Yes, the easy answer - blame the Government for what people do.

People get fat - blame the Government.

Private companies takes stupid risks - blame the Government.

People get drunk - blame the Government.

People knife each other - blame the Government.


Maybe the reason that Britain heads towards a nanny state is that people are becoming totally incapable of taking responsibility for themselves. With the recent report of the 17 year who was forced to drink petrol and the set on fire, surely the question is: why the hell does anybody need somebody else to tell them that is wrong?