Over A Barrel

Diageo is threatening to close down its bottling plant, with a loss of 700 jobs, in Kilmarnock, home of their Johnnie Walker brand. There's talk of strike action but also, amazingly, reports of East Ayrshire Council considering offers of financial incentives to the bloated plutes to make them change their minds. I can't believe the naivety of people who think that offering what will be sweeties as a bribe to a global behemoth like Diageo is a clever move. Have they never heard of the phrase, 'Take the money and run'? Expect nothing from a Scottish Government that is too chummy with home-grown capitalists or a Westminster Government that has bottled out of firmly regulating the nationalised banks. Expropriation, on the other hand.......