STATISTICS DESTROY OUR FREEDOMS.

In recent days we've been told that Governments must do various intrusive things in order to save our lives. Amongst these has been the proposed banning of smoking in cars in which children are travelling, a suggestion that e-cigarettes should be banned or, at least, controlled, and a plan to make cigarette manufacturers use a generic form of packaging smothered in nasty pictures and slogans. In support of all of these measures, our political masters claim that hundreds, if not thousands of lives will be saved.

When I was a young squab, I was taught the old adage that "there's lies, damned lies and statistics". Sadly, today's politicians bombard us with statistics in their misguided efforts to bamboozle us all into accepting their paternalistic approach to government. With no real supporting evidence, they merrily claim that killing all badgers will save 100 lives or that banning cars will save a million. They are, of course, merely spouting the bogus statistics provided to them by compliant supporters of whatever measure they want to impose on us and those opposed to the plans can quite easily produce contrary figures to support their side of the argument. All-in-all, it is all nonsense.

Time and again, we are forced to accept restrictions on our freedoms by the government's use of manufactured statistics. People are frightened into accepting bans on everything and anything by the torrent of worthless numbers thrown at them. Over a period of years and decades, the people have been worn down and now seem to accept almost every restriction that governments of whatever hue wish to impose. Theoretically, our country is a democracy but, in reality we have no freedom and our democracy is a sham; come what may, the main political parties will have things their way, whatever the people really want, believe or would believe if they had the true facts. Of course, they are never allowed to see the true facts unless these support the objectives of the party in question and, even then, the facts may well be dressed up to put the best possible gloss on them.

Why is it that we let this happen ? Why do the people not stand up and fight ? The simple answer is that in this poor, tired old country, now rapidly filling up with hordes of foreigners, we can't be bothered. Anyone who can still be bothered has their own simple answer - VOTE Ukip.