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Joe Gormley's work in the working class on behalf of the bosses continues to be recognised by his grateful admirers.
The NUM President has just accepted a seat on the board of Midlands Television Lta., a company set up to bid for the franchise at present held by ATV. - Gormley, who if the bid is successful, will sit on the board with Sir Sydney King (Lincolnshire district organiser of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers) is expected to fit in well with other directors who include the widow of Airey Neave, Lady Airey, well known for her determined aim to censor all anti- imperialist statements vision.
Chairman of the company, which stands a good outside chance of ousting ATV from the. Midlands licence to print money, is Sir Robert Booth, chairman of the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham and a director of the Birmingham Board of Barclays Bank.
Other fellow directors include Oscar Hahn, ekecutive director of Guest Keen and Nettlefold, and the Duke of Rutland.
Part of the original money put up to launch the bid has come from IPC, the magazine group which at present has sacked all its 1,300 journalists for demanding a pay rise.