04 March, 2009
Race to the bottom
News bulletin on the Today programme: "Employers are replacing senior staff with inexperienced staff on lower salaries in order to save money".
# posted by Edwin Greenwood @ 07:35 
— Dogwash n. A project of minimal priority, undertaken as an escape from more serious work. (Jargon File)
— Me? I'm just a lawnmower. You can tell by the way I walk. (Peter Gabriel)
Edwin Greenwood is the nom de souris of a Mancunian early baby-boomer, now living in London, who like so many of his cohort has made the transition from cuddly inclusive soft-left liberal into a grumpy old git who is quite prepared to call a spade a black bastard. (The previous sentence may cause consternation to the Righteous. If this is you, read this and/or this before exploding with indignation.)