Management Escalation

In order to win elections, even moderate right-wing wog-bombers have to make some sort of show at giving a toss about the great unwashed, and Hilary Benn has done his bit by writing to the empty suit at the Ministry for Wogs, Frogs and Huns about its treatment of the department's cleaners. A complaint about low wages elicited a squealing, self-pitying email from one of those anonymous underlings who always come in so handy when there is blame to be appointed, whining that the Ministry had enough to do without taking responsibility for commoners working at the Ministry, and suggesting that the trouble-makers should be "disciplined where appropriate". Fourteen cleaners were summoned to disciplinary hearings; thanks to media publicity no action was taken at the time, but three were fortuitously made redundant once the fuss died down. Meanwhile the Ministry for Wogs, Frogs and Huns proclaimed that disciplinary actions against the help were purely a matter for the contractor firm, as was the minor matter of whether employees should be paid the living wage. It is as yet unclear whether the empty suit will find itself moved by the weight of Hilary Benn's moral authority.