Tangled Webs

So Matt gets Brenda on side by 'bribing' her over her eavesdropping - she'd heard how badly burnt Matt & his business associate have been with some 'marginal' deals - and this may prove Brian's undoing. The 'bribe' she can't afford to accept is money to go to Tom's pig business, and this will allow him to get away from Brian's supermarket deal - already in deep water because Hannah has pulled the plug by returning full time to college - despite (or perhaps because of) Tom's poor staff management. Ah well, the horrors of capitalism reach Ambridge - but how unfortunate is it that businessmen are always the bad guys in The Archers, throughout its long history. What with that and Shula's smug triumphalism - she's ALWAYS proved right in every situation - how much longer can I bear it?