– As politicians across the land continue to campaign and plan for the introduction of plain packaging, first of tobacco then of alcohol, The Free Society editor, Brian Monteith, suggests an alternative approach – the plain packaging of politicians.
The time is now. We cannot wait any longer. We must act immediately if we are to save the lives of countless children.
We must introduce plain packaging of politicians.
We know the odds are against us. They have all the resources of the state at their disposal. Their own payroll vote is massive.
The legions of the NHS are larger than the armed forces – while the massed ranks of faceless bureaucrats, tax collectors, inspectors and the ever-growing parasitical quangograts – cover every nook and cranny of the British Isles.
They even finance friendly, well-meaning charities to campaign – like Q-Ships – on their behalf.
So pernicious is their reach and so beguiling are their their disguises that there is no hiding place from politicians and their malevolent influence.
Then there’s the Judas’s and Quislings who populate the media – the commentators defending politicians’ well-intended but unnecessary interventions, egging them on with more rapacious regulations and supporting the web of laws that politicians spin.
While they punch-out their diatribes and politicians spout their inanities our children are threatened by the unrestrained behaviour of Big Politics – and we just sit back and do nothing.
Every year some 772,000 children become eligible to vote and in the last election 44% did so – that’s 340,000 kids who risk becoming addicted to the brands of Big Politics.
All through their lives they will be offeredbribes, incentives, free benefits for this and give-away promotions for that – some of it is lies and many of the promises will be broken, but for those that are kept we all will pay a heavy price later. Just one vote is enough. There is no safe level of voting.
As if that’s not bad enough many supporters of Big Politics advocate dropping the age limit to 16 – bringing more kids into their net at an earlier age. As more people give up their addiction to Big Politics so politicians and their strategists know they need to entice the young and recruit new voters. They must be stopped.
Some brands suggest they are safer, some say they are green or lite – but we know they are all the same. They are all still politicians.
We must do something – and we must be seen to do something – even if it doesn’t work.
Big Politics is full of liars; they take us into wars we never sought, costing tens of thousands of our own lives and hundreds of thousands of foreign lives. It’s called passive politics and its very, very dangerous.
It is also highly addictive; even more addictive than heroin. Once elected they cannot stop passing laws, raising taxes and screwing up everyone’s lives – whether you voted for them or not. That’s how dangerous passive politics is – don’t listen to their denials.
Big Politics can pull you into drinking dens, honey traps, fisticuffs and front-page exposes – you can lose all self control, become impotent, have halitosis and your clothes will smell awful – your family can split and your health can suffer.
Politicians make us poorer; they run up state deficits and force us into personal debt – while they enjoy their scandalous expenses and world-wide junkets.
Anything that is bad, anything that goes wrong, can be put down to Big Politics and politicians. The statistics are horrific.
It is so very easy to fall for Big Politics and their seductive brands. Never mind that adults should be able to make a choice for themselves – choice is confusing, misleading and a false dream of freedom – instead, just think of the effect on our children. All those politicians’ toothy grins, those rictus smiles – and we even let them kiss our babies!
Big politicians have clever advertising on TV, across hoardings, in newspapers and at the point of sale – all of it must be banned.
They have snazzy labelling, bright contrasting colours, seductive slogans – and no health warnings – all of this must end.
If we are to save our children we must have plain packaging of politicians.
Every leaflet and manifesto document must come with a health warning showing photos of war graves, closed hospitals – and that Duck Pond.
Every political publication should be restricted to using the colour tope so our children are not dazzled and fooled into thinking it is a bag of sweeties.
Every politician should be made to wear a bright orange onesie to warn us that they are approaching – and every politician giving an interview – be it on Today, Newsnight or an appearance on Question Time – should have their register of interests read out first.
We must not relent. Big Politics is sick, it is dangerous and it is coming for our children.
We must enforce plain packaging of politicians.
Originally written By Brian Monteith — FOREST (UK)
