As One ‘Criminal’ To Another

I read that our illustrious government now intends to recruit hundreds of people whose sole job will be to issue ‘on the spot’ fines to people who contravene one of the regulations or bylaws introduced to make us a ‘better’ society. These will include parking, littering, playing in the street, annoying your neighbour, and practically anything to do with wheelie bins, refuse collection or recycling.

If you fill your wheelie bin too full you will be fined; if you leave your wheelie bin too far from the kerb you will be fined; if you leave your wheelie bin the wrong way round you will be fined; if you put additional rubbish bags out with your wheelie bin you will be fined; if you put your rubbish in the wrong container you will be fined; and if you put your rubbish out on the wrong day you will be fined; and what’s more if you obstruct the pavement with your rubbish you will be fined. Of course if you drive any or all of your rubbish to the tip in order to avoid falling foul of any of the afore-mentioned regulations and pump additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, that’s okay.

Since coming to power this government has introduced laws creating over 3,000 new criminal offences. These come under guise of improving or protecting the environment, and enhancing law order.

By the time this government leaves office there will only be two classes of people left in this country; criminals and people who work for the government. New Labour, new Stasi.