The UK in 2009

Two more stories that illustrate what a mess the UK is in after 12 long years of Labour misrule. The first story comes via Fox News and tells us that

"A grieving mother in Britain was fined $173 for spending too long at her son's coffin before it was taken away for cremation.

Terrie Rouse, 32, said her grief turned to shock when officials told her she had taken too long to say goodbye, The Daily Mail reported.

"The vicar had asked if I would like to spend a bit more time saying goodbye," she said. "I sat by the coffin for 10 minutes, telling my son how much we loved him and begging him not to be scared."

Officials at the crematorium, run by a local English council, impose an extra charge if any funeral runs over its 30-minute slot."

Is there much lower a council could stoop? Could there be a better example of jobsworthism?

The second story concerns the nine year boy over here on his holidays from Germany who was given was

"left 'terrified' after a PCSO gave him a stern warning for climbing a tree, leaving him standing in the park with paperwork to fill out."

2009 UK, what a place to live.