Posted on January - 13 - 2012
Nick Clegg plays the John Lewis card among the City’s ‘have-yachts’ | Simon Hoggart
Nick Clegg has called for a John Lewis economy. Not a Primark economy (everything made in China), not a Currys economy (the people in charge have no idea what they’re selling), nor a Harrods economy (run by someone who believes the Duke of Edinburgh murdered his would-be daughter in law – sorry, wrong, that was the previous owner.)
The Lib Dem leader wants an economy based on the practices at John Lewis, known to its fans as “Johnny Lew”, so that the people who work for a firm have a stake in its success. John Lewis employees (or “partners”) get a cheque every year, the size depending on the profits the firm has made.
What a great idea for Britain! The government would have to run a surplus so that early in December every taxpayer would get cash back. T