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Since Labour won a landslide in last summer’s UK General Election, critics have asked: is this government uniquely spiteful?
Evidence for the prosecution abounds. The introduction of inheritance tax on small farms ensures many will no longer belong to families. The imposition of VAT on private schools is turning out to cost more than it saves – but at least sticks it to the posh kids, which is presumably the point. Energy secretary Ed Miliband’s decision to concrete over two of Britain’s shale-gas wells has a medieval quality to it. As did the harsh punishments doled out by the courts for offensive memes and tweets after last year’s Southport disorders. But is anything more pointlessly spiteful than the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright?
Since Labour won a landslide in last summer’s UK General Election, critics have asked: is this government uniquely spiteful?
Evidence for the prosecution abounds. The introduction of inheritance tax on small farms ensures many will no longer belong to families. The imposition of VAT on private schools is turning out to cost more than it saves – but at least sticks it to the posh kids, which is presumably the point. Energy secretary Ed Miliband’s decision to concrete over two of Britain’s shale-gas wells has a medieval quality to it. As did the harsh punishments doled out by the courts for offensive memes and tweets after last year’s Southport disorders. But is anything more pointlessly spiteful than the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright?