4000 Laws are just too European for Rees Mogg

Rees Mogg's 'Retained EU Law' Bill sounds more like a bad case of constipation than an attempt by the rampant right wing of the Conservative party to stymie democracy.

Hidden from the radar of public scrutiny and being rushed through parliamentary process, is a horrendous piece of legislation that would see 4000 plus EU laws - ones that were kept from basic good sense after our departure from the EU - swept away at the end of this year in a frenzy of brexiteer zealotry.

But much to the chagrin of Rees Mogg and his cohorts, there is a rebellion afoot in the Lords, led by a cross party alliance of Lib Dems, Labour and non-crazy Tory peers. They have clocked the destructive manoeuvres of the zealous right wing of the party and are up in arms.

The Bill which would have seen huge swathes of perfectly rational laws being discarded merely because they originated in the EU.

Laws which govern food safety and animal welfare were just the tip of a huge iceberg of legislation deemed unsuitable for the new non-European Britain. A fantasy that Rees Mogg has long harboured.

The pettiness and unnecessary destructiveness of this Bill has finally been called out and is likely to be stopped.

It's the sheer irrationality and vindictiveness behind its author's thinking that should alarm us.

The right wing of the Conservative Party feeds off a narrow-mindedness that has already caused our economy to stagger. Depriving Britain of laws just because they originated in the EU and then leaving no time to institute others is dangerous folly.

See also this article for more background.