Ho Ho Ho It's Bob Crow

"In the blue corner, we have the Prime Minister of Great Britain and in the Red Corner we have the Leader of the RMT - Father Christmas"

Now you may never have viewed Bob Crow, Leader of the RMT as Father Christmas, but I have it on good authority that David Cameron and the rest of his Tory mates do. You see, Mr Crow is the one trades union leader they can't beat. He's the only one left who has the country by the short and curlies.

You may think that this is a contradiction, but not at all. You see most of the leaders of trades unions are completely useless. They have no stomach for a fight and no stomach for a bit of public hostility. They earn huge wage packets and they really don't want to lose these. Bob Crow  doesn't care if we all hate him. It's not his job to be popular, it's his job to deliver nice big pay awards to his members and great terms and conditions.

Now with all of the rest of the trades unions leaders being a bunch of pussies, how can David Cameron possibly justify the big stick of even more Union bashing? It's quite simple, pick a fight with Bob Crow, wait until middle England squeals, then give in. You then say "never again" and pass a whole load of union bashing laws, which does nothing about Mr Crow and his band of merry men, but allows you further castrate the public service unions at a time of public sector cuts. You see ultimately Cameron knows that Crow and his mob are worth having around. They provide the excuse to bash the poorly paid members of Unions such as Unison, who they really want to sack. Even though the leadership of this union are at time nigh on useless, Cameron is still scared of their membership. This is because the members do many of the things which makes us a decent caring society. Cameron can only bash them if he finds a subterfuge. He needs a bogeyman, which is why Bob Crow is Santa Claus.

So what am I saying? Am I saying "get rid of Bob Crow?". Nope that is a decision for the members of the RMT and they like him, he brings home the bacon. What I'm saying is when the anti union rhetoric is ramped up, remember who the real targets are and don't be fooled. Oh and remember this, the country isn't broke because of unions, Bob Crow or public sector workers, it's broke because of greedy bankers who were Tories to a man.