UK Parliament to be Made Redundant?

caluml writes "The Guardian is reporting that the current UK government is trying to sneak a new law though in an innocuously named bill called 'The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill,' which would get rid of that pesky, interfering need to put laws to the Houses of Commons and Lords to approve. There is already the Parliament Act that can be used to force laws through, which was used recently for the hunting bill. " The original coverage is a bit old but the bill is still being tossed around in parliament. The text of the bill is also available via the UK Parliament website.

Pesky bureaucracy

[Beuno]

Yes, let's get rid of that pesky bureaucracy.
And while you're at it, why waste time voting?
Let's get rid of that time-consuming thing...

In COBN3T Britain

[Philip K Dickhead]

In SOVIET BRITAIN, Britannia waives the rules!

Errr...

[brian0918]

I hate to be the grammar nazi, but the submitter misspelled "US" and "Congress"...

Remember, remember...

[babbling]

I want everyone to remember that we stand on the edge of oblivion! I want everyone to remember why they need us!

Re:Pesky bureaucracy

[Anonymous Coward]

So, it's time for a regime change?

To those who don't know what is redundancy...

[fijal]

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Redundancy [uncyclopedia.org]

Re:The Parliament Act.

[Jason Earl]

Wait a second. I thought that you guys had a Queen or something.

Re:To those who don't know what is redundancy...

[Spy der Mann]

To those who don't know what is redundancy...

You must be new here :)

take that america

[Anonymous Coward]

we can make make laws that are more stupid than you. hahahaha hahaha .. ha..
oh shit, I'm in the uk :/

ok, now I'm confused, do I make a USA immigration application or start learning chinese?

"It's gonna get blown up anyway"

[flyingace]

Didn't you guys see "V for Vendetta" over the weekend ?

Re:In COBN3T Britain

[Tackhead]

> In SOVIET BRITAIN, Britannia waives the rules!

You forgot the even-more-ironic second line [ingeb.org] to the chorus.

In Sov'yet Britain, Britannia waives the rules! Britons, ever ever shall be slaves to fools.

Bloody MC

[Anonymous Coward]

It's that damn Magna Carta, you know.

Once you take the power from the one true Sovereign, who has been selected by God to know what is right for this country, all of this havoc follows in due course.

I say: absolve the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and revert all power to HRH Elizabeth Regina.

We'll then all get along splendidly. (Or at least untill Charles takes the thrown.)

How Emperor Blair will rule without bureaucracy...

[Too many errors, bai]

"The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battlestation."

Absolutely Redundant...

[__aaclcg7560]

Why would you need a parliament after the building was destroyed at the end of "V For Vendetta"?

More accurate and equally applicable

[HunterZ]

In Soviet Britain, the rules waive Britannia!

Re:Maybe In Canada Too

[hunterx11]

Republicanism is a divisive issue in Canada, splitting people into two opposing sides: those who just don't care, and those who don't really give a damn.

Re:Errr...

[Matthias Wiesmann]

I must say I love slashdot, where an article about UK politics displays with a US flag on top.

Re:The Parliament Act.

[Nutria]

The Queen of England, ... is the head of state, and technically controls the armed forces and must also approve any law. They are also the head of the Church of England.

So, England is a Christian theocracy, eh? Better not tell the Taliban!

Re:Bloody MC

[ScriptedReplay]

thrown, n
              [S. Ballmer] metaphor for a chair ('get the thrown back here')

There's no money in the House of Lords these days

[lebski]

Now Blair can't sell peerages to it; he's going to close it. Well I guess that will sort out the corruption but I don't think that's what we had in mind.