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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Reaping the whirlwind

Eighteen months ago, at his first party conference as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown made an ugly and cynical call for economic nationalism. "British jobs for British workers" was a slogan that Nick Griffin himself would have been proud of. In fact, it is one he has probably already used.

So, the current spate of wildcat strikes across the country protesting against the use of cheaper foreign labour at the expense of jobs for British workers has its roots in a very long and uncomfortable tradition.

It is natural enough in times of economic uncertainty for insecurity to breed anger, hostility and xenophobia. However, the experience of the nineteen thirties provide evidence enough for what can go wrong when it does.

We need a wise and determined hand on the tiller to steer us clear of these dangerous economic and social waters. Shame we haven't got one.

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