FLETCHER now Under Secretary for Trade and Industry was promoted . being Education Minister because he obviously has lots of business sense.
When they closed Hamilton College of Education, near Glasgow he quickly flogand some property developers for a tasty £680,000. The person who was chief valuer tried sticking his nose into Mr Fletcher's deal because he valued it at f6 million.
But Mr Fletcher wanted a quick sale sc naturally he wasn't going to waste time quibbling measley ,320,000 after all is only public money. NGA THE NGA were always assured of thing where the Master orred when appearec Rolls Johr Donaldson - he would have very firm opinions about trade unions.
None of this nonsense for Sir John. After all he had been busy advising the government on inlustrial relations and th introduction of legal restrictions on the right I sunke He is against unions having the right to strik once the courts had ruled on the issue - ie. people Ike nim have decided. The Master of the Rolls also employers should be allowed to selectively dismiss strikers and all workers on strike should be sacked if the dismissals are to be lawful.
John is also decidedly against outside interference in strikes. He points out it is different for him — he is inerfering from the insid - he did help to fram the law at the invite of Sir Geoffrey Howe Nobody ever invited the NGA and the pickets to interfere in the People like Sir John know that the plebs' job is simply to obey the law made by their betters Moles Eye View is compiled BUB FENNINGION Contributions should be sent to arrive by Thursday am. between reformist/ careerist socialism socialism
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