Can public opinion change laws

 

Statistics show that there are now three million drug users in the country, and people are saying that the drug war is being lost and these same people are now demanding that the possession of drugs should no longer be a criminal offence. Isn't this the tail wagging the dog. Will parliament succumb to the will of these people? Perhaps, because many of our members of parliament have themselves done  or are doing drugs. We see and hear from people who say that drug use is not just the lower class but prominent people such as judges, bankers, lawyers, and many more in the professions. Perhaps we should have a referendum on the subject then the law abiding citizens can have their say, because I'm quite sure that the people who make and pass our laws are themselves in many cases biased. If these law breakers can change the law, then perhaps we should listen to the motorists. If there are again according to statistics two and a half million motorists who drive without tax and insurance, then this tail should also be allowed to wag that dog, and the law abiding citizen should have their voices heard under the same context. If the police can't catch this growing number of law breakers, then do away with the tax and insurance for all motorists, and let the police concentrate on more serious offences. But as a none drug using law abiding citizen I'm probably whistling in the wind.

Police commissioners

 

It would now seem that the election of police commissioners to replace watch committees  was a mistake as 16 of the 41 have elected cronies or close friends on salaries ranging from £45,000 to £64,000. In Northampsonshire  the conservative elected commissioner has elected 17 staff including four assistant commissioners. He is also planing three new offices each with staff of under ten to help fight drug crime. Other commissioners on salaries of £75,000 have also elected friends and people with no experience, many of these positions were not advertised. This at a time when police forces are having their budgets reduced or capped. Many of these forces have been told to find savings of £2.4 billion by 2015, yet these deputies salaries will be in the region of £458,000, again this at a time when police officers are being made redundant. This just goes to show that these elected officials have not got their priorities correct. These salaries will come out of their police budgets. Again this goes to show that these people were thinking only about themselves when the put themselves forward not the job. This at a time when less that 20% of the population voted. If these people were elected to keep an eye on the police then who as Juvenal said  "quis custodiet ipsos custodes" who will guard the guards themselves There is one thing for sure these elected people are basically corrupt and  more appropriately today as it is sometimes translated into,"who watches the watchmen."

Emission cuts

The Unite Nations Climate Change Conference delegates arrives in Doha, Qatar today to discuss emission targets. This in my opinion is a complete insult to the people of the world. 17,000 people from 194 countries will descend on Doha for five days. One has to ask certain questions about the hypocrisy of this organisation? Why do we need 17,000 people this works out at 87 delegates from each country why? How many plane, were required to fly these people into Doha? What amount of CO2 have they put into the atmosphere every year when they have these meeting at these exotic locations, they could hold these meetings at the United Nations Headquarters in America. How many of these delegates are just there for the holiday as they will do nothing, no talking or taking notes. Again this is just holidays for the boys and girls because as usual there will be no solution just idle chatter. These people do not lead by example they cause more pollution per person than the average citizen of the world does.