So Manchester is going to be the home of the Government’s Super Casino.
The Casino Advisory Panel has decided, much we assume to the chagrin of Precott’s buddy Philip Anschutz, that Manchester is a more worthy locale for the leviathan entertainment complex than Blackpool or The Dome.
This is a decision as surprising as London gazumping of Paris for the 2012 Olympics, and equally as misguided. I’m not suggesting that The Dome or Blackpool would make a better home for a huge casino-town, no I would argue that the whole idea of a super-casino is a tragic move for a supposedly progressive government.
Businesses should be free to operate freely in as unregulated a market as reasonably feasible, and if that means casinos and tittie-bars, then so be it (let local residents worry about that, let them control developments locally). But for a government of left, or any government for that matter, to be actively encouraging and promoting a gambling culture is incredibly reckless.
In Russia gambling is a major social ill. Even small suburbs have casinos. The Orthodox Church does a great deal of good work in helping those who are addicted to gambling. Such is the extent of the problem in Russia; new laws have been passed to outlaw gambling in the towns and cities by 2009 (itself moving all gambling operations to four super-casino sites far from the major towns and cities). But here in Britain we are encouraging more casinos in our towns (there are three classes of casino being proposed: Super, Large, and Small).
This ‘progressive’ government is planning on actively encouraging its people to become enslaved to the curse that is gambling. Who could have dreamt that a party that was founded in part by the temperance movement would bring such a plague on the homes of so many? They should be ashamed of themselves.
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“They should be ashamed of themselves. ”
a powerful statement.
Honours police arrest Lord Levy
Labour’s chief fundraiser Lord Levy is arrested for a second time by police investigating cash-for-honours claims.
——-BBC.co.uk.
is anyone going to be charged? ever.
very doubtful….
anyhoo, on topic, i do believe that this is a quite outrageous policy, i can see the obvious business potential, but cannot see the reason for a government allowing such a thing…especially a “Labour” government.
No good can come of this policy, well, not for the general public, while they may want this policy (hard to say who’s for and against) it is the role of government (certainly Labour) to govern what is good for the public as a whole, not the business community. Cos remember, the house always wins.
I was thinking about this and the whole perception of Labour and Micheal Portillo put it so eloquently in the Sunday Times(although moreso about the war, but true for the tenure of the govt), while Blair is guilty, Brown is a co-defendant, it’s just a pity that Labour don’t realise it.
Man, what a well set-up website!