Make us free to own our decisions...

IF THE Government used emergency powers to make it illegal to walk on the cracks in the pavement or to stop people from eating chicken on a Tuesday, would that be OK, or would it make you really angry?

- Graham Brady

Some might say watching where you step is always a good thing and being forced to vary your diet isn't really a hardship at all.

This would be missing the point. If you allow ministers to make arbitrary rules and laws, it won't stop there.

Why not require bald men to wear hats in winter? Or fine people £100 a day if they don't do their 10,000 steps?

This would reduce chapped heads, obesity and heart attacks - who could object? Simple answer: we all should.