Z")
Oh wait, I see what you did there. Three more power cords than I can manage mate ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/7 "2010-05-23T00:19:25Z")
First blush, looks like a load of liberal nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/8 "2010-05-23T01:21:47Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > First blush, looks like a load of liberal nonsense. “Liberal” in the American (center-left) or European (libertarian) sense of the word? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/9 "2010-05-23T18:24:16Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > “Liberal” in the American (center-left) or European (libertarian) sense of the word? It looks like a bunch of antinomian nonsense conceived by Lutherans who don’t understand that laws exist for a reason & assume that general good feelings are enough to achieve a just society. In short, the sort of thing very popular in the USA in general & the _raison d’etre_ of the Liberal Democrats. It looks like a bunch of LibDem nonsense. I suppose I should have capitalized “liberal.” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-repeal-bill/540012/10 "2010-05-23T18:33:20Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > Obviously everyone likes the status quo then 😃 No, I just don’t know anything about it, being in “the colonies” and all. So, I can honestly plead ignorance.