Brexit: Liam Fox, fat and lazy Britons must work for fascist UK
Good news, Brexiters, Britain’s trade secretary, Dr Liam Fox, a former GP, wants you to stop playing sport and work for the State. He says:
“This country is not the free- trading nation that it once was. We have become too lazy, and too fat on our successes in previous generations.
“What is the point of us reshaping global trade, what is the point of us going out and looking for new markets for the United Kingdom, if we don’t have the exporters to fill those markets?…
“We’ve got to change the culture in our country. People have got to stop thinking about exporting as an opportunity and start thinking about it as a duty – companies who could be contributing to our national prosperity but choose not to because it might be too difficult or too time-consuming or because they can’t play golf on a Friday afternoon.”
Put the clubs down and go to work for Dr Liam.
As Tim Worstall notes: “Contributing to national prosperity is not a duty of anyone or anything. Let’s not come over all fascist here, shall we?”
A Number 10 source adds that “clearly he’s expressing private views”. It’s not Government policy to call you all fat and lazy.
As you were…
Posted: 10th, September 2016 | In: Politicians, Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
