Are they serving me or am I serving them

Are they serving me or is it the other way around.


MPs have voted for a ban on smoking in all enclosed public spaces, including all pubs and clubs in England. Choose the option below which best matches your view:
The smoking ban is an infringement of civil liberties, my civil liberties.

The government believes a nationwide identity card scheme will help control immigration, fight terrorism and cut identity fraud. Opponents say the scheme will lead to more stop and searches of ethnic minorities, will cost too much and point to a history of botched government computer projects to suggest it may make identity fraud worse.
I am against compulsory ID cards - it is another step towards a Big Brother state.

The new licensing laws, which allow pubs to apply for permission to sell alcohol round the clock and which give police more powers to close down premises, have been attacked for encouraging drunken anti-social behavior. Those in favor argue that staggered closing times can reduce late night violence and help change the binge-drinking culture:
I think 24 hour drinking laws are a bad idea.

Fox hunting - a barbaric practice that should have been outlawed a long time ago or a traditional way of life that helps control a pest and harms nobody? More than a year after the ban debate still rages.
I believe fox hunting should be legalized.


Last December's conviction of a man for the murder of a City banker John Monckton was the first high profile case in which a defendant's previous bad character had been used against him in court. The change in the law allowing this was hugely controversial among lawyers.
A fair trial is not possible if the jury is told about the defendant's previous bad character.

The police have started using number plate recognition technology to track stolen cars. In future the technology could be used to for a national road pricing scheme, like London's congestion charge. The net is closing in for road tax cheats as the DVLA launches a new campaign in the South West to clamp down on drivers who fail to display a tax disc.
A new Stingray camera system is to be used to detect unlicensed vehicles on the move. The camera films the number plates of passing vehicles and, linked through a computer, checks them immediately against records at DVLA offices in Swansea
I don't want my movements tracked - whatever the alleged benefits and I certainly do not want to pay any more to use our roads.

Using a mobile phone while driving has been outlawed since 2003 in a bid to cut accidents and save lives - but research suggests up to a quarter of drivers regularly ignore the ban. .
I think the mobile ban was a good idea

Several people have been arrested outside Parliament for protesting there since doing so without permission became a criminal offence in August.
I believe the protest ban is a worrying infringement of free speech. After all are we the people there to serve the government or is the government there to carry out the wishes of the electorate?  Well all know what Teflon thinks.




Teflon has insisted his plans to reform schools in England will "get rid" of a two-tier system.

Why?


Teflon says he wants to support 'hard working families'. Michael Howard
(remember him) appointed the first Shadow Secretary of State for the Family.

Decent, affordable, social housing would make a huge difference to families, health and education. I'm fifty years old and totally disillusioned with all political parties.  I have voted Labour all my life. I'm fed up with the government blaming the poorest and most vunerable people for the ills of this nation. I would like to see politicians chasing the tax the rich don't pay as their money's in off shore islands. If the rich paid their taxes we'd save a lot more money than by persecuting the poor & disabled by continually cutting benefits. But then again are not the politicians the new rice??????



The government is to launch an initiative to get reform of the House of Lords back on the political agenda.  Lord Falconer, the lord chancellor, is expected to approach the Tories and the Lib Dems to see if a consensus can be reached on its powers and structures. In its first term, the government reduced the number of hereditary peers to 92 and further changes were expected to be made in Labour's second term.

Why, the house of Lords is there to ensure that the people of England are protected from the excesses of any government. Can it be that good old Teflon just does not like having his plans held up or stopped.

Because TEFLON that’s what they were created for.