Fiddling while Rome burns! And then some: Destroying it, too!

In a brilliant opinion piece in The Daily Telegraph some day ago, Simon Heffer, ever incisive, looks back with nostalgia to a time before Tony Blair's Britain started taking shape. Mr Heffer is right to do so. Britain is being destroyed before our very eyes!

In a few short years, Blair has managed to turn on its head all that it means to be British. And there's more on the way!

This man is a meddlesome do-gooder. Ironically, he is doing nothing but harm to the fabric of British society. He bans anything and everything he dislikes or feels is bad for us. And he does so with zeal! In so doing, he is turning a once tolerant society into an intolerant one. It is interesting to note that intolerance is the hallmark of Islamic societies! It is also interesting to note that it is intolerance which is the basis of the Muslims' call for the Race and Religious Hatred Bill. Muslims cannot bear to be criticized. Go to any Islamic society and start criticizing it! Then see what happens!

Tony Blair is determined to ban smoking in public places. This is a blatant act of intolerance. It's a fact of life that some people smoke while others do not. Britain used to accommodate both types of people. There should be room for all in a good, well-functioning society. Intolerance breeds intolerance. Today it is smoking. Will it be drinking alcohol tomorrow? With the drinking of alcohol on the increase, there are plenty of signs of its deleterious effects on society; yet only the most intolerant of people would wish to see it banned. Muslims would! And with Islam in the ascendancy, it is only a matter of time before they will call for that to be banned, too. In one city in Scotland, they have alread called on the local council to ban outdoor drinking in a beer garden. Why? Because it offended the local Muslims to see infidels enjoying a drink in public! They failed to get the change through. This time! Watch this space!

©Mark Alexander