The NSSEUCYP
I am delighted to have been
asked to speak at this conference of the ‘National
Society for the Support of English Upper Class
Young People’. As a recipient of your
generous help, I owe you all a very great debt of
thanks.
Britain has a proud
tradition of voluntary support groups for those
marginalised by society. Single parents, the old,
the disabled and refugees, to name just a few,
enjoy practical help and emotional solace from
myriad charities. There is a sector of our
society, however, of which I am a part, which has
been ignored by those seeking to better the lot
of their fellow human beings.
I am young, physically and
mentally well and extremely solvent due to
inherited wealth and position. I can enjoy,
therefore, the very best of an affluent western
lifestyle. Frequently, however, I, and hundreds
like me, are confronted with simple tasks of
daily living which we are unable to undertake
– simply because we cannot be bothered. This
can cause huge practical problems in progressing
with our lives, and yet our special needs have
been cruelly overlooked. I felt totally abandoned
until I was allocated a volunteer support worker
from the NSSEUCYP.
She has been able to help
me in many ways. When I cannot be bothered to get
up in the morning, I know I can ring her and she
will contact those with whom I have appointments.
She will make excuses for me and even visit me at
home to disable my alarm clock. On some evenings,
I find it just too tedious to send out for food
or turn on the TV. It is a great comfort to know
that my support worker will call a take-away
delivery service on my behalf or locate the TV
remote. Only last Thursday, I could not be
bothered to feed the cat and she was able to have
Sheba put down for me.
The assistance provided by
NSSEUCYP support workers has become a vital
lifeline for many in this country. We must ask
ourselves, however, why this has become necessary.
What is it about modern society that makes so
much of our daily routine just too tedious to
contemplate? Clearly, for someone like myself, a
normal lifestyle would involve getting up when I
choose and having food, alcohol and entertainment
permanently to hand. The government of this
country has persistently failed, however, to
develop an infrastructure to support this. The
menial tasks which underpin such a lifestyle
require large numbers of workers remunerated at
nothing like the ridiculously high levels which
employment law in this country dictates.
Our descent to our current
dire position can, of course, be traced to
William Wilberforce and those like him who
opposed slave trading. The solution must be to
reverse this trend and take the workers we
require from sub-human species such as the Welsh,
Scots and French – or even, indeed, our own
English working class.
Well, that’s all I can
be bothered to contribute as I have suddenly had
a desire to leave and fly to San Tropez. As I am
supposed to be addressing you for around thirty
minutes, however, I will now gratefully hand you
over to my NSSEUCYP support worker.
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