Greek General Strike Called – Cue Cheap Jokes

The Greek Trades Unions have called a General Strike for 6th and 7th November in porotest against the austerity package imposed by the EU. Where do you start. The country will grind to a halt, businesses will close down and the economy will collapse. So no change then. Will anyone notice? Moreover I wonder?

Will the bribe collectors go on strike as well?

What about the 30% who are unemployed? Sometimes at West Ham after the Trevor Brooking all stand up following “stand up if you hate Millwall” there is a “sit down if you hate Millwall.” Do you think that on 6th and 7th November the unemployed will all try to go to work at a charity or something to protest?

Perhaps the numerous state employees who “work” 35 hour weeks doing nothing will all volunteer for unpaid overtime doing nothing in protest? Will the politicians stop stealing money to send to Switzerland for 48 hours to show that “we are all in it together?”

Will Polly Toynbee jet across from her Tuscan castle to show solidarity? Will Bob Crowe out it on expenses and volunteer to traipse across to show his solidarity with some of the few workers on this planet more bone idle than the tube drivers?

Will anyone notice any change at all? I sometimes wonder just how deluded some folk are. Normally the most deluded of all are: lefties, Trades Unions and anyone involved in Greek Politics. I guess this one counts as a triple whammy.