The idea
This project is going well so far – there are many excellent ideas and comments.
However, for this project to end well, the government has to be bold.
For example, it ought to come up with a whole list of laws that can be repealed entirely (It can start with most of the laws passed in the last ten years). It is no good just repealing only small parts of different Acts of Parliament and introducing new laws to modify others, because then we will end up with more laws than we have now – and that would be a massive failure!
It also needs to roll back the state from entire areas of our lives and scrap entire systems of regulation. It must accept that some things it currently regulates just shouldn't be any of the state's business anymore - the government can't just tinker a bit here and there and end up with something very similar to what we have now!
Between us, we can suggest many things that can be scrapped entirely. None of these suggestions will receive universal support. However, if this project is to be a success, the government must push some of them through anyway.
On the other hand, if the government offers up nothing but a few token gestures of reform, we will not end up with simpler laws, greater fairness and less bureaucracy – we will be almost exactly where we are now!
Why is it important?
If we don't get bold measures with a significant rolling back of the areas the state has a right to interfere with, then this project will fail and will be nothing more than a cheap political stunt.