Election Special (be careful what you wish for)

Thank you, Monty Python, for this ridiculous sketch which, over the last few years, has become even more relevant:

 

So, 60ish Years Ago...

In 1965, during his first term as prime minister, Labour Party leader, Harold Wilson, nominated the Beatles for MBEs, an unprecedented award for pop musicians. This was in recognition of their sizeable contribution to the British economy by creating a huge international  export market.

Alongside this, they were rewarded with propping up the economy via their taxes. To 'celebrate', they released a pre-punk rock song, "Taxman" as they were advised by a leading accountancy firm that, despite their success, two of the Beatles were "close to being bankrupt" and the other two could soon be. Being propelled into the UK's top tax bracket, the Beatles were subject to a 95% 'supertax' introduced by the Labour government. 

Coming clean about my disdain for Harold Wilson, it started when I was aound 14 years old and knew nothing about politics (to be fair, I still don't). To me, he just hated teenagers and pop music. He effectively closed down pirate radio so that our daily joy was taken away (with hindsight, there may have been a justifiable, political/financial reason) and replaced it with government controlled sanitised Radio One.

Of course, his opposition leader, Ted Heath, was no better but he didn't take away my music so I didn't care.

The moral of this story is... look for the policies that allow freedom of choice, not Big Brother. And good luck with that because I doubt you'll find any. 

Old Rebel Rocker!