Author’s note: As Labour continued to settle comfortably into the middle ground a number of unions found themselves at odds with the government. GMB, RMT and the fire services union all remained squarely on the left and started to find themselves isolated and unsupported. Here’s an article from the news in brief section on the the fire brigade strike
A massive search was launched today for the fire strike, which has “completely disappeared”. The strike, a previously high-profile character was last seen on or around the 8th of December where it was reportedly looking grumpy and slightly dishevelled. It is claimed that it was very unhappy about the state of its relationship with its long time partner, the Labour Party. It had been complaining of having several visceral arguments over money and was suspicious that the Labour party had been courting other suitors. It had recently told a close friend, the Tribune group, that it was unhappy with the party’s constant philandering with “any capitalist tart with a big bank roll” and intended to walk out on the relationship unless changes were made very soon. The police are said to be very concerned as to the safety of the strike and are investigating reports of a large inarticulate man with a strong Hull accent seen arguing with it recently.
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