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Conservative MP Neil O’Brien has set out a list of policies to make Britain “vaguely civilised again” including “large and instant fines” for passengers playing music on public transport and a “crackdown on spitting”.
The Leicestershire MP also called for action to stop e-scooters being ” dumped across pavements” and a push to plant trees on every residential street “where this is remotely possible”.
O’Brien was a minister in the previous Conservative government and is an influential thinker in the party, as the former head of the Policy Exchange think tank.
O’Brien argued the desire to live in a “civilised, orderly society” was “one of the most under-discussed and under-appreciated things in politics”.
“It is something often promised by politicians – but in my lifetime it has not been delivered.”
O’Brien said politicians on both the left and the right were “culpable” and criticised his own party for failing to deliver on promises and prioritising “other things more”.
“We cut police numbers then restored them; lost prison officers, then rehired less experienced ones; and we didn’t deal with the prolific offenders who cause so much misery.”
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His list of proposals include:
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Action to stop e-bikes and scooters being ridden on pavements
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An end to ‘street scars’, where gaps in street paving are replaced with tarmac
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A “galvanising” national goal to reduce the amount of litter
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Councils to sort dumping of fridges, mattresses and broken cars
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Action to stop phone boxes and street furniture being covered in graffiti
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