ACAS Is The Chill-Out Room, Picketing Is Cardio
Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat file this dispatch from the British political menagerie.
The Labour Union Statist believes the only thing standing between Britain and dignity is a really good shop steward, a clipboard, and an industrial-strength kettle. Editor Alan Nafzger of the Editor’s Desk at prat.uk presents the field guide, with help from the Trades Union Congress and ACAS.
Twenty Tells: Spotting The Labour Union Statist On A British High Street
- Treats picket lines as a form of cardio.
- Refers to ACAS as the chill-out room.
- Treats a strike ballot as a religious ritual.
- Maintains a favourite union and a second favourite he is willing to be reasonable about.
- Holds the cure for any workplace is sectoral collective bargaining.
- Refers to bosses as them, with a small lift of the eyebrow.
- Has explained, at a wedding, the toast should be in solidarity with the kitchen staff.
- Treats the phrase right to strike as one of those cute British understatements.
- Refers to the Tolpuddle Martyrs as the originals.
- Maintains a folder of strike posters sorted by typography.
- Holds any workplace conflict can be resolved by a longer general meeting.
- Refers to gig workers as the front line, but in a respectful way.
- Treats any company HR department as the boss with a smile.
- Has explained the working class is not just nostalgic, it is also slightly behind on dishes.
- Refers to wage growth as a moral indicator.
- Holds Sunday trading was a crime against community.
- Maintains a soft spot for the NUM, regardless of the calendar.
- Treats Margaret Thatcher as a useful weather system.
- Refers to TUC Congress as the family Christmas, with worse jokes.
- Believes a strong union is the closest thing to a hot meal a country can offer.
Editor’s Note
If any of this rings a bell, you have either been to a Saturday CLP meeting, a Reform UK rally in a leisure centre, or both. More dispatches at govna.uk and the parent site prat.uk. For a second opinion that is also wrong, see The Daily Mash.
SOURCE: https://prat.uk/category/politics/
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