Over five thousand years ago Moses said to the children of Israel “pick up your shovel, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the promised land.”<\/p>\n
Nearly 50 years ago, Harold Wilson said, “Lay down your shovels, sit on
\nyour asses, and light up a camel, this is the promised land.”<\/p>\n
Then Gordon Brown stole your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the price of
\ncamels, and mortgaged the promised land.<\/p>\n
Now David Cameron has loaned my shovel to a third World country, (he hasn’t
\nrealised yet that WE are now a third World country), raised my fuel bills, lent
\nmy money to a crowd of incompetent, greedy merchant bankers and
\nincreased Vat to 20%.<\/p>\n
Very depressing. Last night I called the Samaritans, they diverted my call to
\na call centre in Pakistan . I told them I was suicidal; they got all excited
\nand asked if I could drive a truck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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