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Originally Posted by Cyfr
Does it not make sense to have people who completly understand the words of law, to be in charge of producing legislation?
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No. It is called a conflict of interest. Democracys are usually based on the concept of Executive, Legislature & Judiciary; is is called the seperation of powers. Unfortunatley, in the British system, the executive now dominates the legislature and both of these are dominated by lawyers. Who pays the lawyers? The taxpayers! Hence Tony Blair (lawyer) can pass European Human Rights concepts into UK law and who is the biggest beneficiary? None other than his Mrs Cherie Blair.
We do not ask policemen to be judge & jury, so why the hell do we tolerate barristers and solicters making laws? The only place for these characters in parliament is in the role of parliamentary draftsmen, i.e. going through bills with a fine tooth comb prior to them becoming law. Otherwise, the golden rule is this:
If your MP is a lawyer, then he/she is rotten & he/she is corrupt.