How public spending is damaging the UK

The British public has a long tradition of appreciating privacy and respecting individuality. But this tradition is being destroyed steadily by New Labour, says Brian Durrant in the Fleet Street Letter. It's in the Government's interest to make the majority of voters dependent on the state - and this has already been achieved.

Many years ago, before jokes about national stereotypes were a thought crime, one popular anecdote said that in heaven the chefs were French, the legislators were Swiss, the carmakers German, the lovers Italian, and the English were the police.

In hell, however, the Germans are the police, the English are the chefs, the French make the laws, the Italians make the cars and the lovers are Swiss!

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Brian has contributed to MoneyWeek with his expertise in investment strategy, for example how to quadruple your dividend income and how to navigate through the stock market in the 2008 financial crisis. He’s also touched on personal finance such as the housing market and the UK economy.