Its a bit like that Keynes dictum - in the long run we're all dead.

i respect that we need consumerism - but there is a long term direction for our society.

Take a walk through most city centres there are casinos and every high street, there are dodgy looking fruit machine parlours.

thers no doubt gambling's immediate removal from the economy would be a problem - but is it right what's happening? And what's being done to our young people.

Surely at some point moral considerations must come into the picture. We can't go on hurting this number of people. Like I say - just put slot machine addiction UK Pages into Google - I think you will be shocked at the dimension of this problem.

Tell your local MP, and be amazed at the waves of indifference.