Kindly but misguided
Peter Paterson is the eupeotic industrial cor- respondent of the Sunday Telegraph. He sees the progress of the Industrial Relations Bill like Milton saw the Puritan Revolution as 'a sea of noises and active disputes'.
The only hope for voluntary co-operation as he described it to his impresqionlble readers is amendments to the Bill to include the removal of : 1. The right not to belong to a trade union, and 2. Abolishing the outlawing of the closed shop.
These are two vital ideas and the very nub of what the Industrial Relations Bill is all about. Many (among whom it is probably wrong to include Peter Paterson) believe that those who are less equal than others have more to gain from the effects of the Rill than from any foreseeable income redistribution. It is agreed by almost everyone that it is the increase of output in the past and not the redistribution of income which has brought about the material increases that have raised the living standards of those to whom Peter Paterson gives his kindly but misguided sup- port.
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