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November 16, 2004

It's still Labour

Despite the repeated praise I have heaped upon Tony Blair there is no substitute for living in England to know what people actually have to put up with. Too stupid to be enacted in Canada? Watch this space.

While checking out the special offers that British supermarkets have on at the moment, I found myself at Somerfield's website a few minutes ago. Despite all of the nonsense that has come from the British government over the years, and especially in recent months, I was still shocked when I read a link asking Somerfield customers to register their views on the government's plans to ban buy one get one free offers. Surely even this nanny government would not come up with so ridiculous and controlling a measure, I thought.

Well, I thought wrong - they are indeed that mindbogglingly dumb and power-mad, and plan to do exactly that. So, businesses can forget being free to offer their customers bargains on foods the government deems 'unhealthy'.

Oh, and they're going to ban smoking at work and in restaurants and cafes as well. Not that right-thinking people everywhere would not agree with such a fair-minded infringement on treating adults like adults. The whole planet is being covered in orange warning tape and nobody seems to mind. Time to retreat into a realm of fantasy (until that gets regulated too).

Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 16, 2004 05:53 AM

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Comments

A number of years ago the controversy was that Britain was having difficulty using the specific number of traffic cones allocated by Brussels. The joke was that the folks managing roadworks were putting them up simply to use their quota.

In a regulation-mad Europe, the bureaucrats must justify their existence not by the sense of what they issue, but by its volume. Clearly, the madness has crossed the chunnel.

Posted by: Paul at November 17, 2004 08:28 AM