Sometimes it is very easy to feel proud of one’s country.  No more so, for us, than when it shown that we can still excel at a high level of industrial output.  From the country that succeeded in controlling world trade and brought the world its’ first Industrial Revolution, two more significant entrepreneurial achievements have been highlighted over the last couple of days. 

The first achievement was that the UK had been labelled the card fraud capital of Europe.  A survey by the European Security Transport Association found that almost 20% of adult Britons had been subjected to either credit or debit card fraud.  This equates to an approximate total of nearly 7 million people, compared with a total European figure of 22 million.  With comparable credit/debit card fraud figures showing 11% of continental Europeans affected, this means that British nationals are almost twice as likely to be affected. 

Leaked figures sent to the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addictions give cause to the second achievement.  Britain is also now the official cocaine capital of Europe.  Under the Labour government, cocaine use by those between the ages of 16 and 24 has more than doubled.  For all adults, the usage has almost tripled.  Crack cocaine seizures, since 2000, have risen by 74%.  No wonder the UN reported, in September, stated that “Britain had the highest levels of serious drug abuse in Europe.” 

So what is the Labour response to the aforementioned achievements?  Today saw the unveiling of new additions to their ‘successful’ social engineering programme.  We will now have compulsory parenting classes for failing parents, and 80 ‘super-nannies’ to teach parents how to stop their children committing crimes and anti-social behaviour.  Well, I reckon that will work.  Mary Poppins to the rescue of the British Nation!!!