Err, yes….

It shows how far into Clownworld we’ve descended, when that cunt Gove is the voice of sanity.

I must be channelling Mr Ecks. The urge to hang them is overwhelming.

The mistake is not ‘relaxing’ the constraints but in acknowledging any restraints in the first place.

If people are daft enough to set themselves on fire, or drunkenly attack others, or obstruct roads there are existing laws. ‘Permission to gather’ requirements should be ignored.

We’ve seen plenty of other more disruptive activity by various protestors which doesn’t get penalised. I guess the Royal Celebrations are held in such high esteem.

Who gave the council, any council, the right to remove basic freedoms? Is there no restriction on what they might do? I don’t feel obliged to obey arbitrary rules made outside of the democratic process. Or in it if it runs roughshod over my rights or takes my responsibilities unto itself.

Steve,

“No, there hasn’t been any reduction in “red tape”, “nanny statism”, “green crap”, “lefty lawyers”, “net immigration” or “tax” in all that time, and the quangos remain defiantly unbonfired.”

Spot on. People can talk about where the Conservatives fail, but in more general terms it is about the Conservatives failing to be in a clearly different place from Labour, which is to encourage a culture of responsibility and freedom. You have Theresa May wanting a porn ban, instead of telling parents that they’re their crotchfruit to look after.

The correct response to people who fly to Sudan is to leave them there, or, to offer them a rescue at competitive prices. What is the point in writing Foreign Office advice, if when people ignore it, they don’t suffer the consequences? People should not only suffer for their arrogance, but seen to suffer, so everyone else can see that it’s a really bad idea.

Or, you know, the latest spastic plan about encouraging boys to be more respectful to girls. Where a load of Guardian readers in social services and schools are going to try and talk to some thug, despite there being no reason for him to do so. Because no-one will dig down into what the real problem is, which is thousands of bastard children being created who don’t have a father to show them how to behave and straighten them out. None of these Conservatives care about a better society. Your phone getting nicked is just one of those things. The only way to avoid it is to live in a nice part of town, far from the scumbags.

@Boganboy: why hang them? Do the lions need the exercise, or something?

“I must be channelling Mr Ecks”

Where the fuck is he when you need him?

We need a Commissioner Gordon type to project a massive letter X into the sky with an arclight. Because he’s the hero North Somerset Council deserves right now, but not the one it needs.

What is happening to the land of my fathers? My paternal grandfather served in World War I and later on the northwest frontier in Baluchistan. My maternal grandfather served in the Black Watch. My father received his British Empire medal from King George the fifth.I’ve done nothing near this but I will say that my unplanned daughter certainly made me more of a man.