Gordon Brown: Champion of the Middle Classes

Middle class people, don't be fooled. He hates you. There's a simple way of proving this - he seems to hate pretty much everyone other than himself.

But this claim from our Prime Minister demands close analysis:

"And this is the next project for New Labour, our next generation project... The coming decade will provide the UK with more middle class jobs than ever before."

It is the sort of thing that appears on face value as great news. Unfortunately, it is only on face value that this can be good news. Because two questions spring to mind:

1. What will these jobs be? Because whilst Brown claims that only 10% will be unskilled jobs in the next decade, it all comes down what sort of jobs are being created here. After all, a job existing is no guarantee that said job will be worth doing or offering anything worthwhile. When you then take into account that it will be a government created post, the chances of it being in anyway pleasant or useful slip to basically nothing.

2. How will this job creation programme? Because the government gets its money from the people. So we could end up in the insane position where we have to pay more tax in order for the government to create more jobs so their are more people who can pay tax. In fact, it would seem impossible that any government could consider doing anything so crass, if it wasn't for the fact that it is so clearly in the best interests of the government to create as large a client state as possible.

So, any members of the middle class who might feel Gordo secretly cares for them, please rest assured that there is nothing but self-interest in this announcement. And if it happens, make no mistake about it. You'll end up paying for it.