Today's card of the day may refer to the barrage of spending cuts that seem unwise, naive or criminally insane, depending on whether you have ever been bombarded by arrogant telemarketers that . Getting rid of quangos I think we'd all agree with, but the Tories really need to be questioned as to whether they believe that getting rid of regulators like Ofcom would not cause more problems in the long run. They have lost all sense of good governance in this - not that they had much perspective in the first place anyway - and may cause more trouble in the long run if this is their plan to reduce the national debt.
Grapeshot Catapult - Artifact
Recent research suggests these creatures were invented by Urza's and Mishra's original master, Tocasia, and that both brothers used them.
The bland flavour text here gives us insight into the nonchalance with which the Tories present their programme for spending cuts - but the name of the card suggests it's just not enough to really make a dent in the debt, and the artwork - depicting goblins, not known for their intelligence - suggest it's another crude "vote-grabber" to go after the Daily Mail vote as usual. The absence of any thought into what happens when we vapourise much of the system that keeps the consumer protected against unscrupulous realities of corporate practice which makes it too easy for a company to keep someone on a mobile phone contract when they need to cancel it, for example.
Why do the Tories do this? We could say any agency or quango is necessary and protects people from something. But - like the people who make fun of the Health and Safety Executive who don't really realise that the HSE would have a field day with my employer and effectively shut him down if they saw some of the things that he does at his shop - the Tories don't understand that these bodies protect people on the ground from the worst abuses of corporate capitalism. They are taking pot-shots - as in the card - at the framework which makes sure people like me - who certainly won't vote Tory if these policies are taken seriously by the cognoscenti a million miles away from abusive telemarketers and absent health and safety regulations (out of date food is stored in our shop's fridges, rather than removed to the back room, meaning that customers' health is put in danger from possible cross-contamination).
A sad day for Britain if spending cuts are more important than protecting the vulnerable from corporate sharks. And a sad day for the Tories as they have definitely now lost my vote at the next election.
