At the risk of getting flamed, I’ve never seen so many starving people arguing over the type of icing on the cake that has been placed before them.
If you don’t like what you have to do under the NPPL, then go JAAPPL.
Its probably all going to change under EASA anyway, so keep your powder dry until then.
Also, as an ex driving instructor, who has had quite a few pupils through my hands for retraining, a bi-annual “check drive” with an ADI would be no bad thing for the majority of drivers.