Thursday 5 April 2012

Drought?

The hosepipe ban comes into force today across several regions of the UK. Serious looking spokesmen appear on TV to warn 'customers' that the shortage is serious and large fines will result if they ignore the diktat.

Of course, no mention is made of the 300 million gallons of water they lose every day, because they cannot be bothered to meet their statutory duty to repair pipes. For them, the derisory fines of the water 'regulator' are just an operating cost, certainly much, much less than sorting out the leaks.

Imagine the damage to the funds available for executive bonuses if they were spending the money required to meet their legal commitment! Connect the dots. Police regularly set up speed traps where the average 'overspeed' is probably 3mph and the fine is instant. They have the power to seize cars instantly and crush them for repeat offences, even where the penalty is massively out of proportion to the 'crime'.

Yet when it comes to big companies, the law suddenly becomes very careful and tentative. Water bosses have a legal duty to limit leaks. If they ignore it, it doesn't really matter. The fines, even when they do come are insignificant and out of proportion in the wrong direction. Politicians who break the law are given every courtesy and excuses sought, details that would be irrelevant if it were you or I  assume great significance.

Social workers abuse their powers seizing children and breaking up families. And yet there is so often nothing done and nothing we can do to force action. Yes, it is proof positive that a corrupt state will not allow any intervention with its affairs. So it will get worse and worse, just as a child pushes to discover where the boundaries are.

Our destruction is not confirmed yet, but a clear path has been set and our politicians and their fellow travellers (such as bankers with Gordon Brown, charlatans with Tony Blair, anyone with money it seems, with Cameron) are already on it.

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