Yesterday I explained how Britain's MI5 had been running a three year operation to infiltrate and disrupt the Trade Union Unite just as that union would be most needed by it's members in the face of the recession. Now that stick approach has failed MI5 have been forced to change tack.
Today the news broke that on Feb 23rd the governmental Information Commissioners Office had raided the offices of a company called Consulting Associates. Run by a former member of Special Branch this company was employed by building contractors to carry out background checks on tradesmen who were applying for jobs on construction projects. The raid on the property allegedly revealed a mythical blacklist containing the names, National Insurance (social security) numbers and trade union affiliations of around 3000 construction workers. The blacklist is the stuff of trade union legend because they were used extensively through out the 1960's, 70's and 80's as a way for management to intimidate workers. The threat was quite simple, do everything management tells you or you'll be blacklisted and never work again.
Blacklists were made illegal by the New Labour government last year so by carrying out this raid now the message that MI5 is trying to send the unions is that the bad old days are gone. The British Government are now the unions bestest, bestest friends so the unions wouldn't want to do anything to hurt their new best friends.
Sadly all I'm seeing is MI5 attempting to cause confusion within the trade union movement by bombarding them with conflicting messages. The idea is that trade unionist will be so busy trying to work out if the British Government loves them or hates them that they won't have time to do their job.
That's a shame because right now MI5 is on it's knees and there for the taking. Hell, they've already surrendered in all but name.
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