The Ambridge Socialist
28th June Update
Justin Elliott voted most ruthless member of the Ambridge ruling class
It was a week for ACAS in Ambridge but some conciliations work better than others. Brian reviewed his decision to give Adam the boot as farm manager. After all, who else is available, even if Adam is useless. Adam remains determined to move on but has agreed to stay until the end of the harvest. He is clearly pondering his own bid for the Borchester Land contract and sounded out Justin on this.
Justin rightly warned Adam that Brian is ruthless and would find a way to crush any commercial opponent.
However the Ambridge Socialist using a dialectical analysis felt that this was an attempt by Justin to deflect attention from his own power base. When the modern slavery story finally broke in the village and fingers were pointed about the slave labour that had done work at Berrow Farm, Justin’s main thought was not to apologise but how to avoid blame. Pig manager Neil Carter narrowly avoided the sack, but Justin had to step down as chair of Borsetshire Land in favour of Brian. Hence his comment to Adam. A temporary blip we suspect.
Brian meanwhile, while undoubtedly capable of decisive action, has so many skeletons in his cupboard that his threats often appear empty.
The Ambridge Socialist has carried out a snap poll of readers on who the most ruthless member of the Ambridge ruling class is.
David Archer and Brian Aldridge trailed. It was between Justin and the Godmother of the Archer Dynasty Peggy.
Brian Aldridge
19.6%
Justin Elliott
35.7%
David Archer
14.3%
Peggy Woolley
30.4%
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