Oh no! You and Yours (Radio 4's flagship moaners-and-groaners lunchtime slot) is today running a package on the "rise of the trade unions", and wondering (in its trailer) "Are we facing a summer of discontent?".
My answer: "Yes! ... I'm discontented with lazy journalism that always portrays trade unions as a 'bad thing'."
Trade unions are not 'the enemy' - they're just groups of people who realise their voices are more likely to be heard if they all speak together.
You and Yours is quite happy to give airtime to all sorts of unreconstructed individual opinions, but can't stomach the idea that when an elected trade union official speaks on the news, they're speaking on behalf of tens of thousands of individual members.
Note to self: take the dog out between 12 and 1 today!
Tuesday 15 July 2008
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