Come the Revolution...

There's nothing like a statement from some twat at the CBI to put me back in touch with my Marxist roots! Today I was reading in The Guardian that the CBI was calling on Gordon Brown not to extend workers rights when he becomes Prime Minister (a bit presumptuous as he isn't even leader of the Labour party yet). Apparently to do so would be to erode Britain's 'competitive edge' and would inevitably send the economy into a deep depression. When they say 'competitive edge', what they actually mean is a 'low wages, long hours' culture which sees people providing unpaid labour for their capitalist masters, and workplaces where workers can be hired and fired at will with little or no legal protection and have their basic rights flagrantly ignored. When these bastards talk about 'Britain', what they actually mean is 'our bank accounts'. This is what it is all about, them maximising their profits off of workers' backs, patriotism is just a cover. Trust me, if it was cheaper to carry out their business abroad, they'd have no compunction in sticking two fingers up to Old Blighty and buggering off overseas.

These are the buggers who care so much about the welfare of British workers they'll quite happily employ illegal immigrants - they don't have to pay National Insurance and they have no clue as to health and safety, employment law or the minimum wage. Speaking of the minimum wage, I seem to recall that the CBI claimed that was going to send the economy into a downward spiral and herald the return of mass unemployment. In fact, the complete opposite happened. Now there's a surprise. As far as I'm concerned the CBI are a shower of shit who are completely out of touch with reality. I remember some months ago, some CBI dickhead prattling away on the radio about how disgraceful it was that public sector workers were demanding their pension rights be preserved as it was poor chaps in the private sector who were "only earning £20,000 a year who had to subsidise these pensions through higher taxes". Only £20,000 a year? This guy clearly had no idea what the level of wages is in the public sector. Very few workers earn even as much as £20,000. Most earn less that £15,000. Our pensions are about the only bloody things we have which are worth working for! I'm looking forward to the revolution when we can put these slimy shits up against a wall and mow them down en masse with a machine gun.

You know, I really shouldn't write this stuff. One day I'll apply for a job only to find that my potential employer has traced this blog back to me. I can imagine the interview: "So, you think bosses are slimy shits who should all be shot..."