This week those of us that follow politics will watch as Government ministers and their followers at the Labour Party Conference try as hard as they can to convince us that ''it can (yet again) only get better''.
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The British Labour party like the world banking system has gone belly up and can survive only if it is rescued by outsiders with new methods and ideas. While key Labour party figures are publicly declaring loyalty to Gordon Brown they are behind his back still managing to undermine him.
Against this background Labour party politicians and delegates will be implored to 'Keep Trade Local' by the Federation of Small Businesses, (FSB) the UK's largest member based business organisation. Whilst the FSB's campaign against the growing threat of corporatism is aired to the good bad and ugly of British politics the far bigger threat to small businesses is the recent ripple effect of the so called credit crunch on the economic engine room of the British economy, small and medium sized businesses.
The British Labour party like the world banking system has gone belly up and can survive only if it is rescued by outsiders with new methods and ideas. While key Labour party figures are publicly declaring loyalty to Gordon Brown they are behind his back still managing to undermine him.
Against this background Labour party politicians and delegates will be implored to 'Keep Trade Local' by the Federation of Small Businesses, (FSB) the UK's largest member based business organisation. Whilst the FSB's campaign against the growing threat of corporatism is aired to the good bad and ugly of British politics the far bigger threat to small businesses is the recent ripple effect of the so called credit crunch on the economic engine room of the British economy, small and medium sized businesses.
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John Wright the former Trade Unionist (NALGO) and now National Chairman of the FSB would be best advised to use his Labour Party membership to great effect in the next few days - when he enjoys the new Labour's beer and sandwiches - since his members are about to never have it so bad.
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If being more taxed an any time in modern history or more regulated than ever before has not been bad enough then the consequences of grossly incompetent bankers which will mean a serious lack of cheep business credit (or any credit at all in many cases) is about to provided the biggest threat to non-corporate business Britain (and the 'western' world) in living memory.
The message from the representitives of small businesses should not be so much ''keep trade local'' as for the government to truly understand the basic needs of trade which is less official interference, less support agencies and less taxation. But of course our true government is the European Union not the Labour Party. Perhaps small businesses need to raise their voice (not least so it can be heared in Brussels) since they will mostly soon be fighting for their very survival.
The message from the representitives of small businesses should not be so much ''keep trade local'' as for the government to truly understand the basic needs of trade which is less official interference, less support agencies and less taxation. But of course our true government is the European Union not the Labour Party. Perhaps small businesses need to raise their voice (not least so it can be heared in Brussels) since they will mostly soon be fighting for their very survival.
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