So Labour's big idea for its last year of office is to bring Las Vegas-style mega-casinos to our cities.
Tony Blair's Americanised vision of a New Jerusalem will mean expenditure on gambling will probably double to more than £12 billion a year - a sure-fire certainty for increasing the number of addicted gamblers.
This will inevitably mean more crime and disorder and more children and vulnerable people suffering.
Let's hope this squalid action proves to be Labour's last throw of the dice.
Michael Williams
-Roedean Road, Brighton
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