Winter of discontent? More like a summer of selfishness/July 1st 2011.

Richie - Yesterday I joined my my old mate Trades Union activist Dave Salt on the picket line in support of hard working public sector workers who are the backbone of this great country. There was much amusement beforehand as we scrawled our home-made placards. Mine read: SHAMERON TELLS GOLD-PLATED PORKIES I SAY! while saucy Marcia Braithwaite scrawled PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS GROW SOME AND STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS! Old Dave, a plain-talking Yorkshireman, went for the simple FAIR PENSIONS FOR ALL and I must say his brevity cut to the real substance of the issue. We're sending billions in foreign aid but not protecting our own, be they public or private employees. But it was Ed Milliband who caught the sharp end of our flak after his disgraceful refusal to support our worthy cause. One old Brummie dear with forty years service proudly held a banner which read MILLIPEDE IS A GUTLESS W***ER which proves that we soft southerners can be as plain-spoken as our northern bretheren!