Eight new laws a day under Brown

This passage jumped out at me from Irwin Stelzer’s excellent article in the Telegraph this morning:

“[Gordon Brown] has had some 2,823 laws passed during his first year in office – eight per day and 64 per cent more than Lady Thatcher averaged – many aimed at regulating businesses and commercial transactions between private parties, such as the buyers and sellers of property.

This at a time when it is crucial to reduce taxes on entrepreneurs and small businesses, and the red tape that makes it so difficult for small businesses to start and to survive.”