Nanny Breaks The Law

Dear old Nanny just loves to introduce new laws. She feels that by introducing swathes of new laws she will look busy, and important.

Her latest legal “initiative” is the introduction of on the spot fines for litter, drinking, shop lifting, “looking at me in a funny manner” and a whole host of practices that Nanny finds to be annoying.

As from 1 November 2004 police can issue £80 fixed penalty notices to anyone caught drinking underage, buying alcohol for a minor, shoplifting for the first time or causing minor criminal damage. People dropping litter will face £50 penalty notices.

Nanny’s helpful little Home Office sprite, Hazel Blears said:

"Vandalising property, fouling streets with litter, blind drunk teenagers causing trouble or stealing for a buzz – this is anti-social, criminal behaviour and a scourge on society...People committing these offences will no longer be let off with a verbal warning. From today, they will face immediate punishment and court action if they refuse to pay.

These fines will make people think twice and will increase the number of low level offenders we can bring to justice..We know that fixed penalty notices make big savings in police time, freeing them up to patrol the streets, they enable the courts to concentrate on more serious offences and give offenders an immediate punishment.

They are supported by police and a key part of the Government’s campaign to deliver a culture change of tackling, not tolerating low level nuisance and disorder.."

As you can see, Nanny is happy to use the phrase “not tolerate”; in other words she now openly admits to being intolerant.

Fair enough you might say, drunken louts are nobody’s “cup of tea”.

However, Nanny has plans to extend the powers to issue on the spot fines to not just those in the police but to other groups of people as well.

Parish and town council wardens are also to be given the power to issue on the spot fines of up to £100 for dog-fouling, littering and graffiti; in a major extension of Nanny’s crusade against what she perceives to be antisocial behaviour.

Nanny’s special friend, David “trial without jury” Blunkett, announced that the new powers on fixed penalty notices will be aimed at 10,000 parish and town councils.

The councils will be able to impose fines of between £30 and £100 for a range of offences, that Nanny believes to be antisocial; including dog-fouling, littering, vandalism, making excessive night-time noise, fly-posting and throwing fireworks.

These fines will be issued by wardens, rangers and crime and safety officers from the parish/town councils. The new powers will be set out in an Act of Parliament which will be included in next month's Queen's Speech.

These on the spot fines raise rather an interesting legal point; something which Nanny, with all her lawyers in the Cabinet and social circle, should have known about.

There is something called the Bill of Rights Act, which was passed in 1689, it states that:

"That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void".

In other words, on the spot fines are illegal until due legal process has been completed. This means that the recipient of an on the spot fine has the right to a trial.

Needless to say if everyone who received an on the spot fine refused to pay, and opted for a trial, the cost would be prohibitive; and the legal system in this country would grind to a halt.

In fact the Bill of Rights “throws a spanner” in many of the “legal” practices used in Britain today; such as the issuing of speeding tickets or congestion fines.

In the 'Metric Martyrs' judgment, Lord Justice Laws said:

"We should recognise a hierarchy of Acts of Parliament: as it were "ordinary" statutes and "constitutional statutes". The special status of constitutional statutes follows the special status of constitutional rights. Examples are the Magna Carta, Bill of Rights 1689, The Act of Union...Ordinary statutes may be impliedly repealed. Constitutional statutes may not..."

This means that all of Nanny’s lackeys; be they Local Authorities, Government agencies or police forces who fine people through the post, or on the spot are acting illegally.

As usual Nanny has demonstrated that:

• She does not think through the consequences of her actions



• She is intellectually lazy



• She is contemptuous of the law and intolerant of the behaviour of others.

Her prime objective is to tie us down with petty rules and regulations, that have no basis in law, and to use self appointed lackeys to administer her new "legal" system.