The Labour Religion

One thing I've noticed about Labour is they operate much like a religion. They preach to us like religious nutters do, saying we must give up smoking, drink less, eat 5 fruit and veg a day, and the new one is this change 4 life campaign. They let councils spy on us, they take away as many rights as they can get away with in the guise of combating terrorists. Well we had far more incidents of terrorism under the conservatives by the IRA, and they didn't bring in all these laws.

To me it's exactly the same way organised religion operates. Religion has the threat of hell and the devil. Labour has the threat of terrorists, which I know is actually more real than hell or the devil, but they are using it as a means to scare people and take away our freedom. I think that the terrorists have already won because the governments actions have caused a climate of terror and oppression in this country. I know this as my family and I were harassed for a short time, as people were abusing powers they had been given.

Religion preaches morals and the right way to live. Labour also like to tell us how we should live and are taking away our freedom of choice to eat want we want, smoke where we like, and watch what we want. Most of the top Labour politicians are religious, so it's no wonder they run their party like one.

Ideally I would love all politicians to be atheists, I can't see how having a religious belief is any advantage to running a country. Especially a country where most people are probably atheists or just not bothered.