Every once in a while an announcement is made by the Government that raises a smile. It’s a gesture of self-satisfaction, encouraging you that you did indeed do the right thing when you joined the Labour Party, it truly speaks for your issues. Curry has a special place in Birmingham and a special place in BULS. That is why I am so pleased to see Gordon Brown working hard to make sure that curry houses don’t need to shut-down if they’re hit hard by a new EU points-system for employment.
My faith in the movement has been slightly bruised in the last couple of weeks but I truly want to thank the PM for keeping an industry going, and ensuring that BULS will never be without venues for endless Curry-nights.
‘My faith in the movement has been slightly bruised in the last couple of weeks’
Not that Carl Chinn story, I hope.
‘but I truly want to thank the PM for keeping an industry going’
I hope you are joking. Curry houses seem to depend on illegal workers as restaurants paying the minimum wage can neither get the staff or get sufficient custom. GB doubling tax on the poorest is another nail in the coffin for the curry industry.
Give the location of a curryhouse struggling and I’ll see to it myself that it stays in business. If it were true that the industry depends on illegal workers surely it is good that Brown is focussing on getting a bit of regulation going on, some formal and official training is a first step in the right direction.
There’s enough regulation, enforcement is the issue. You’re not training to be a lawyer are you, Tom?
You might find a few struggling businesses on this list. Don’t mean to put your off your scoff but my neighbour who is a GP never eats out in Brum because of the nasty consequences of doing so that he sees in his surgery every day.
Your neighbour should in future consult the BULS Guide to Birmingham Curry Houses, available in hardback for £12.99. Orders can be placed with editor Tom Guise.