New Labour's Legislative Overload

It pains me to say it as an opponent of the 'old boys' judicial network, but the 'Establishment' judge has go it spot on in this article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199839/Government-passed-crime-laws-says-senior-judge.html

Since being elected in 1997, New Labour have passed over 3,000 new laws, many of which are excessive , pointless and ineffective. They have been enamoured by the clever PR of the police force and granted the 'boys in blue' unaccountable and excessive powers on an unprecedented scale.

Having studied the history books, I am well aware of how little Labour was in power during the 20th century, a fact that is one of the party's greatest failures. This legislative excess appear to be the actions of an organisation that realises it is not in power very often and wants to cram as much in as it possibly can before it loses power again.

It is a sad indictment of the lack of imagination of the left that all it can do is overload the legal and judicial system with more regulation and control of ordinary people's lives. This is a clear example where New Labour, heavily dominated by 'reformed' ex-Communists, has gone seriously wrong, and the party will need to reflect on this tendency while in opposition.