DAVE CALFE, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes exclusively for the Morning Star as the union’s five-day annual conference opens in Birmingham
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"Well I think that went jolly well! Fifth time lucky what? A few more strokes of genius like that and we'll be out of this recession in a jiffy!"
"And how exactly do you calculate that, Gideon? Actually, don't calculate anything. That's what got us into all this trouble in the first place."
"(Smirk) I think you'll find that was Labour, Dave."
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