Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

I think every person has a right to withdraw his labour

i don't at all disagree, with the emphasis being on the person, and not the collective coercion to strike or else
i know from first hand that when a strike was threatened at BA, any personnel who did not agree with this action came under massive union pressure to stay in line
i can't remember the exact wording of the new rules, but they seemed very fair to me and are assuredly designed to remove (coercive) power from the activists and militants

i also think it is absolutely right that a union member should now have to actively opt IN to a specific political party donation

Look at this from the Guardian in Feb this year.

56% of tube drivers think it's acceptable to drive a tube train drunk

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/10/tube-drivers-vote-strike-colleague-sacking

Tube drivers vote to strike over sacking of colleague

London Underground says it dismissed driver for failing two random breath alcohol tests

London Underground drivers have voted to strike over the sacking of a colleague.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union backed industrial action by 299 votes to 221. The union’s general secretary, Mick Cash, said: “Our members have voted for industrial action and the union will now consult extensively with our representatives before deciding on our next moves in this dispute.

“The union remains available for talks, at Acas if necessary, and as we have already stated we are ready to abide by any decision made at an employment tribunal and cannot understand London Underground’s reluctance to agree to that course of action.”

LU had urged union members to vote against strikes, insisting it had dismissed the Northern Line driver for failing two random breath alcohol tests. It said it operated a zero-tolerance policy on drugs and alcohol.

Less than a quarter of those eligible to vote for strike action did so.

Well it appears that many tory MPs are P out of their P out of their minds in HP bars every night the club is opened.

It is said of Churchill that the best decisions were made when he was inebriated and asleep and someone else made the decisions for him.

Also, Maggie on about 1/2 a bottle of Scotch a day for lot of her time.

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I hope the driver's remark was off the cuff "send up".

But the hazy one does seem to spend a lot of his life in the dust bins, perhaps he feels at home there.

And you Fred The Red basically, not to put too fine a point on it are just full of shit, shit and more shit, bit like Manchester :0)

PS.

Only 36.9% of the UK voters voted for the tories. 63.1% voted against them.

That is about 25% of the electoral roll.

Suggest you consider the success appropriately.

A very Scottish coup as SNP lose Highland Council


http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/a-very-scottish-coup-as-snp-lose-highland-council-1-3787861

Especially for Manuel and Exec.

Some good news

C of E crisis as it loses 1.7m followers. Former Archbishop Lord Carey warns: 'Church is a generation from extinction'

Lord Carey called for urgent action to reverse slump in followers
Britons identifying themselves as C of E or Anglican dropped to 17 per cent
Current Archbishop Justin Welby has also said decline needs tackling
Government statistician says figures are 'very serious' for Church

The Church of England has suffered a dramatic slump in its followers, shocking new figures show.

Between 2012 and 2014, the proportion of Britons identifying themselves as C of E or Anglican dropped from 21 per cent to 17 per cent – a fall of about 1.7 million people.

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey warned last night that unless urgent action was taken, the Church was just ‘one generation away from extinction’.

The number of Anglicans in Britain has dropped from about 10.3 million to 8.6 million, and will raise fresh fears over the future of the Church of England, which has been in decline since the 1960s.

Lord Carey, who has warned before about dwindling congregations, said: ‘These figures are a call to urgent mission. I have no doubt at all that the Archbishops, together with the whole leadership of the Church of England, are doing all they can to reverse this trend.’

The current Archbishop, Justin Welby, has also called for the decline to be tackled and is introducing measures to streamline the Church and strengthen its leadership.

Peter Brierley, a former Government statistician who advises religious groups, said: ‘It is very serious for the Church of England and they know it.

‘The problem is that it has a lot of elderly members, but when they die off there are not enough younger people to replace them.’

I see this Windows 10 has come up on my computer for download , says could be fees involved . Anyone out there any idea , rumours about it .

Windows 10?

Supposedly free.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-free-upgrade-for-windows-7-and-8-users.html

Yes thanks MaxK , I think I'll wait a while to see how people respond .

The possible fees for Win 10 relate to the 3Gb download, in the case you have a download limit on your broadband contract

It's grim oop north!



Michelle Mone: Scotland under the SNP is becoming consumed by hatred and ill will


Sunday 31 May 2015

Scottish businesswoman Michelle Mone has said in the SNP's Scotland free speech is "crushed" and "enterprise is despised", and she called the party's MPs "muppets"



http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/michelle-mone-scotland-under-the-snp-is-becoming-consumed-by-hatred-and-ill-will.1433070821

Two dozen UK-bound migrants injured in huge brawl between rival African gangs clashing over routes to access ferries heading for England
The brawl broke out between rival African gangs from Sudan and Eritrea
Clashed over routes used to get on England-bound ferries in port town
Fight also saw weapons used including knives, metal bars and truncheons
Police source said some sustained injuries to their head, chests, and legs

By Peter Allen In Paris for MailOnline

these blacks are criminals and murderers do you on this bb do you want the scum here . I say send them back home round them up put them in a lorry and unlock the doors when their back home

Two dozen UK-bound migrants injured in huge brawl between rival African gangs clashing over routes to access ferries heading for England
The brawl broke out between rival African gangs from Sudan and Eritrea
Clashed over routes used to get on England-bound ferries in port town
Fight also saw weapons used including knives, metal bars and truncheons
Police source said some sustained injuries to their head, chests, and legs

By Peter Allen In Paris for MailOnline


and these pieces of scum say they are fleeing wars they are low life scum .
the eu wants to turn the uk in to a prison for eu criminals
get us out of the stinking rotten eu now

They probably are fleeing wars. They are just desperate to get a better life. That sort of desperation causes this type of behaviour. The immediate cause of the trouble is the lack of control by the French. They moan about it as a country and the Mayor of Calais whines about it but nothing happens.

hay so what should the uk do they are not civilised people they are low life shit

We ought to provide people to help police the problem in Calais or at least some money as it is to our benefit that we help solve the problem.