tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post5480660982463122825..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Labour's Double WhammyIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41700494292085775402010-03-20T08:32:12.592+00:002010-03-20T08:32:12.592+00:00No problems, no solutions
Green people could be h...No problems, no solutions <br />Green people could be happyUAReporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936898434086624546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6075123598252577232010-03-19T22:11:05.130+00:002010-03-19T22:11:05.130+00:00The trouble with getting old is that one feels one...The trouble with getting old is that one feels one has seen it all before. Labour in thrall to the unions. threats of public sector walk outs oh dear. Who is going to knock their heads together? Maybe it is a stitch up this BA strike so that Gordon can be seen as the white knight just before the election ...do I see Charlie Whelan in all this?Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742843348439422943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24786408542188687342010-03-19T21:39:58.976+00:002010-03-19T21:39:58.976+00:00Yet again our American cousins and brothers in arm...Yet again our American cousins and brothers in arms come to our aid:<br /><br />http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/teamsters-and-twu-stand-in-solidarity-with-british-airways-cabin-crews-88595457.htmlUnsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30999966312268895922010-03-19T21:01:04.277+00:002010-03-19T21:01:04.277+00:00"First they tried to annoy everyone at Christ..."First they tried to annoy everyone at Christmas, now they want to destroy an Easter get away (not sure how I will get home). This is not going to leave people with warm fuzzy feelings towards the unions."<br /><br />Quite right. Perhaps they're getting ready to re-fight all the old battles from the '80s. And by alienating the public they're going to align the public firmly on the side of the Tories. <br />They've truly gone into self-destruct mode. <br /><br />Out of power for a generation, perhaps?Magical_Misthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446193963152993371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29402610985402450282010-03-19T20:54:36.641+00:002010-03-19T20:54:36.641+00:00How about a windfall tax on Unite given the windfa...How about a windfall tax on Unite given the windfall "income" they've earned due to favourable market (Liebour) conditions!!?FonyBlairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960051001993635260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84497408877843161572010-03-19T18:10:38.053+00:002010-03-19T18:10:38.053+00:00Yes, pity the poor No.10 staffers as in reality Br...Yes, pity the poor No.10 staffers as in reality Brown will not be wearing boxing gloves! No doubt various office equipment has grown wings and some staff will be sporting Gordon Browns Political Bruising moniker!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67478469588181890502010-03-19T17:10:46.849+00:002010-03-19T17:10:46.849+00:00Ok I am at a loss here, what are the unions thinki...Ok I am at a loss here, what are the unions thinking?<br /><br />First they tried to annoy everyone at Christmas, now they want to destroy an Easter get away (not sure how I will get home). This is not going to leave people with warm fuzzy feelings towards the unions.<br /><br />Second, there is an election coming up and their buddies are having a hard enough time as it is without them pulling this kind of trash.<br /><br />Third, the Tories are not going to be so friendly to the union once they get into office (double please)<br /><br />What are they thinking?<br />I can see only two solutions.<br /><br />1.) They hate Gordon Brown (lets face it who doesn't)<br /><br />2.) They want to go out Brunhilde style.Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343313936224731968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15975980951693543682010-03-19T17:01:21.410+00:002010-03-19T17:01:21.410+00:00Fortunately, the old yacht uses wind-power... :-)...Fortunately, the old yacht uses wind-power... :-)Pogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812765444160924585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40703631021512610962010-03-19T16:08:55.216+00:002010-03-19T16:08:55.216+00:00These unions stirring up trouble as we go into a G...These unions stirring up trouble as we go into a GE campaign is either the most monumental piece of Union stupidity, a sign of just how much the left-wing union leaders hate the Nu-Labour government or an attempt to set up a 'Brown saves the country from strikes' scenario which is so blatant and transparent that my 6 year old could see through it. Whichever, I can't see how it does the Tories anything but good.Steve Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09750000094014883295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80861768247907419622010-03-19T15:57:56.175+00:002010-03-19T15:57:56.175+00:00Wonderful achievement by Brown's comrades! Ob...Wonderful achievement by Brown's comrades! Obama would feel really happy with his comrades Teamsters achievement by linking with UNITE!<br />Topical meeting with Obama and Brown. Can't be better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-185035012064338902010-03-19T15:25:56.599+00:002010-03-19T15:25:56.599+00:00Oh Lord. If Labour fiddle the election and stay in...Oh Lord. If Labour fiddle the election and stay in we wont even be able to leave the country!Darren Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987186865981483032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14385652967004626172010-03-19T15:11:15.481+00:002010-03-19T15:11:15.481+00:00Got to be a Tebbitesque "Get on your bike&quo...Got to be a Tebbitesque "Get on your bike" in there somewhere?<br /><br />Isn't there video somewhere of Brown using those words (in a phrase like "we're not saying 'get on your bike'") or am I just imagining that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47730589482402655082010-03-19T13:58:47.663+00:002010-03-19T13:58:47.663+00:00No trains, no planes and (with petrol about to pas...No trains, no planes and (with petrol about to pass £1.20 per litre) no automobiles.<br /><br />"Dempsey, tell the groom to being my horse round to the front of the house".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44988118078560324122010-03-19T13:45:56.607+00:002010-03-19T13:45:56.607+00:00No Trains No Planes, and no money thanks to thievi...No Trains No Planes, and no money thanks to thieving Nu-Labour to put a £1.20 litre of fuel in my Automobile!!!!ranger1640https://www.blogger.com/profile/16550737877857588145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87415398453013831182010-03-19T13:37:58.939+00:002010-03-19T13:37:58.939+00:00And with petrol prices on the rise, no automobiles...And with petrol prices on the rise, no automobiles either!Nicholas J. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682213706024663955noreply@blogger.com