THE qUILTJT MADMEN OP WHITEHALL NATIONS LIKE MEN GO MAD by ANDREW G. ELLlOT With aForeword by The Rt. Hon. J. ENOCH POWELL, M.B.E., M.P. PIlPERFRONTS ELLIOT RIGHT WAY BOOKS KINGSWOOD, SURREY, U.K. PERMISSION TO QUOTE Anyone may useatotal ofup to 12pagesfromthis book withoutasking permission, provided acknowledgementis given thus: "From The Guilty Madmen of Whitehall (3/6d) by Andrew G. Elliot. (ElIiot Right Way Books, Kingswood, Surrey.)" GUILTY MADMEN OF WHITEHALL e Elliot Right Way Books MCMLXIX While thepublishersstrivetoensureaccuracyinthisbook, theyre Ilretthattheycannotbeheldresponsibleforanyerrorstheremaybe. MadeandprintedinGreatBritainby C.Nicholls & CompanyLtd. andPublishedby Elliot Right Way Books Kineswood,Surrey.U.K. Content' Page QUOTATIONS EXTRAORDINARY x Nerofiddledinmorewaysthanone! Acknowledgements xi Foreword xii Introduction xiv Chapter One. GRADE A, Band C SOCIALISTS 15 Two headscanbe worsethanone The "Grade A" Socialist The "Grade B" Socialist The "Grade C" Socialist Colour Prejudice The Tragedy of Socialism Chapter Two. THE PREVALENCE OF POLITICAL PARANOIA (ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR) AMONG POLITICIANS 29 "Whom thegods woulddestroy, theyfirst make mad" Ignorant Psychiatrists What Is Madness? Power Lust Can BecomeMadness Opposition Cures Political Fools Political Paranoia Rampant Among Cabinet Ministers SomePeople Can Judge On Sight BackTo 1964And 1965 1966Onwards v ChapterThree. FIFTY-SIX MILLION PLANNERS 39 "A Government whichputs itselfinto control ofthepricesofthingsand thepricesof people, (wages),puts itselfin controlof everything andofeverybody" ImportAnd Export Duty Blunders Selective EmploymentTax Idiocy PoliticalGifts Blunders Brains,BasisOfOur Greatness, Go Away The DepressedArea Rebate Top Brains Another Giant Chapter Four. IDIOTIC AND PENAL TAXATION DEFEATS ITS OWN END 52 Political bait hidesthehook! My Day Dream Public BlindedByIncomprehensibleLaws Odds Wrong Again Chapter Five. BRITAIN'S BIGGEST INDUSTRY - AVOIDING TAX 67 "The more wetax people, themore it will make them work." IncomeTax AvoidanceAnd Evasion (IncludingSurtax) Death Duties Avoidance Capital Gains Tax BettingTax CorporationTax SomeRackets PricesAnd IncomesBoard Racket The Redundancy Joke The DoleTrick WorkingTheir "Tickets" Dependent Relatives The Man In The Street Crazy Government vi ThePoor AreCaught The "Good" Old Days Chapter Six. KILL THE SMALL IS SECRET SOCIALIST TARGET 87 The smallfirms ofBritain employ approximatelyhalfourpeople andproduce halfofouroutput "Modern Business NeedsTo BeDone On A BigScale" "The SmallFirm NeedsThe Umbrella Of The LargeFirm To Protect It" "Small Firms Cannot Export BecauseThey Do Not Know How" "Small Firms Do Not Earn Enough Profits" "Small Firms Are Weak On Research" Nearly500,000SmallFirms BeTrue To Ourselves The 1965And SubsequentBudgets TellAll Your Secrets! Chapter Seven.THE TWO FLOPS - EDUCATION AND NATIONAL HEALTH 103 "Therearepeople whoare so robust that not evenmedical treatment willharm them" Permissive Education! "Fee" or "State" Schools ChoiceOfParents More ImportantThan Your School The National Health Service Chapter Eight. GOLD FOR THE WHIZ KIDS 121 Whenever a commodity becomes scarce, demandfor it tends to increase; as the value ofmoney dwindles, the clamourfor more of it grows OnlyThePoor StayPoor vii HighCost Planning! Turn IncomeInto Capital NewEntertainingLarks Chapter Nine. THE JACKPOTIERS 130 Reducing temptation alsoreducesevil The PrizeFight HaveYour CakeAnd Eat It. Chapter Ten. THE UNION MAN AND THE ASSOCIATION MAN ARE MISSING THE BOAT 133 Trade Unionsexist to keep membership up whichresults inkeeping wagesdown. Trade (orProfessional) Associations existto keep profitsup andmembership down The Old-FashionedTrade Unions The Trade Associations The AssociationMan - Grade A The AssociationMan- Grade B Inflation "Training" Levies Chapter Eleven. UP THE SOCIALIST SPOUT 155 Thefifty-eight thousand additional civil servants willnot be enoughto administer the waste! Double The Cost The Planners Can't Estimate Money Far And "Wide" G.P.O. WinsTop PrizeFor Lunacy The Ark Royal Lark Chapter Twelve. WHAT I HAVE TRIED TO DO AND WHAT YOU MIGHT DO 164 The average manfeels helplessin theface of Government, Trade Unionor Association viii