While it would be tempting to dismiss this as another manifestation of the determination of some Tories to reinforce the brand image of the "nasty party", could it be the
harbinger of things to come? In any society there are people who would prefer not to have to work for a living but to apply such an absurd generalisation to the British workforce borders on the ridiculous.
Blaming the workers
Whether it's an accurate
harbinger of things to come remains an open question.
The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda
Still, overall, Saturn hasn't had a whole lot going for it, with the mainly forgotten L-Series (though in some ways, it was a
harbinger of things to come when introduced in 2000), the Ion (saved from the axe recently by $3/gallon gas), and the Relay, vehicles that don't overwhelm in the design and/or engineering categories.
Saturn: faster and better; Having been starved for good product for far too long, this division of General Motors is finally getting the kind of design and engineering that can make it a real contender, not the "coulda been" that has been its plight for the past several years
It was a small but symbolic victory and a
harbinger of things to come.
WeHo, warts and all: in the 1970s the most popular dance club barred blacks, Latinos, women, and older men. Today, the city council would stop that in a heartbeat
InstaPundit's Glenn Reynolds, who was among the bloggers banging the Rathergate drum loudest, wrote in the pages of The Australian that the episode was "just a
harbinger of things to come, not just for Rather and CBS but for traditional left-leaning news operations across the world."
Biased about bias: the hunt for ideology becomes an ideology
It was a
harbinger of things to come south of the border.
The polyphonic nature of Patricia Rozema
But often what is happening in one state can be a
harbinger of things to come in another state.
Legislation and our livelihood
The mystery of the petroleum-slathered penguins could be a
harbinger of things to come for Punta del Este.
The penguin perspective. (Point of View)
"I'm appalled that this is how clinical decisions are being made, but I think this is just a
harbinger of things to come."
Lights out on abortion