Darling, the Pikeys thank you!

Alastair Darling yesterday handed the Pikeys a windfall payout, and also ensured that the elderly and those on low earnings become targets for car thieves. Well done mate; you've pissed the Nation's money away, and now you're shafting the public!

By introducing a 'scrap' value of £2000 on any car over 10 years old, he has not only ballsed up the market value of second hand vehicles, especially those that public sector workers can afford, but he's also made the theft of old bangers a worthwhile business. Older vehicles are less secure, easier to 'ring', and not worth the efforts of the police to investigate thefts. Car dealers are money-grabbing twats at the best of times. I can't see them doing the right thing.

Now, if - for some strange reason - you drive around in an old Cortina, that £200 vehicle suddenly has a potential value of £2,000 for someone looking to buy a new car. Whereas before, any self-respecting Pikey (an obvious oxymoron) wouldn't be seen dead pissing up the side of it, now Darling has put a great big 'Steal Me' sticker on the side of it.

Now, some might think this is a bit of a gloomy view, but let's face facts. If the Goverment can screw up the 'scrappage' system, they will. How efficient are the DVLA? Well, they currently can't seem to send out replacement licences with the proper entitlements on them, and their database is considered to be about 60 per cent accurate. How efficient is the Home Office? I won't even roll out the recent blunders they've made. Jacqui Smith is a comedic genius (and her old man likes one off the wrist).

The latest budget is a kick in the balls for everyone who works for a living. It's designed to prop up the British car industry, which is commercially inept, over-priced and poorly run. Let's face it, the industry might survive if they could smash the Unions, but the Pinkos are dragging it down with Government support. Darling's attempt to breath life into the dying beat smacks of typical left-wing stupidity. He cold have made businesses better equipped to compete; instead he opted to charge full-pelt down a political cul-de-sac.

However, all is not lost for the greyest of grey men. Darling, I'm sure at various sites across Dartford, the Pikeys thank you.