Sean @ PagAnarchy

And I quote from Once More:

In case you have failed to notice, Our Dear Leader is currently trying to get Parliament to dissolve itself and hand power over to the ministers that he gets to choose. His meglomania has increased recently as has his distain for Freedom and Democracy. His latest wheeze is breathtakingly bold however.

Its called the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. What a boring sounding name.

The Times says "The boring title of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill hides an astonishing proposal. It gives ministers power to alter any law passed by Parliament. The only limitations are that new crimes cannot be created if the penalty is greater than two years in prison and that it cannot increase taxation. But any other law can be changed, no matter how important. All ministers will have to do is propose an order, wait a few weeks and, voilà, the law is changed."

This is dangerously similar to The Enabling Act as used by Nazi Germany to turn their democracy into a dictatorship. Word for word. Wikipedia says "The Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz in German) was passed by Germany's parliament (the Reichstag) on March 23, 1933. It was the second major step after the Reichstag Fire Decree through which the Nazis obtained dictatorial powers using largely legal means. The Act enabled Chancellor Adolf Hitler and his cabinet to enact laws without the participation of the Reichstag."

Are you afraid yet?