UK: Education, Religion, Coal & Tobacco

UNITED KINGDOM #UK - Chief Rabbi leads opposition to GCSE faith plans - http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/mirvis-faith-gcse … >> What is the State even doing involving itself in religion? #UK More coal -- I could learn to love coal if this keeps up. This time Russia supplies UK w/ coal. Lots of it -- 51%. #UKPolitics - Labour party announces tax hike for tobacco firm profits - http://tinyurl.com/kdm76xm  - Now: av total tax pk cigarettes at 86%. #UK Labour 'new deal'' on water bills & pressure companies into reducing prices - http://goo.gl/9u5RB2  - will it win votes? #ukpolitics >> OMG!! -- "Last year the firms made more than £2billion in profit and handed their shareholders £1.8billion in dividends." ---------------------------------------- COMMENT Just some random UK info I came across. The state seriously has no business getting involved in religion on any level, in my view. Ideally, there would be no religious schools.  But that's not something you can outlaw, I suppose. Germany and UK have high coal needs, as does India. Poland coal mining is struggling:  hey, there's an opportunity here. Labour's not doing itself any favours trying to hike up tobacco taxes, which are already at 86%. Even though I smoke, I would rather tobacco be outlawed.  People will pay anything to maintain habits.  But if you outlaw a product, the majority would be unlikely to go to the extent of lawbreaking to obtain tobacco. But, just as there's no chance of religion being outlawed, there's no chance of tobacco being outlawed either. Oh, there's one more:  alcohol.  Get rid of it.  If I stood for election with ban religion, tobacco and alcohol, I wouldn't get a single vote.  :) Labour's giving with one hand (water) but taking with the other (tobacco)?