I can't wait to see the next TV ad campaign aimed at enticing young people to join the British Army.
Now that the Government believes deploying troops is the best way to solve pay disputes rather than, say, negotiation, we can forget about all that “see the world, learn a trade and keep your country safe” nonsense and expect “be part of a cack-handed attempt to deny fellow public servants a living wage by becoming a scab and starving them back to work”.
They’re warming to this military theme. Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi has urged nurses in England to accept a 4% pay rise, as opposed to the 7.5% their Scottish colleagues have been offered, as it would “send a very clear message to Mr Putin that he can’t use energy as a weapon”.
