[Dixielandjazz] Regarding U.K. taxation...time for another Revolution!!!

[Norrie Thomson]

Remember orwell and 1984!

Norrie

Norrie Thomson
Edinburgh
Scotland
----- Original Message -----
From: John Farrell <stridepiano@tesco.net>
To: Louis Lince <louislince@neworleansmusic.demon.co.uk>;
<Jazzjerry@aol.com>; <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Regarding U.K. taxation...time for another
Revolution!!!


> Louis Lince said :
>
> "If I play at home (rehearsal) with another musician then I will be
rendered
> liable to prosecution. I agree with listmate Jerry that health and safety
is
> paramount, but a little more thought in the formulation of the proposed
bill
> would not have come amiss."
>
> Ah, that makes me feel a little better about this matter. If such a law
were
> to hit the statute book it would be totally unenforceable unless the
police
> recruited the entire population of the UK as informers. Thatcher tried and
> failed (and consequently lost her job too) with her misconceived poll tax
> which was doomed for much the same reason. It ain't gonna happen chaps,
even
> politicians cannot be that blind to common sense.
>
> John Farrell
> stridepiano@tesco.net
> http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
>
>
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