@tomo, Oct 19, 2017 at 9:58 AM

In other news UK Government has issued guidance on walking pet pigs .... it's not like there are some other rather more pressing issues they might be tasked with is it?

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/keeping-a-pet-pig-or-micropig

- You can’t keep a pet pig at your home until you get a county parish holding (CPH) number from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).

- You need to get a licence from your APHA to walk your pig outside your home or premises.
- You must have your licence with you whenever you’re walking your pig, and you’ll need to renew it every year.

- You can’t feed pigs catering waste from any domestic or commercial kitchen, including kitchens that only cater for vegetarians.

Imagine the laws & rules Gov't would impose if dogs, cats, hamsters, goldfish first became pets in 2016:

....
- You can’t feed dogs catering waste from any domestic or commercial kitchen, including kitchens that only cater for vegetarians

Thus, potential fine or jail for giving Fido an emptied tin/yoghurt-tub/cake-mix-bowl to lick clean

Gov't - F*** Off and stop interfering in personal decisions

@tomo, Oct 19, 2017 at 4:55 PM

Apparently someone called John Hayes who's being - ironically imho - called the Transport Minister is threatening compulsory EV charging points at retail petrol outlets across the UK

John Hayes, Transport Minister for May's Socialist Party Gov't:

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may, for example—
(a) require large fuel retailers or service area operators to provide public charging points;
(b) require public charging points to be available for use at prescribed times;
(c) require services or facilities prescribed by the regulations to be provided in connection with public charging points

Were Shell, BP, ESSO, Jet, Tesco et al forced to open petrol stations by Gov't Law?

No - they opened them hoping people would buy what they sold.

Same applies to EV charging points

Gov't - F*** Off and stop interfering in free market decisions