Former TUC president Dougie Rooney opposes Pilgrims:
“unions are at their strongest when they pay their own way…”
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Tom Harris bemoans the public’s attitude to politicians…
“Mr Oborne echoes the lazy, anti-politics whine we hear so often these days, all based on the absurd notion that politicians were once loved and only fell out of public favour during the expenses scandal. He should take a walk to the Strangers’ Bar. But not to sup with the patrons he seems to despise so much, dearie me, no; he should instead look at the paintings on the corridor outside the bar, which depict the devastating fire which consumed most of the Palace in 1834. And he should reflect on the fact that on that dramatic night, as the Commons went up in flames, a crowd gathered on the South Bank to clap and cheer.”
Focus group time. says:
The thing that Dave needs to work out is which group is more likely to vote Conservative. Mad swivel-eyed loons or mad homosexuals wishing to get married.
Thats why he is a former leader.
Hey Guido, can we have the rest of Rooney’s obiter dicta in seen elsewhere?
He’s correct.
Full time union ‘reps’ cook up deals with the bosses and almost never consult members. When they do it’s to tell everyone what a great deal they’ve extracted against the odds. Bullsh*t.
Does that mean that unions should stop claiming public handouts from the Union Modernisation Fund?
Fee-shifting– unions got that brilliant idea from the shysters. “Don’t worry, it won’t cost you a thing. When all’s said and done the other side will pay my fee, it’s built into the amount of damages, don’t you know.” Which translates to, “Don’t worry, you’re not paying for me to organise, the public will do that.”
The fallacy, of course, being that as litigiousness increases, prices of goods and services increase to absorb the cost of higher liability insurance (assuming it’s available.) Likewise their union members may not be paying Pilgrims directly, but every public sector worker pays taxes which go to pay a Pilgrim in another agency, no? All right, so they don’t pay in full (the public will take up the slack), but they’re not immune.
The Piper has this annoying habit– he demands to be paid.