Taking the chocolate biscuit

Chocolate and Cigarettes
Originally uploaded by Strangelove 1981

Chocolate is in the firing line now that smoking has been pretty much banned and alcohol is on the same road. Some doctors thought it would be a good idea to slap some tax on the sweet brown stuff.

A smug Health Secretary insisted they wouldn't be putting those proposals in the next manifesto.
The oh so trustworthy manifesto....

What is to come I wonder - continual footage of younsters blubbing out in provincial town centres on Saturday night their faces all gunged up with Mars bar residue? Scary dentistry statistics and the "Cost to the NHS"? Vast signs declaring "It is illegal to sell chocolate to anyone over 10 stone in weight" will stare out from the newsagent's windows - provided they can find any room what with all the other imposing signs the government has already forced them to display.

I need a fag.


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Enthusiasm, Despondency, Arrogance, Lust, Exhilaration, Tax

Well all you buzzing young things - I know you're desperate to contribute. And now's your chance with HM Revenue and Customs' something-or-other portal that helps you shape your future relationship with the taxman.

Don't forget to save it to delicious, join the Facebook group, tweet like crazy and jump off that tall building.

Here it is - I'm sure you little groovers will agree that was well worth the wait.

Thanks to Symic at Flickr for the picture

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