The wit and wisdom of Bill Morris
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ill Morris, general secretary of the Transport Workers' Union, impressed guests at the Freight Transport Association's annual beanfeast with his wit and wisdom. His wisdom has already been reported, but these examples of his wit may have escaped notice. On dealing with stress caused by union problems: sleep like a baby — I go to bed and sleep for one hour, then I wake and cry for an hour, then I repeat the process."
On politics and politicians: "I saw a poster which said that politicians knew the answer. After pondering it for three clays I gave up. I thought if politicians really knew the answer it must have been a bloody stupid question in the first place."
On better truckstops: "I don't want to run another 'save our greasy spoons' campaign."
On consensus between industry and trade unions:
told another general secretary I wanted consensus — he said, fine, but remember, Bill, our consensus."