Maybe this could be made mandatory, a distracted and sexually pleasured Government might be the quickest route to less Government.

Won't decrease their expense claims though.

Oh I totally agree! Just as the last thing I want is the government to become 'less wasteful', the last thing we need is John Prescott keeping his mind on what he is paid to do.

In the same vein, less damage would be caused if 90% of tax money collected was just flushed down a toilet rather than spent on anything whatsoever.

In the same vein, less damage would be caused if 90% of tax money collected was just flushed down a toilet rather than spent on anything whatsoever.

It would make the environmentalists happy as well, since it would make recycling water profitable.

Maybe this could be made mandatory, a distracted and sexually pleasured Government might be the quickest route to less Government.

Or more, hehe.

Oh I totally agree! Just as the last thing I want is the government to become 'less wasteful', the last thing we need is John Prescott keeping his mind on what he is paid to do.

In the same vein, less damage would be caused if 90% of tax money collected was just flushed down a toilet rather than spent on anything whatsoever.

If only there were some Samizdatistas with close connections to the Adam Smith Institute who could urge them to stop coming up with government and tax efficiency schemes.

The ASI do their good works within the system, which is not my job at all :-)

... the last thing we need is John Prescott keeping his mind on what he is paid to do.

Yes, but what is it that Mr Prescott IS actually paid to do though? He apparently doesn't head a government department any more yet continues to have the Jags, the Grace and Favour appartment, Dorneywood and a minister's salary - all because Toyn Blair does not want to run run the risk of a PLP election for the deputy prime ministerial post?

Besides, the more frequently he balls his secty on the office desk, the more likely it is he'll pull a Roosevelt. Make sure he double doses on Viagra and Cialis.

Of course, the outside risk is that they might be increasing the population of future statists.

Personally, every elected official should, upon taking office, have a combination dildo/cattleprod installed up their backside, with the cattleprod interfaced with a 1-800 number (or whatever you sods have for toll free numbers over there) so they'll never forget how their constituents feel.

I'm joining the Labour party tomorrow. I'd only be one or two reshuffles away from a well-paid job in the cabinet.

... every elected official should, upon taking office, have a combination dildo/cattleprod installed up their backside ...

In the USA that might well be a method of inflicting pain but in the UK I'm afraid that there are politicians who would pay large sums of their (unearned) taxpayer-funded salaries for that sort of sexual perversion.

That may be, but it would make it easier to identify which ones are enjoying their jobs too much...

Wasn't there some comments about Clinton's time in office to this same end. Better screwing interns then going to war, or something to that effect. Or maybe it was just that old joke about "Most people get Aids from sex, but the president gets sex from aids."
Who knows, sex and politics was a lot better when Kennedy was in power (JFK as opposed to the UK's Kennedy).

We have an old expression over here: "Congress is in session, no man's life, property or minor children are safe."

What is needed is, a Royal Corps of Harlots made up of crack teams of fornicators all schooled in the arts of strenuous and prolonged sex,the better to shag this lot into a coma.

Actually Mr Prescott did plenty of things.

A few examples:

The local government "code of conduct" that allows "compliance officers" to prevent local coucillors from speaking or voting about policies about which they have opinions that run contrary to government policy (that is right - OPINIONS, not financial interests).

This has meant the introduction of what Christopher Booker (using the Soviet term) has called "guided democracy".

The endless addition of government spending projects on to local government (what Americans call "unfunded mandates").

The stealing of private houses in the north of England so that they can be knocked down for distopian "development" (Jane Jacobs would have been interested).

The subsidization (bvy the building of government roads and other such) of large scale housing and other developments in the south of England - seemingly to try and replace South East England with "Mega City One" out of the comic "2000 A.D." (Jane Jacobs would also have been interested in this plan).

Actually sexually contact with various women (mostly WITHOUT their consent) seems to have given Mr Prescott energy.

Is not sexual abuse considered a bad thing in modern Britain?

And what about the "bullying" and "discrimination" denounced by an all party committee of the House of Commons last week.

Mr Prescott did not even bother to turn up when summoned to appear before the committee - you try that Brian (see what happens to you).

"discrimination" is supposed to be a terrible crime in modern Britain (although it's meaning seems to shift) - but not when the Deputy Prime Minister and his side kicks do it.

I do not regard Mr Prescott as amusing.