Skidder Shorts #47 - Ramraiders?

Certain themes of this blog come together nicely here in this short post.

One: I have repeatedly castigated bent Labour Sandwell Council here for its hatred of business and enterprise. Labour don't want people to create wealth and to create jobs in their deprived poverty ghetto. Some Sandwell Labour Councillors describe employers as scum who just "exploit" workers and all landlords as "parasites" (except their many Labour colleagues who rent out properties). Things reached a nadir (from a very low starting point) under business-hater extraordinaire, then "leader" Cllr "Red" Yvonne Davies, particularly when she and her colleagues (including Paul "The Cipher" Moore) were utterly humiliated at the statutory annual business rates meeting during Red's short reign (Skidder passim).

Two: I have also exposed the business awards [sic] industry and how these guys and gals sell expensive tickets to social events where they dish out utterly meaningless "awards" to those mug enough to have shelled out. The king of the local circuit is Black Country uber-greaser, Ninder Johal (Skidders passim). Here he is with his late mate, the wife-beater "Dickhead" Darren Cooper - the "leader" of bent Labour Sandwell as it became synonymous with corruption, cronyism and incompetence.

Labour have become sensitive to my criticism, which is echoed by many others and, of course, the Tory MP's and Councillors are trying to improve the dreadful situation the "socialists" have created. Thus the comrades were cock a hoop when Tividale firm Ramfoam Limited won Government PPE (personal protective equipment) contracts during the Matt Hancock gold rush.

Suddenly, bent Labour thought profits were good and broadcast the news to the dirt-poor Borough:

So what exactly did Sandwell Labour do to help this firm win a Hancock Golden Handshake? I expect "hard-lefties" like Cllrs "Seig Heil" Piper and Fenton will be anxious to tell us ... 

The Ninder Johal awards machine cranked swiftly into action and, lo, Ramfoam won the Nachural Events "Business of the Year Award 2022".

Of course, real journalists usually do a bit of research before doing pieces puffing up local businesses but not, seemingly, at "The Wolvo C***suckers" (aka The Express and Star). Veteran journo John Corser was quick to apply tongue to corporate anus in August 2021 with his first puff piece for the Company. He followed up with a double rimmer in 2022 to breathlessly report Ramfoam's "victory" at the meaningless awards ceremony AND to give a mention to Johal's outfit:

For the sake of political even-handedness, West Midlands Tory Mayor, Andy Street, was keen to get in on the "good news" story and opened Ramfoam's  new factory:

Now you are probably saying, "this is all good isn't it? Don't say The Skidder is going to go and spoil it all?" No - I'm not. But the great journos at Private Eye have! This week's issue has exposed the fantastic mark-ups and profit margins Ramfoam have ramraided on their very generous Government contract. Not to mention the multi-million pound pay day for the bosses. KERCHING!!! Read and cringe:

Why hasn't Corser discovered this outrage I wonder?

"Business of the Year" indeed, eh Comrade Piper? 

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