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An interesting piece Kenh, thanks for the link.
A part of me thinks that it is rather preachy of politicians (of whichever party) to say what "poor" people should and should not spend their money on. If, for instance, they say there should be a limit on bookmakers in certain areas because of local deprivation, should they also limit the amount constituents of such areas should spend on the Lottery?
Or, should areas with a higher level of obesity than average, have a limit on the number of fast-food outlets?
It also strikes me as hypocritical that Labour MPs should be at the fore demanding action against the proliferation of Betting Offices/FOBTs in deprived areas when that party had 13 years in power (with a commanding majority )and could have introduced legislation to do just that. Yet the Labour government did no such thing.
It’s an odd fact that the most deprived areas of the UK (large swathes of big cities such as Glagow, Liverpool, Manchester etc.) have for generations returned Labour Councillors and Labour MPs and yet still remain blighted by poverty, their elected politicians still blaming everyone else but themselves and their doctrines for blighting the aspirations of the people they are meant to represent; happy to indulge the benefit culture and to foster a lack of ambition amongst their working class constituents (maybe they’d stop voting Labour if they prospered too much!)
But back to Betting Shops. What business is it of politicians to try and alter how people spend their own hard-earned money? None at all I’d say. (However, if it were money obtained through benefits, now that’s another matter altogether.)
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