Normally I am very cautious about sounding morally censorious in this blog. Let he who is without sin etc. And when I use the term evil, I more cautious still. The leadership in North Korea, the gun lobby in the United States, those followers of ISIL who are happy to behead people when they don't subscribe to their own brand of Islam- these are examples of evil at its rawest.
But you can find it right here in Britain today, as was revealed today when it emerged that the giant food company Premier Foods charge their suppliers simply for the right to supply to them. Remember, a lot of these suppliers are small family concerns who survive on razor-thin profit margins. Does Premier Foods give a toss about this? Do they fuck. They know there is intense competition among small suppliers to be taken up by PF, and therefore they can get away with keeping their boots on people's necks when they do business with them.
It is known that the big retailers, Tesco et al, operate a cutthroat policy regarding the deals they offer to their smaller suppliers and that they in turn have no option but to be as competitive as possible in order to avoid losing their contracts and thereby their livelihoods. But at least they don't charge them just for the privilege of supplying them in the first place.
Business secretary Vince Cable (Vince for PM! I say, and if not him then Peter Hain, though I guess both prospects are equally unlikely) has vowed to put a stop to this iniquitous practice- let's hope he is able to, and that the arch-capitalists in the cabinet (George Osborne and his buddies) don't slap him down. I'm sure nothing makes them happier than doing that...
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