"Nothing can justify the step change in the number of criminal offences invented by this Government", said Nick Clegg, the Lib Dems home affairs spokesman.
"It's a frenzied approach to law making, thousands of new offences, an illiberal belief in heavy handed regulation, an obsession with controlling the minutiae of everyday life."
So you mean a nanny state eh Nick?
Some of the more barking offences include creating a nuclear explosion - good one, we feel safer in our beds already - curbs on scallop fishing and restrictions on entering the Titanic.
We were just off there so that's handy to know.
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The Independent, Wed 16 Aug 2006 at 10:38am
