One-Sided Truce

Ambulance workers have suspended a strike planned for 28 December, though from entirely improper motives. Far from expressing their gratitude to the Minister for Victory over the NHS for being open to discussion about everything except their actual grievances, the beastly barons of the GMB have cited public support as their motivation. "We know the public will appreciate being able to enjoy Christmas without any additional anxiety," proclaimed the union's national secretary, thereby once more denying the economic truism that chronic anxiety and self-righteous rage are the only possible motivations for the great British worker to leave the tattoo parlours and widescreen TVs behind and start earning a living. Whether the Minister for Victory over the NHS will reciprocate by calling off any scheduled assaults remains as yet unclear.