You are given the power to make three things illegal. What would you choose?

Littering (and this includes not picking up and properly disposing of dog poo)

People who walk slowly/stop suddenly to look at their phone and block the whole pavement -special mention for those who do it getting on/off of an escalator or train/tube

Having phone/tablet etc on full volume in public without headphones. This includes children-especially in restaurants.

Making It Illegal to Block Safe, Tested Innovations Out of Fear Alone

No more banning new medicines, energy sources, or technologies just because they feel "unnatural" or "scary" at first glance. If something has been thoroughly tested and shown to work safely, it must be allowed emotional panic alone wouldn’t be enough to veto it. Society has to move forward, not stay frozen because of fear of the unknown.

Banning the "Golden Past" Myth in Public Decision-Making

It would be illegal to base major public policies on false nostalgia the fantasy that "things were always better in the old days." Every decision must be based on real evidence, future needs, and current data not on longing for a world that never actually existed. Progress demands realism, not rose-tinted glasses.

Making It Illegal to Spread Anti-Science Conspiracies That Stall Public Progress

It would be illegal to profit from or deliberately spread conspiracy theories that scare people away from real science like vaccine lies, climate denial, or AI panic myths. Open debate is fine but organised disinformation that halts progress would be treated like sabotage against society’s future.

lol re no.1, are you a parent at all as only they get triggered so hard by dog owners calling themselves pet ‘parents’. I mean it doesn’t take away from you being a human parent you know! 😂 And quite an accurate description I’d say since we all agree they’re also members of the family and not to dissimilar to having a child when you decide to take on a puppy with all its needs!

And provision for a daily compensation amount to those affected. That would concentrate the mind on issues like 'do I really need a games room?' and 'do the works need to make everyone else's garden unusable for the whole summer?'

Also: if you are having noisy disruptive work done, you have to live on the premises while it's happening. Moving to one of your other homes in Cornwall/Scotland/the South of France for the duration should not be allowed, unless you take all your neighbours with you.

Academy Trusts should be dismantled.
CEOs on £250k, Impact Officers on £190k, meanwhile in schools huge class sizes, not enough TAs, resources cut to be bone.
It's immoral and unjustifiable.

1. The person at the top of an organisation can only earn x7 the wage of the lowest paid person
2. Companies that make their money from fossil fuels have to immediately pivot all their research into green alternatives
3. Complete ban on creating audio content that includes any sort of chewing noises. If conversation is supposed to be happening over a meal, and this is completely integral to the plot, they should simply occasionally make reference to the quality of the food or the ambiance of the restaurant

That’s very true! All healthcare should be free and accessible to all no matter where you live. Putting your child on as content is a good shout, I think that’ll get looked at more as the first generation of influencers children continue to come of age.

what anybody could have a mortgage regardless of if they could pay it back?

@Aprilweather

1. Illegal to vote Reform or any other racist facist party ( I understand everyone has their own opinion, this is mine)
2. to driver slower than the speed limit on the already too slow British motorways ( After living abroad for several years, it is hell driving in the uk motorways every day)
3. phone calls/music on speakerphone in public

1. If you've got a small car, it would be illegal to park it so far back in a parking space that I am fooled into thinking there's a free space. The front MUST be on the front line...
2. Those ridiculously high shelves in supermarkets that only people of 6ft plus can reach
3. Fake grass

Totally agree

I agree.

Death penalty for those who don't believe in climate change
Would deal with many issues at once

1. Infringement of privacy. Government access to our private data( banks, social media , etc) without a court order
2. Politicians who are not delivering / who caught lying once, who are not prioritising first the well being of the nation they were chosen to serve, who have second jobs, who got public disapproval rating -40.
3. Disrespectful behavior towards others in public which includes no loud speakers on public transport, no blocking exit on public transport if it’s not busy and you are not about to exit, no pushing, etc

Posting untruths on social media as facts (must carry a warning like this view is extremely biased and not true at all on it)

Vaping

Student loans at 6% interest *(should be at 0% interest or no loans at all).

Agreed! I make concious effort at work to not use corporate wankisms
"circle back"
"touch base"
"reach out"
And so on

It would be illegal not to neuter your cats and dogs, unless you pay a big licence fee which would be tightly controlled.

All battery farming banned.

Fines for saying in public I was sat/stood

This is horseshit. We've had cats and birdlife and small mammals co-existing for thousands of years. The decline in birdlife and insects is down to pollution and the destruction of hedgerows etc to build 24-hour Asdas.

oh and "gentle reminders" - it is not gentle you are pissed and want it done -so grow some and say it.

1. Smart motorways
2. Data gathering from cookies, phones etc
3. Very strong agree about the sale of council houses! Very strong.
4. I want to add one about closing some of the existing tax loopholes that allow the very wealthy and wealthy corporations to avoid paying tax

It’s only one of the cats with an allergy which came later in life for him and because it was only one person feeding him. Yes in fact I do - my own garden and not far beyond that. Caught a neighbour twice trespassing to give the cat treats before we managed to ask her to stop. The cats roam freely and we’ve lived here with the same neighbours for years and it’s only been a recent issue.

OMG - yes chewing gum and standing their looking and sounding like a masticating cow

eating with you mouth open

and the word "like"

People who suggest this in my experience don’t actually understand the drug testing process.

Sign me up as someone else who can't stand this phrase. I can't explain why, but it makes my skin itch!