The 'four-stage plan'

"the 'Four-Stage Plan' to secure power over the people -

Step 1: The victims pay more tax;

Step 2: They receive "benefits" to pay the tax;

Step 3: They are grateful for the 'benefits';

Step 4: They vote for the defendants."

This is an extract from Maurice Saatchi's article in today's Times entitled "Seven reasons to indict New Labour". Do read it, it is an excellent article based upon "Enemy of the People" which is published today by the Centre for Policy Studies, £10 to buy or a free pdf downloadable here.

Here's a flavour:

"How many of us claim benefits from the Government? 39 per cent of households, nearly double 10 years ago. How many people are forced to claim benefits from the Government in order to pay taxes? 21 million. How much do they claim, just to pay tax? £36 billion a year. How much of the year do the poorest people spend working just to pay tax? Until the end of July.

These facts are filed today as exhibits in an indictment against "New Labour" on seven counts of conspiracy, solicitation, attempt and incitement:

Conspiracy to enslave UK citizens by making them unnecessarily dependent on the state (Count One); Conspiracy to force UK nationals to claim benefits to pay higher taxes (Count Two); Incitement of poor people to pay more tax than rich people (Count Three); Solicitation of multiple tax revenues by stealth (Count Four); Attempt to obstruct, interfere, impair, impede and defeat the right of UK nationals to independence (Count Five); Conspiracy to provide material support and resources to mesmerise and anaesthetise UK citizens (Count Six); Attempt to conceal and/or falsely represent their true status as an enemy of the people (Count Seven)."

Do read the rest and spread the word.

And yes this was the piece that the Toady programme devoted about a minute to at the end of today's programme. Somewhat at odds with the coverage they normally give to reports from the Joseph Rowntrees of this world.