* Minimum Wage.
When the government introduced its minimum wage there was the usual outcry from the CBI that small businesses would be forced into bankruptcy, driven to its knees, etc, etc. This predictable tosh was ignored and the minimum wage we have. What few people realised e.g. the unions, when they applauded this move was that the minimum wage is in fact a government target. Its purpose being to flag a level to which the wages for all unskilled jobs should aim. The free influx of immigrants was part of the same plan to make Britain a place for businesses to invest in. The immigrants could be relied upon to take up jobs at these depressed rates, this would drive average unskilled labour costs down and hey presto a vibrant and driving economy.
This plan has been astoundingly successful. The numbers of people willing to move to England and work for £5.30 an hour has far exceeded the governments expectations. This desire to ensure a wider and wider gap between the rich and the poorly paid is being met and we can only hope that shortly it will be as wide as those in America.
Looking to the past, the government has realised that with insulting wages, cheap alcohol is a historical necessity. Drink sodden wretches being part and parcel of the drive to a better Britain and an economic miracle.
The only fly in the ointment is the workshy underclass created by Mrs Thatcher. They gum up the works by occupying sub-standard housing that could be allocated to the many immigrants willing to work for a pittance.
An urgent solution is required to this problem. Come on Tony Blair this is your big chance to make a lasting legacy and clear up the mess created by the disasterous Mrs Thatcher.