The Small Vision of David Cameron

All those pesky rules and regulations - health and safety, workers' rights, that sort of thing - they are what are holding Britain's economy back, you know.  It must be true, because David Cameron says so and he wouldn't lie about that sort of thing, would he?  Abolishing these things is the key to Britain's economic recovery - just look at how competitive the economies of places in the Far East and South America are, where they aren't encumbered by these silly rules, Dave has told us.  Clearly, all these regulations and labour laws are unnecessary - after all, these countries that don't have them don't have any problems with health and safety do they?  I mean, that clothing factory fire in Bangladesh which has left over a hundred workers dead - most of them women and children - was just a fluke, wasn't it?  Besides, just look at how well the economy of Bangladesh is doing - they've solved poverty and deprivation, haven't they?

Which isn't to say that what happened isn't a tragedy, of course.  Just think of the way the destruction of all that stock and production capacity will put up the prices of t-shirts in UK shops.  Which is all the more reason why we need to press ahead with reforming our labour and health and safety laws, so that we can start setting up these sorts of operations closer to home - just think of the savings we could make in lower shipping costs.  That alone would work wonders for profit margins.  And let's not forget the jobs that would be created.  I really think that David Cameron should be congratulated for drawing our attention to this impediment to economic recovery.  Whilst other politicians waste their time with grand theories about lack of demand and the need for monetary stimuli for the economy, Dave has sensibly narrowed his focus and kept his economic vision small and manageable.  It's the same with his plans for boosting the construction industry - don't bother with nonsense of building complete houses - far too expensive and time consuming - just make it easier for people to build extensions to existing houses by relaxing those foolish planning laws.  I know that there are naysayers out there who will say this doesn't address the need for new housing, but there's no reason why those new extensions can't be let out for rent to DSS cases?  Dave's also got the right idea about how to deal with those lefties and hippies who obstruct any new development through recourse to the law - simplify the system, cut out the number of appeals and judicial reviews they can have.  Damn it, it's about time these plebs learned that they just need to do as they are bloody well told and stop wasting everyone's time by arguing about it!