LOTS OF WORTHY 'WE WILLS' IN THE COALITION AGREEMENT

• We will implement a full programme of measures to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties and roll back state intrusion. GOOD
• We will introduce a Freedom Bill. GOOD
• We will protect historic freedoms through the defence of trial by jury.  GOOD
• We will introduce safeguards against the misuse of anti-terrorism legislation. EVEN BETTER
• We will restore rights to non-violent protest. GOOD
• We will review libel laws to protect freedom of speech. EXCELLENT
• We will introduce safeguards against the misuse of anti-terrorism legislation. EXCELLENT
• We will further regulate CCTV.GOOD
• We will end the storage of internet and email records without good reason. VERY GOOD
• We will introduce a new mechanism to prevent the proliferation of unnecessary new criminal offences. EXCELLENT
• We will establish a Commission to investigate the creation of a British Bill of Rights that incorporates and builds on all our obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, ensures that these rights continue to be enshrined in British law, and protects and extends British liberties. We will seek to promote a better understanding of the true scope of these obligations and liberties. NOT GOOD - STICK WITH HRA/ECHR - IT IS OUR INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION IN ANY EVENT
• We will provide more protection against aggressive bailiffs and unreasonable charging orders, ensure that courts have the power to insist that repossession is always a last resort, and ban orders for sale on unsecured debts of less than £25,000. CURIOUS - LOTS OF BUSINESSES WILL NOT LIKE THIS - THREATENING AN ORDER FOR SALE IS USUALLY THE LAST WAY OF EXTRACTING MONEY FROM DEBTORS SHORT OF BANKRUPTCY
• We will ban the use of powers in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) by councils, unless they are signed off by a magistrate and required for stopping serious crime. BRILLIANT!
• We will carry out a fundamental review of Legal Aid to make it work more efficiently. OMINOUS - WHAT DOES EFFICIENT MEAN?
• We will establish five-year fixed-term Parliaments. We will put a binding motion before the House of Commons stating that the next general election will be held on the first Thursday of May 2015. Following this motion, we will legislate to make provision for fixed-term Parliaments of five years. This legislation will also provide for dissolution if 55% or more of the House votes in favour.  THIS IS WORRYING?  AMENDS OUR CONSTITUTION WITHOUT MUCH THOUGHT?
• We will bring forward a Referendum Bill on electoral reform, which includes provision for the introduction of the Alternative Vote in the event of a positive result in the referendum, as well as for the creation of fewer and more equal sized constituencies. We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote, without prejudice to the positions parties will take during such a referendum. DON'T LIKE PR AT ALL.
• We will bring forward early legislation to introduce a power of recall, allowing voters to force a by-election where an MP is found to have engaged in serious wrongdoing and having had a petition calling for a by-election signed by 10% of his or her constituents. GOOD IDEA
• We will establish a committee to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly elected upper chamber on the basis of proportional representation. The committee will come forward with a draft motion by December 2010. It is likely that this will advocate single long terms of office. It is also likely that there will be a grandfathering system for current Peers. In the interim, Lords appointments will be made with the objective of creating a second chamber that is reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election. PERSONALLY FAVOUR 1/ 2 ELECTED AND 1/2 APPOINTED - TO ALLOW FOR THE WISE MEN AND WOMEN FROM A RANGE OF TECHNICAL/CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS TO REMAIN MEMBERS.  QUITE LIKE THE IRISH SENATE'S COMPOSITION ACTUALLY