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The Ambridge Socialist

14^th February

Justin: is their life beyond market capitalism?

Justin, having been booted off the board of Borchester Land for being just a little bit too keen on modern slavery is wondering what to do with his life. Lillian has despatched Justin to speak to Tony about hobbies. Tony of course enthuses about model railways and shows Justin his latest efforts. Justin is impressed but wonders if there is a way to make money from it. The Ambridge Socialist wonders if Justin isn’t becoming a caricature. After all even the most vicious capitalists  have pastimes, even if they often still related to doing down the less well off.

The Shadow of Moss

The shadow of Philip Moss still hangs over Ambridge with no sign that any of the residents plan to do anything positive about it. For example reparations could be made to the Moss’s enslaved workers. Instead both Neil and Shula have had their faith tested in ways that the Daily Telegraph probably approves of. Respect to them but it would be good if they could do it in private rather than on the Archers.

Union Reps in Ambridge

Neil was in trouble this week with Borchester Land although he appears to have kept his job. Strangely however there was no mention of him consulting his union rep. That was odd because for some while Neil was the agricultural workers union rep in Ambridge himself (now Unite) having replaced Mike Tucker.

In 2015 Chris Kaufman wrote to the Guardian to complain that while he had questioned why the Archers no longer featured unions he had got no answer. He suspected that the National Farmers Union had the exclusive ear of the BBC. The NFU is of course not a union but an employers organisation.