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

[SpringSunshineanddaffodils]

I know people will post silly things that irritate them but think seriously. What three things would you make completely illegal right now?
Here's mine:

1. The right to buy your council house
2. Owning more than one property.
3. Not keeping your cat contained in your own home. With hefty fines if it is caught killing any wildlife.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Smoking / vaping in public
spitting in public ( including sports people)
logburners anywhere that it’s possible to have mains gas / built up areas .

People who don’t treat others as they would like to be treated.
Cruelty to animals.
Bad weather.

Unpaid overtime and the expectation that you need to do it in order to keep your job

Bullying / nastiness in the workplace

Not giving employees yearly pay rises

Free range farming only. Battery farming and keeping pigs caged indoors etc banned.

Dogs inside cafés, restaurants and other places serving food.

Social media access for under 18s.

Yes this is really grim. I avoid salmon now.

Same.

Vaping or at least vaping outside of your own home

I can’t think of one let alone two other things I find as offensive than vaping.

I'd send people who refuse to acknowledge that the world's climate has been changing since the planet was formed to the gulag. With especially poor treatment and food for those arrogant enough to think that humans can do anything to stop the climate from continuing to change.

Single use plastic that isn’t medically necessary (or beneficial).

Manspreading.

People clapping during concerts / performances when I would like to hear and enjoy the music!! And not their clapping….

(I am aware that there are more serious issues than clapping during concerts, btw)

Re your point 1. If we can't vote for a racist or fascist party there'd be no one to vote for.

Why bother? There are so many things that are already illegal that don't seem to get prosecuted these days.
Rape, violence, threats to kill, illegal immigration, fraud, criminal damage to name but a few.

That should definitely be illegal. I was at a National Trust property the other day and a guide was wearing flesh coloured leggings and a top that didn’t cover her bum. You’d think they’d have higher dress standards for a public facing role.

Loud Music/loud phone conversations on public transport without headphones!
Selling council housing (Scotland & Wales already have banned it)
Littering
People having children who haven’t a clue about parenting.
And those flesh coloured leggings 😁

1. CASH. Everything goes through the books. Useless fathers wouldn't be able to get out of paying maintenance due to cash in hand jobs.
2. Smoking
3. Salary transparency-everyone knows who is on what (like grades) Advertising a job with no salary would be illegal.

Local authorities shouldn't be able to go below a certain level of provision for public conveniences in their area. Going to the loo isn't an optional extra. Ditto public library provision. Reading isn't a luxury, although you'd think otherwise, if you look at the number of branch libraries lost since 2010. I accept there would be a lot of arguments about funding these things, given the squeeze on council budgets, the state of many people's council tax bills, the pressure on central government support etc. But we used to have a lot more public provision of both of these facilities and whatever's changed, it certainly isn't the need for them.

I'd go with restricting the use of speakerphones and no-headphone use of devices in principle. I've been there and it's awful, so I have every sympathy. In practice, it would be hard to enforce, especially as jacks are disappearing from phones and connecting means Bluetooth, which doesn't always work.

A lower age limit for smartphones and internet access. I don't have children and don't know whether it should be 14/16/18. But a mountain of research from experts and anecdotal evidence from parents, teachers and children suggests that young people are being harmed by runaway use of mobile devices in a way that they aren't by their laptops. This restriction again comes with a ton of caveats and implications.

Only 3?
MPs being allowed ANY gifts or freebies, and the whole "expenses" system should be reviewed - some apparently renting out their original house while getting massive allowances for having and furnishing houses in London and their constituency.

"Smart" motorways - they're not smart, they're bloody dangerous.

Student loans. In my day, (1960s) the local education authority covered the whole cost of tuition plus a maintenance grant for accommodation and basic living expenses. This meant anyone who got the exam results could go to university, which was a massive boost to social mobility, and they could start their career without huge debts hanging over them.

Shower every day
Toilet brushes
Massive salads

Point 1 on here would fix many many problems 👏

1. Smoking/drinking while pregnant
2. Smoking in doorways when pub's restaurants shops and bus stops etc.
3. Talking on Bluetooth in public. It's rude and elderly people think their talking to themselves or to them.

Fireworks

littering

17 year olds being given a full driving licence with no restrictions (speed, curfew, passengers)

1. Off-lead dogs.
2. Littering.
3. All single-use plastic.