Politics and the Unions
As everyone knows. when it comes to politics the trade unions support only one party - the Labour Party.
Despite the fact that ordinary union members vote for a wide range of parties - or are so scunnered with politics and politicians - that they don't bother to vote at all.
In the wake of the recent TUC conference - trade union bosses and activists are now set on a collision course with government - by choosing to fight on a fundamentalist 'anti-cuts' platform.
So, according to the unions, every public pound is wisely spent - and the unions will die in a ditch to protect every last penny of public spending.
Now this is bonkers - completely bonkers - even the Labour Party doesn't believe that - and party leaders said so clearly - before the May general election.
In effect, the unions are saying that everyone else has got it wrong - Labour, Lib Dems, Tories, SNP, Greens and all the rest - and that the only people who really know what they're talking about are union leaders.
All I can say is God help us all - if Bob Crow (RMT), Mark Serwotka (PCS), Derek Simpson (Unite), Tony Woodley (Unite), Dave Prentis (Unison) and Paul Kenny (GMB) - delude themselves into believing they have some kind of mandate to run the country.
But look on the bright side.
Ordinary union members are not stupid - they won't follow this nonsense - and nor will the Labour Party unless it wants to spend the foreseeable future in opposition.
Despite the fact that ordinary union members vote for a wide range of parties - or are so scunnered with politics and politicians - that they don't bother to vote at all.
In the wake of the recent TUC conference - trade union bosses and activists are now set on a collision course with government - by choosing to fight on a fundamentalist 'anti-cuts' platform.
So, according to the unions, every public pound is wisely spent - and the unions will die in a ditch to protect every last penny of public spending.
Now this is bonkers - completely bonkers - even the Labour Party doesn't believe that - and party leaders said so clearly - before the May general election.
In effect, the unions are saying that everyone else has got it wrong - Labour, Lib Dems, Tories, SNP, Greens and all the rest - and that the only people who really know what they're talking about are union leaders.
All I can say is God help us all - if Bob Crow (RMT), Mark Serwotka (PCS), Derek Simpson (Unite), Tony Woodley (Unite), Dave Prentis (Unison) and Paul Kenny (GMB) - delude themselves into believing they have some kind of mandate to run the country.
But look on the bright side.
Ordinary union members are not stupid - they won't follow this nonsense - and nor will the Labour Party unless it wants to spend the foreseeable future in opposition.
