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SCALES WEIGHTED AGAINST THE FUN

SCALES WEIGHTED

Rolf Johnson lashes politicos and officials for misuse of regulatory whip

THINGS are getting serious – time for a little levity: a little levy isn’t going to save us.
The politicians who squandered billions on HS2 want to save us money by bankrupting racing. It used to be one of racing’s proudest boasts that the nation’s rulers, from 1847 onward, Prime Minister downwards, on the first Wednesday in June would pause whatever war/taxes/hare-brained schemes needed attention, shut up the Westminster shop and hasten en masse, by charabanc, to Epsom for the Derby...

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