Yes, of course, Dave has lots of 'best friends', well, so long as he remains prime minister that is, but today his, er, salon has a new member, albeit, an unacknowledged, secret member. This new 'best friend' must remain incognito for various reasons. First he is exceedingly ugly, lower-class and - quelle horreure - he's from Liverpool. Yeeeeees quite! Even more reason for hiding him away is the fact that he's the capo di tutte capo in the Unite union. But what makes him invaluable to Dave is that 'our Len' is Ed's bank manager!
If, like several commentators, you have wondered exactly what Ed 'Milipede' is for let me tell you that it is no good asking him! The only one who knows is 'our Len' and as we gradually approach the next election then 'our Len' will let Ed know what he is for. By way of an overture, 'our Len' is helping the Fire Brigades Union, National Union of Teachers, Unison, Unite, Public and Commercial Services Union and GMB to all go on strike this Thursday. Of course, only about roughly the same percentage of the membership as originally voted in Len's union election (that is, 15% of the total membership) will actually take part but even so, all over the country people, or 'voters', as Dave likes to think of them, will be inconvenienced, irritated and in some cases out of pocket and they will look to 'our Len's' glove puppet and ask what he and the Labour party intend to do about it?
The reply, if honesty and brevity have any part in it, will involve a four-letter word followed by "all!" and of course a well brought up blog like this would not stoop to such crudity. So the two Eds will be deeply in the brown stuff as 'our Len' barks out his orders to them with threats of withdrawing the union funds he provides if they demur. Inside No. 10, Dave and his OE toffs will breaking open the champagne. And at Labour party HQ, 'Ed 'n' Ed' will be sobbing in their beer and thinking that with 'friends' like Len who needs enemies?
ADDITIONAL: Now this is worth a read:
