The Ministry of Theft - special Rachel Reeves Budget edition

My new novel “The Ministry of Theft” is published this week and it can be downloaded for free on Amazon Kindle from Monday to Friday this week as a Rachel Reeves Budget Special. At least there’s something that might cheer you up as you count the cost of Rachel from Customer Complaints’ depredations.

Set largely in the Black Country in the very near future, it’s all over for the rich. Banned from leaving Britain. Forced to work for the maximum wage. Subject to a new wealth tax. There’s not much point in building a business any more.

When engineer Dipak Patel’s company goes bust because the Government won’t pay its bills, he doesn’t give up. Instead, he uses his expertise to help develop the State’s vastly expensive nuclear fusion programme.

When the Government finds out, Dipak’s wo

rk is confiscated by a jealous State, and his hopes disappear. He tries to get a job on the programme but finds himself accused of murder and sentenced to death.

If you’ve read “1984” or “Atlas Shrugged” (Liz Truss’s first love token to her MP lover Mark Field), it’s vaguely reminiscent of both of though nowhere near as good except it won’t detain you as long and might be mildly more amusing.

And unlike a speech by Rachel Reeves, “The Ministry of Theft” is entertaining, satirical, short and free.

(Alternatively, you can get a proper paperback version for a fiver which has the added benefit that the author may make a few pence from his endeavours)

Oh and there's a new video about it: https://youtube.com/shorts/I2za5IKHUkc?feature=share