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Written by Administrator
Friday, 25 January 2008
(except if it's to do with him, with Labour Party funding, or Parliament...) With breathtaking hypocrisy - and, apparently, a straight face - Gordon Brown today (25th January 2008) has called for "more transparency" from economic institutions (such as the World Bank), has claimed that "heavy-handed regulation" is "not the solution", and apparently supports free trade. Unfortunately, his actions at home make a total mockery of his posturing abroad. Practice what you preach? Coming just one day after Peter Hain - formerly the minister in charge of the Department of Work and Pensions, who was caught out trying to smuggle some £100,000 of donations into his leadership campaign, just a few months after the biggest party funding scandal of modern times, and on the back of a Government which had introduced an unprecedented 3000 new laws by mid-2006 - and hasn't slowed down since. Brown's government (and Blair's before him) is so "anti-heavy regulation" that they banned foxhunting, smoking, causing nuclear explosions, importing Polish potatoes and the sale of grey squirrels. They've implemented more tax measures than any previous government: Tolley's, the recognised bible of UK taxation has more than doubled in size - to some 10,000 pages - since Labour won their first election, despite reducing the size of their text. Even now, they're planning yet more "heavy-handed regulation", this time against family-run businesses such as corner shops, farms, and so on - all in revenge for losing a legal battle with a small family business last year. As clear as mud. Speaking of transparency - Brown was conveniently absent from Parliament when it voted on whether to exempt itself (and its MPs) from the Freedom of Information Bill. Political party funding remains in a quagmire of secrecy and half-truths, following the Labour Party's disasterous attempts at disguising donations as loans at the last election - something Brown (second highest ranking MP in the party at that time) claimed he knew nothing about. Free trade? Not likely. Quite how he can say he believes in "free trade", when British subjects are heavily restricted on what they can bring into the UK from foreign countries. For example, outwith the EU, there are heavy restrictions on tobacco and alcoholic products, and a limit of £145 (less than $300) of "goods" allowed to be imported from America. Oh, and no potatoes from Poland either, apparently.
Last Updated ( Friday, 25 January 2008 )