February 5, 2008 - Gordon Brown what have you done!? Oh how I thought you
were going to take Mother Britain in a new direction! Thank
you for getting out of cahoots with George Bush and the
U.S., but I dare say what were you thinking to amend the UK
Gambling Act and rob good'ol Manchester from its rightful
super casino. That's like taking food from the blind and
money from the poor (no offense Manchester).
Alright, allow me to step off my soapbox of disgruntled
venting and tell you what's going on...as if you didn't hear
already. So our beloved Prime Minister has drafted a letter
to the Scottish and Welsh governments describing his
decision of revision, if you will. Yep. Instead of the
original eight small casinos, eight large casinos and one
super-sized casino (minus the fry's), as mandated by the
2005 UK Gambling Act, Gordo is calling for sixteen small
UK casinos.
Craftily done I must say, the revision has charities and
religious groups on their feet applauding. Or at least the
announcement that PM Brown would be reviewing the Gambling
Act did. Not sure whether church groups are satisfied with
the ruling or not (still more gambling but with less
intensity), however, I am quite certain that Manchester is
outraged...and rightly so.
Council leaders in Manchester had tirelessly worked to
draft a proposal for the Department of Culture, Media and
Sport, for which it won over several other contenders. In
what would have certainly helped lift a dilapidated area in
Manchester into economic prosperity and stability, Brown's
revision now leaves Manchester in the dumps. Hey, I don't
mean to sound overly dramatic. That's what it is.
Originally published:
February,
2008 | Categories:
Gambling
