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Aye it seems like he did it to be a funny front bum more than anything.
30/11 Strikes.
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Aye it seems like he did it to be a funny front bum more than anything.
They strike fairly often in my experience.
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Britain: Oh damn, seems like we're skint again after a decade of socialist overspending.
Labour: (snigger) The idiots didn't learn after the winter of discontent when we bankrupted the country last time we were in power. And they'll forget in a few years that we bankrupted the country this time too.
Tories: Seems like we're going to have to be the unpopular party again sorting the mess out. OK, here goes...
<deep breath> reign in rampant public overspending, fight the belligerent unions, cut overspending on benefits, encourage small-medium business growth, promote a working ethic, try to reinstate a sense of patriotism & national pride etc etc...
Labour: Heh heh, we don't have to come up with any policies because you will become unelectable at the next election matey boy. Just sorting our mess out makes you seem like you are to blame.
Tories : In that case we'll shout it out loudly so everyone knows "EVERYONE, WE NEED TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS. THE UK IS SKINT!"
Britain: Everyone is getting used to this idea, and is tightening their belts. People are having pay frozen, pay cuts and even losing their jobs and homes. But we all know that times are tough (hell, I've lost 10% of my salary in the last few years due to frozen pay).
And just as the tumbleweeds are settling, a large, fat cat that was once nearly extinct waddles onto centre stage and sneers at the public
"Times are tough for you mugs that pay our wages, but we won't accept that the knock on effect affects us! Economics only affect the private sector, we shouldn't be touched"
And all the time the fat cat is preening and posing in front of the cameras it has longed for over the last 20 years, if you look very carefully you can see a man in it's shadow. He's trying very hard not to be seen, but he's there. The man with the lisp, the patch of grey and the Wallace & Gromit face, he's embarrassed to be there but if you look carefully behind the preening fat cat you'll see him cowering there.
Labour: (snigger) The idiots didn't learn after the winter of discontent when we bankrupted the country last time we were in power. And they'll forget in a few years that we bankrupted the country this time too.
Tories: Seems like we're going to have to be the unpopular party again sorting the mess out. OK, here goes...
<deep breath> reign in rampant public overspending, fight the belligerent unions, cut overspending on benefits, encourage small-medium business growth, promote a working ethic, try to reinstate a sense of patriotism & national pride etc etc...
Labour: Heh heh, we don't have to come up with any policies because you will become unelectable at the next election matey boy. Just sorting our mess out makes you seem like you are to blame.
Tories : In that case we'll shout it out loudly so everyone knows "EVERYONE, WE NEED TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS. THE UK IS SKINT!"
Britain: Everyone is getting used to this idea, and is tightening their belts. People are having pay frozen, pay cuts and even losing their jobs and homes. But we all know that times are tough (hell, I've lost 10% of my salary in the last few years due to frozen pay).
And just as the tumbleweeds are settling, a large, fat cat that was once nearly extinct waddles onto centre stage and sneers at the public
"Times are tough for you mugs that pay our wages, but we won't accept that the knock on effect affects us! Economics only affect the private sector, we shouldn't be touched"
And all the time the fat cat is preening and posing in front of the cameras it has longed for over the last 20 years, if you look very carefully you can see a man in it's shadow. He's trying very hard not to be seen, but he's there. The man with the lisp, the patch of grey and the Wallace & Gromit face, he's embarrassed to be there but if you look carefully behind the preening fat cat you'll see him cowering there.
How often?
I've been working in tax for 5 years and I think I've seen 3 strikes in that time. It's a pain in the arse when they do it around a big deadline.
Sounds about right. 3 days out of 1250 roughly. Get out the watercannons!!!
I do feel sympathy for those caught up in it their intent is not against the public or customer but the Government in trying to distrupt processes. Unfortunately this does bring obvious contraversy.
Iam not sure if a group of lazy fools count as enough for it to be 'genocide', execution is a bit far though, should just sack them.
I think they want fair pensions for all, there was all sorts of groups in there not just public servants. Giving up their terms and conditions is not going to achieve that aim.
At the hospital where i work it was a bit of a joke.
I'm not a member of the union.
I can not remember the exact figures, but i would guess it's something like 60% of the workforce are members. it did not state on the letter the percentage of members.
But of those only 30% decided to even turn out and vote, and of those 30% only 65% voted to strike. so in effect not many at all.
I'm not a member of the union.
I can not remember the exact figures, but i would guess it's something like 60% of the workforce are members. it did not state on the letter the percentage of members.
But of those only 30% decided to even turn out and vote, and of those 30% only 65% voted to strike. so in effect not many at all.
we all would but that just isn't possible so "fair" has to be equal according to what the economy can stand and what they want is too much and tbh what they have been offered is too much
They don't like the distribution between the economy and the 'pain' that has to some people not been borne out equally.
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Precisely, their pensions are already quite generous. The people striking aren't being realistic. Something has to give during a recession.
For example, my aunt is a nurse. She believes she is poorly paid and poorly treated and has always felt that those in the private sector get a better deal, but she's able to take multiple holidays each year, has a nice house and seems to live quite comfortably. There are many in the private sector who aren't so lucky. Just because there are those in the private sector who earn a lot more and get great bonuses each year, that doesn't mean we all live like that.
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agree with that but this is not going to achieve anything, yes bankers etc have to take their share ( and its a big share ) but that is nowhere near enough to cover the mess the country is in
There are differences in approach that could be taken, it may be unlikely as we are but people will not simply just accept it.
Certainly not under these circumstances.
I think it will just be a case of tough luck in the end
Tough luck for everyone except the upper class, as always.
There was a great moment on Question Time a few months ago when Owen Paterson finished lecturing the audience on the need for pension cuts and a fireman asked him if MPs were taking the same % cut as he was. Paterson coughed up a feeble 'Well, we're all in this together' rather than admit the truth, because he knew it was indefensible. The people who run this country (regardless of party) are in it for themselves yet lecture the public on taking collective responsibility for government and banking blunders.