OFFHIRE
Roy is no political partisan, although the activities of the current lot in power leave him rather less than impressed – and seemingly out of pocket…
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR! M
any years ago, my favourite football team played their nearest and fiercest rivals and were promptly
and comprehensively battered off the park by a margin of a mere five goals!
The greatest entertainment that afternoon was listening to my fellow supporters chirping up with pithy one-liners like “You couldn’t hit a Cow’s arse with a frying pan”, “I didn’t realise that the team bus had broken down and they’re playing the Groundsmen, the ball boys and the man who washes the kit” and my personal favourite of “I wouldn’t mind, but our Keeper wears glasses….. during the bloody match!”
After the game the opposition manager sat looking extremely smug, basking in the glory of having masterminded a trouncing of their closest rivals and took the adulation from the interviewer in his stride. However, he did impart a pearl wisdom when asked if he agreed with my team’s fans screaming for his opposite number to be sacked, flogged, pelted with cow dung and finally shot from a cannon at the local circus. “Be careful what you wish for” was his sage-like response. This I thought to be extremely wise and measured.
Suffice it to say, our manager received the vote of confidence from the board and was summarily sacked four days later.
I was reminded of this with the recent decision of the Conservative Party deciding that Boris was not fit to run a hot tap, let alone a nation. There followed an unnecessarily extended period of in-fighting and back- stabbing amongst the protagonists vying for the exalted top job. Eventually we come down to Truss versus Sunak, with the former offering cuts and assistance and the latter espousing control and restraint.
The rest is history, although a dramatically short one, and the chap who came second in this latest game of musical chairs is now in the hot-seat.
Hopefully, his new Chancellor is a safer, saner pair of hands, as his predecessor’s financial event reminded me of the the Child Catcher from the film Chitty-Chitty Bang- Bang, where he shouts “Lollypops, ice cream, cherry pie... and all free today.” Naturally, it didn’t end well for the children who were suckered-in and it isn’t looking too good for the whole country either, as interest rates continue to rise, markets flounder and the UK's international reputation takes a battering.
I should emphasise that I’m not a political animal. In fact, my stance is that I think ALL politicians fall into one of the following categories: Liars, Cheats, Thieves, Imbeciles and Sexual deviants. Some manage to achieve the full house of all five! So I don’t pay too much attention them. However, when our former Chancellor did his best to destroy our currency overnight, one had to sit up and take a smidgen of notice – especially when his actions resulted in the price of imported goods (such as construction equipment) dramatically increasing. This may yet hurt this industry and, as I have just found out to my unbridled horror, the cost of asset finance has sky-rocketed by…. wait for it… 30%!!
So, the observation of ‘be careful what you wish’ for is ringing loud and clear, because it could get worse before it gets better. And as my football mate imparted over a pint “I never liked the bloke who looked like he brushed his hair with a balloon, but what on earth have we got now?”
Happy Hiring
40 Executive Hire News - Nov/Dec 2022
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