Christmas and the Granny State
Read spiked editor Mick Hume in The Times (London).
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Read spiked editor Mick Hume in The Times (London), 26 December 2002:
The seasonal message from health and safety campaigns can be summarised thus: ‘For your information, the public are a pathetic shower of morons and a menace to themselves. Don’t eat, drink or be merry, for tomorrow you could die. Apart from that, enjoy your holiday.’ Less ho ho ho than no, no, no….
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