Lord Hutton is well-known to public sector workers. He originated the
plan that we should work longer, pay more and get less in pensions.
Remember we are all in this together so of course the Labour Peer
(Yes, a Labour peer!) has had to take on the role of chairman of the
board of a privatised pension scheme delightfully named "My Civil
Service Pension" MySCP.
It has been portrayed in the media as an employee-owned business "like
John Lewis". John Lewis should definitely sue for defamation of
character. The employees will not own 75 percent of the business and
certainly won't be allowed to sack the chairman.
Sacking Hutton is mild compared to the views of most civil servants I
have spoken to. They would prefer more draconian measures.
Apparently Hutton is "a firm believer in the power of engaging
employees to drive innovation." and lining his own pocket.
Cutting pensions and privatising the retirement fund management is
something no employee asked for.
In the days of slavery, there were slaves who were liberated by people
who then went on to sell them back into slavery "down the river."
Clearly Lord Hutton, like John Lewis, is never knowlingly undersold
"down the river." To quote another Labour Peer, Lord Thomas who sold
out the 1926 General Strike, "I sold you all right, but I got a good
price for you!"
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