Ladbrokes begins sharpening the axe

Heads will roll
Heads will roll

Don’t you just love work-speak for, ‘Yer all for the high jump’? Ladbrokes’ latest line on the proposed closure of its Aintree telephone betting centre is that it has ‘commenced a consultation’. That’s right up there with, ‘I think you should sit down’ and ‘It’s not you, it’s me.’ Read more.