Following my last post, now comes the third step in the Last Laugh Looney Party Smile Plan.
After the long incarceration of almost everybody during Covid and the never-ending gloom of bad news since then, we have a new mental health epidemic blighting the nation. In 2022/23 it was estimated that 875,000 people took a total of 18 million days off work with stress or depression or anxiety.
There are various reports of the annual cost, starting with £28 billion rising to £57 billion or even £102billion; but the latest estimate including NHS costs is £300 BILLION.
The Last Laugh Looney Party’s answer to this is POT HOLES !
A new NHS sponsored apprenticeship programme for everyone claiming welfare benefits on grounds of their poor mental health.
What better remedy for your poor mental health than a breath of fresh air? AND what better incentive to getting your welfare benefits than a good days work outside?
The RAC Pothole Index reported there were 1.7 million potholes that required filling in last year.
So if everyone with mental health problems filled just two potholes a year, that would leave them time over to plant thousands of daffodils on the grass verges.
There is another SMILE🤡
No filled potholes — No benefits. More positively—- after 100 filled potholes you become a fully qualified road repairer.
GrumbleSmiles 
wonderful, what a comment, full of sense and responsibilities for us all.
Just listenng to the recent media and benifits/conscription issues! The LLLP have meade a sensible suggestion, to be considered by all citizens and voters !!!! It just requires some clear thinking and GOOD LUCK!!!!!.
Now then POTHOLES, how to fill them? How about -CONSCRIPTION for those alledgedly drawing benifits but able to work?- Here I was thinking the less mobile and mentally alert could work and assist the able bodied persons to help fill the potholes- Cleaning the site/ mixing the materials. controlling the traffic, or just plainly being around to assist- Hows this/help do Make this ect. We Could all benitit from conscription in such circumstances as towards making society a better place to live in, and enabling each one of us to feel one of that ”SOCIETY”’ and appriciate that each one of us has skills and abilities to assist help each other. -Great, I say.
REGARDS A Thought from a Ragamuffin of the LONG LOST LOONIE Party.