Mal McDermott of the Libertarian Party UK writes about many of the problems holding Britain back.
“Everything is always a problem, one to complain about, write to a councillor about, form a committee about”
The heat has been quite something as you may have noticed, from my side of the country in the depths of the Souf,to the frozen lands beyond the wall (Speculation states that Scots are having a Y2K moment as their thermometers don’t go into double digits) we are having a hot time of it.
On top of this we have had the usual slew of hosepipe bans, wilting crops, people getting into trouble in the water trying to cool off, cracked pavements, non-air-conditioned homes presumably built in the last ice age for heat retention and the useful small talk of “how about this heat?”
“Where is the entrepreneurship? Where are the people selling ice cream and beer on the beach, the swim teams forming volunteer life guard groups”
Problem after moan after problem after whinge. It’s a typical response, but also a result of policy and culture. Everything is always a problem, one to complain about, write to a councillor about, form a committee about, get an MP in for a photo op about. Because God forbid that anyone with no doubt scurrilous, exploitative and capitalistic tendencies would actually do something about.
Where is the entrepreneurship? Where are the people selling ice cream and beer on the beach, the swim teams forming volunteer life guard groups, the people hawking cheap sunglasses bought in bulk of Temu? There at home, complaining on the internet, begging a faceless bureaucracy to fix their lives.
But they’re not entirely to blame, their whole lives they’ve been fed this line, they have witnessed every attempt at private industry being crushed by red tape and taxes. Why bother trying to do anything when Johnny Law is just going to kick down your door and send you to the slammer longer than someone convicted of manslaughter for trying to hawk a can of Carlsberg on the Sea shore?
“Vape and betting shops are to be stamped out by the politburo. Zero fun allowed, now get back to work or being depressed”
Andy Burnham, himself from beyond the Watford gap and his collection of conniving communists are this week attempting to crack down at the last response to this constant crack down. Vape and betting shops are to be stamped out by the politburo. Zero fun allowed, now get back to work or being depressed in bed, either suits the Labour louts. The fact that taxes and rates have meant that only insanely high margin businesses can operate would of course be sacrosanct to the Marxist ghouls in charge.
“we are beaten down by a state of busy body pencil pushers who are clueless of the realities outside of their projected models”
We are supposed to be a capitalist society, problems are to be met with ingenuity, solutions and profit. Everyone benefits, people beat the heat and others bring home the bacon. Instead, we are beaten down by a state of busy body pencil pushers who are clueless of the realities outside of their projected models and let’s be honest what they reckon is going on.
Is there a percentage something could go wrong, possibly, but whatever it is, it won’t be 100%, so we are always getting less than we could as a government ban means everyone gets 0%. The UK should be enjoying a pop-up and small business boom. Instead thousands more will be jobless and I’m left beerless on the beach, watching the waves, and in the distance, is that a small boat I see?…
“God forbid that anyone with no doubt scurrilous, exploitative and capitalistic tendencies would actually do something”
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Originally posted on the 13th August at https://www.facebook.com/libertarianuk/posts/pfbid02ofwBhxwQWSPqYCydEhaRpLeKFSD6GMATNceSATpGg392StaoHJK87igGWkLpqpgil.
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