Rod Liddle Rod Liddle

A council-funded visit to a whore in Amsterdam? Yes please

It is obvious that local authorities have far too much money, says Rod Liddle. Why else would they pay for people who may or may not be disabled to go on sex trips abroad?

Under guidelines introduced by the last government, dis-abled people are now allowed to decide the kind of services they want from local authorities. This is called ‘empowerment’ and ‘devolving services to people in the front line’, and it is a good thing, apparently. But it has had certain unexpected consequences.

Bizarrely, it seems that in many cases dis-abled people do not want to sit in a frowsy community centre which smells of stale flatus making raffia baskets for begonias, fortified by the occasional cup of tea and a pat on the shoulder and so on, as was previously assumed. What they actually want, it transpires, is a bloody good seeing to. With a congenial and well-lubricated whore. Preferably somewhere abroad.

And so, under the new guidelines, this is exactly what they get, a good seeing to, with a nice whore. In Amsterdam. Probably get the chance to smoke some dope before the shag and maybe take in a few canals, so to speak. Sometimes don’t you wish you were disabled? Just a little bit — I don’t mean sort of devoid of legs, or with a spinal column made of butterscotch Angel Delight or so mental that you find Alan Carr funny. I mean that new definition of disablement, which can mean that you’re feeling a bit peaky this week, all things considered. Not quite yourself. A bit down in the dumps and under the weather, as they say.

According to information released under the Freedom of Information Act, and reported by the Sunday Telegraph, local councils can use their budgets to pay prostitutes for services to their disabled customers. Not just prostitutes, but lap-dancers and internet dating sites and anything else the customer feels may be, well, sort of beneficial. And this is precisely what they have done.

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