How to Label a Goat: The Silly Rules and Regulations That Are Strangling Britain - Hardcover

Clark, Ross

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1897597959 ISBN 13: 9781897597958

Publisher: Harriman House Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Review:

"Ross Clark, a writer with an angry swarm of bees in his bonnet, leaves no stone unturned in his mission to expose how far we have sunk into a Kafkaesque wor ld of intrusive and often pointless nannying. But he does it with such a light touch that the barrage of bonkers bureaucracy never palls." ""Ross Clark, a writer with an angry swarm of bees in his bonnet, leaves no stone unturned in his mission to expose how far we have sunk into a Kafkaesque wor ld of intrusive and often pointless nannying. But he does it with such a light touch that the barrage of bonkers bureaucracy never palls.""

Synopsis:

Have you ever thrown your arms up in despair while trying to fill in an official form and asked yourself "Just what is the point of this?" You are not the only one. Red tape in Britain has reached epidemic proportions. In just 12 months, the Government produced a shocking 3621 pieces of legislation, running to a total of 98,600 pages. That is 70 times as long as War and Peace. If it wasn't so serious it would be quite funny. In this volume, Ross Clark exposes some of the most petty and bizarre rules and regulations which are blighting the lives of Britons today. Among his discoveries are: That there are 279 different tax forms for businesses alone, asking a total of 6614 questions; The notes explaining the Treasury's 'simpilified' pensions' regime ran to 1369 pages; One Police force discovered that it had a total of 1150 different forms on which to report crimes; There are 1300 pages of road traffic law - and that does not even include the law preventing petrol stations selling hot food after 11pm unless they apply for a licence; and A council spent GBP5000 planting yew trees to screen a new children's play area.

It then dug them up again after health and safety experts advised children could fall ill if they gobbled 'several handfuls' of leaves.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harriman House Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1897597959
• ISBN 13: 9781897597958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280