Irony meter off the scale

I think they've been doing that for years...

 

He's probably not that bothered, he's got no staff to serve it anyway....

 

I have a different take on this. I don't like him but he has suffered (to him at least) an unindented consequence of the end of FoM post brexit and now whinges he can't have the cheap labour he craves. We have just had the longest period of wage stagnation (deflation when compared to inflation) in UK history dating back to the mid 2000s. Whilst the financial crash and austerity played a part, there was over supply of labour in industries where the minimum wage became the norm like hospitality and haulage. I read somewhere last week that only around 40% of the UK's lorry drivers are active in the industry having left because of bad conditions and low pay. Big companies like weatherspoons have profited on the back of low wages (often subsidised by the tax payer with working tax credit etc) both directly and indirectly through supply chains. What we are seeing now is a sudden re-adjustment of the labour market on a simple supply and demand basis as the supply becomes less. I have friends who work in hospitality and they are all switching jobs, sticking their necks out for higher than minimum wage rates. I say good on them. Given Weatherspoon's core clientele, they can't really pass on the prices so will have to suck it up with less profit. I'm following the driver's strike in London with interest after they weren't given the pay rise the admin workers were. Workers triumphing over big business and greedy bosses. Martin didn't see it coming, but bring it on I say.