Interesting, thank goodness I live within 90 mins!!
...but, this sort of rhetoric spouted by the Branch Sec merely serves to underscore the witless nature of their regime. Virtually every utterance opens a can of worms, into which recognised authority is queueing up to climb into. This storm about ST, for example, will only serve to attract the attention of the TAX MAN!! and thereby ruin it for all in the entire industry.
Stupidity reigns supreme in the land of the 'Untouchables', I'm afraid,... and sadly, for the lemmings who have been so atrociously mis-led by a self-serving council, they are being touched at the moment - in their pockets.