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Saturday, December 27, 2003
The Listerner's Law
Gabriel Syme (London)
(0)   Activism • Civil liberties

A reader alerted us to an interesting vote happening on the Radio 4 today programme: vote for a law to be submitted to the House of Commons. So far there are five 'Law Ideas' and at No.5 is a bill to allow homeowners to defend their property with any force, by deleting "reasonable" from the phrase "reasonable force".

You can vote by phone or online, if you are registered with BBCi.