Sunday, January 11, 2009

A day in the Life of John Gray, Trade Union Official

The things people say...from A Very British Dude...

"Openly plagiarised from an equally vile American essay entitled "A Day in the life of Joe, Middle-Class Republican," here is the British version: "A day in the life of Trevor, Working class Tory". The real reason John Gray, Trades Union official, penned this patronising drivel is because the author of the original was also called John Gray.

Two smug, left-wing socialists with the same name 3,000 miles apart, united in their belief that "the state" is the answer to every problem. Right on, Brothers!Its form is predictable.

Everything Trevor, "Trev" to his mates, uses is provided ultimately by the state, which in leftie-world is synonymous with the Labour party. Thanks to the Labour party, the state provides, for free (40% of everything earned goes in tax...), everything from the air he breathes, via "safe" eggs and bacon thanks to Government inspection, through to Pharmaceuticals "safe" because of "Big Government Liberals" (yes, in British version!) demanding the state oversee their production.

He ignores the fact that the Clean Air act was a Tory policy and thinks that all environmental protection and trading standards are left-wing, labour policy, all opposed by the evil Tories.In short it is a tissue of misrepresentation, distortion, and exaggeration. Apparently trades unionists fought and died (do you mean WWII?) for "enforceable working standards" like "35 hour working week, overtime and a decent pension".

Funny. I don't remember that from Churchill's "Blood, Tears, Toil and Sweat" speech. We were generally considered to be fighting for freedom, not the EU working time directive. In any case: Pensions? Gordon Brown's assault on British pensions has apparently passed by John Gray, Trades Union Activist.

He neglects to mention too, the 90% marginal tax rates thanks to Gordon Brown's tax credit policy (Trevor is single, male and on the minimum wage, full time) or the fact that the Government is going to have to tax him more for the rest of his life to pay for Brown's pathetic 2.5% VAT scam and profligate spending when neither the Government nor the people of whom the money is ultimately to be extorted can afford it.

Despite the dishonesty, lack of originality, errors of omission and general smugness of this pathetic tirade, the normally excellent Chris Dillow saw fit to give it a "top blogging" link, which is normally a mark of good writing, whether or not I agree with the sentiments.

In this case, Chris, you've let your side down. If that's the best the left can do, there's hope for the country yet.

Posted by Jackart ranted at 1/09/2009 09:07:00 AM
Labels: Blogs, Left-wing Lunacy

4 immoderate opinions:

Anonymous said...
Jack, Another document worthy of analysis is 'Affluenza' by Oliver James. Whilst he correctly attacks avarice and gratuitous pursuit of celebrity, he still manages to present himself as an utter cunt worthy of committal to the seventh circle.Dre
12:27 PM

Angry of SE1 said...
Whatever the Unions were fighting for it was not 100% to defeat Britain's Enemy. The Mineworkers union have the doubtful honour of being the only union to strike in both world wars!Ain't socialism great!
1:59 PM

Blognor Regis said...
Not all perhaps but at least some Southampton dockers went on strike on the night of June 5th 1944. Therefore many troops who'd boarded their craft the day before and weren't allowed off again for security reasons (they'd already been fully briefed) after the invasion was put back a day because of bad weather went hungry that night.You won't find much reference to this sordid episode around but it most definitely happened. The union's, or maybe unions', logic was something to do with helping the Soviet Union reach Berlin first.That said I expect our chum means The Peterloo Massacre or Tonypandy or sommert else instead.
8:28 PM

John Gray said...
Hi Jack
I hope you don’t mind but I’m going reprint this post on my blog. You have given me lots of brownie points with the "brothers and sisters" in TIGMOO!

I hope you enjoy my post on Boris later on tonight.

p.s Blognor Regis - I'm also going to do a post on the “Beer Strikes” of World War 1 soon.

5 comments:

Jackart said...

I'm not sure I approve of the blatant cut and paste. It would have been more polite to simply post a link.

John Gray said...

Hi Jack
You have been immortalised for ever on John’s Labour blog! You should be so proud.

Jackart said...

Look... I've asked politely that you should remove this post and replace with a link. Simple creative commons manners.

John Gray said...

Hi Jack
Hang on a minute – you didn’t ask for the post to be removed and replaced with a link? You only at best suggested it? But blimey, you of all the rude Tory boys whining about something being “polite” or not is something else! I assume that this is because you realise what a prat you have made yourself appear.

Jackart said...

I give up.