In his speech to Unison conference yesterday, General
Secretary David Prentis included a little dig at recently knighted GMB General
Secretary Paul Kenny:
“On the 800th anniversary of the signing of the
Magna Carta, when, I’m told, power was taken from the King and given to the
barons, we’re now being told that we have to call Paul Kenny “sir”. Well what
else is new?”
A good gag, and no principled trade unionist would have a
problem with criticising a trade union leader for taking an honour from the
enemy. However, there is more than a whiff of hypocrisy in Dave’s jibe. We have
been informed that his own position as Governor of the Bank of England is now
to be extended until 2017.
Keep up the good work Dave.
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