Foolish Strike - Guido Fawkes

Foolish Strike

As absolutely no-one seems to have realised, the taxpayers’ strike scheduled for April 1st was a hoax. Guido was nevertheless amused to see it reported elsewhere and even more amused to see it condemned by various pompous comment makers. Is it such a bad idea?

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