tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post5200633104280755781..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Gove's fantasies about the Labour-union linkJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-51504055720777556852010-03-18T00:57:02.253+00:002010-03-18T00:57:02.253+00:00I mean, what was the point in us all having surviv...I mean, what was the point in us all having survived the 80s?Strategisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519305659966338395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-28842168955138526692010-03-18T00:55:42.640+00:002010-03-18T00:55:42.640+00:00Gove is such a sorry cove.
Or actually, the truly...Gove is such a sorry cove.<br /><br />Or actually, the truly sorry state of affairs is that the Great British* public is once again back to the stage where it is prepared to put some stupid little know-nothing young-fogey ponce into a position of power over itself. Worse: over its own kids' education. <br /><br />(* or English - I'm sure he'd still get short shrift in his native Scotland.)Strategisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519305659966338395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-10817586606483568912010-03-17T16:58:52.105+00:002010-03-17T16:58:52.105+00:00It's true - I was reading the Sun today (in a ...It's true - I was reading the Sun today (in a cafe, I didn't pay for it obviously) and their coverage was like the height of the miner's strike including describing UNITE as a 'hardline' union and a photo of the union's political officer that descibed him as a 'union thug'.<br /><br />I doubt Cameron has the bottle that Thatcher had, but he certainly has her hatred for trade unions.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-35423760915819049502010-03-17T14:51:51.466+00:002010-03-17T14:51:51.466+00:00BTW, Jim, I've linked your blog to my list :-)...BTW, Jim, I've linked your blog to my list :-)claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498799178450479883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-87050688951473446532010-03-17T14:50:44.210+00:002010-03-17T14:50:44.210+00:00Let's also take one step back. From the Tories...Let's also take one step back. From the Tories, this extremely aggressive anti-union stance is quite disturbing.<br /><br />It seems to me that regardless of the dispute, their default position is one of extreme antipathy and confrontation with what are actually incredibly tame unions.<br /><br />And, for the record, let's not forget that:<br /><br />1) staff at BA voted TWICE in favour of the strike;<br /><br />2) it was Willie Walsh that pulled out of the negotiating table;<br /><br />3) Unite's proposal included a pay cut (!). I don't know how many times in history a Union actively put forward a salary cut for their members. Still the Tories call them every name under the sun...claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498799178450479883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-82913455170871086152010-03-16T22:58:28.192+00:002010-03-16T22:58:28.192+00:00A truly remarkable lurch into the wildest excesses...A truly remarkable lurch into the wildest excesses of paranoid right-wing lunacy. I'm actually staggered at some of the phrases in Gove's nonsensical letter - it's all so utterly removed from reality.luna17https://www.blogger.com/profile/03754650933188634442noreply@blogger.com