Daily writing prompt

If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why?

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Gravity. I think it would be fun if this was optional and/or discretionary… Imagine the fun you could have…

Seriously though – in England the laws can be changed – by parliament. If you want to change the law you need to get elected, or to thoroughly persuade those who are elected. You might decide to stand as a politician or local councillor.

Protesting in the streets doesn’t seem to have much effect on policy in England – it didn’t stop the poll tax, it didn’t stop Brexit. You may get further if you have serious amounts of money – even politicians are swayed by powerful people – but the direct route of being elected is usually considered less controversial than buying your way to a law change…

Why not look at laws as being the written rules, that might need changing from time to time, and really examine if they are fit for purpose? Examine the way those laws have been interpreted, when the situation is not clear – and how lawyers have understood the words used in the laws. Unlike scientific laws, the ways we choose to codify our lives as a society can be changed.

Or else the beat goes on…