And then there is that other major elephant trap, the Trade Union Bill. It is impossible to look at this piece of legislation and conclude it is designed for any other purpose than as part of a vindictive assault on the Conservative Party’s political opponents. Much of the focus of the bill has been on those clauses that seek to raise the threshold for strike ballots. But Britain is currently living through a period of relative industrial stability. The lights have remained on. The flying pickets have gone. In 1984, 27 million working days were lost to industrial action. In 2002 over a million days were lost. Last year it was down to 700,000. And everyone in the country knows the last group of people to drag the nation to the edge of the economic abyss weren’t wearing blue-overalls but pinstriped suits.