Tomorrow's strikes

[minestrone]

The trains into London at 10.00 am when all the public sector workers leave for work will be empty

I watched that minder episode you are using in your avatar yesterday. Charity game for the Winchester Club.

[fullyautomatix]

The trains into London at 10.00 am when all the public sector workers leave for work will be empty

Traffic on the roads from 3.30 pm to 4 pm will be zero.

The future prime minister of this country is being taught very early in his life that strikes are the way to get things done.

[TimberWolf]

Time things badly and they may end up shooting themselves in the foot, by getting stuck at customs when returning from their summer holidays.

[minestrone]

Have you noticed how distant Cameron is over the last week? They wheeled out Maude this morning, Gove over the weekend.

[PRC1964]

The future prime minister of this country is being taught very early in his life that strikes are the way to get things done.

No he isn't. The private schools are still open.

[lukemg]

They were trying to big it up on the telly with the pathetic 10 people stood outside a tax office (which houses hundreds) and a chap saying his driving lesson was cancelled, boo hoo. 500k people at average of 200/day in pay, got to be a handy saving I reckon, fook off for a few weeks if you like and we only rehire where there has been significant disruption felt. AND as for - 'you won't have any teachers if this carries on' 1. It's ridiculously hard to get into teacher training at the moment due to the demand for places and 2. There is fook all else this mob can do so they arent going anywhere.

[Sysman]

I can't see the strikes having any effect...

They'll hit home if the civil servants responsible for processing MPs' expenses claims are on strike.

[DimPrawn]

They were trying to big it up on the telly with the pathetic 10 people stood outside a tax office (which houses hundreds) and a chap saying his driving lesson was cancelled, boo hoo. 500k people at average of 200/day in pay, got to be a handy saving I reckon, fook off for a few weeks if you like and we only rehire where there has been significant disruption felt. AND as for - 'you won't have any teachers if this carries on' 1. It's ridiculously hard to get into teacher training at the moment due to the demand for places and 2. There is fook all else this mob can do so they arent going anywhere.

Outsource all the teaching to India. Infact, send all our kids to India would probably be the best thing we ever did. At least they'd be in a growing, debt free, high tech economy.

[gingerjedi]

It's dead here, there's a picket line on both entrances manned by 3 people on each, no caravans or burning oil drums, I was sneered at for being a private sector capitalist pig.

Great support for a government department of 4,000+.

[Mich the Tester]

I was sneered at for being a private sector capitalist pig.

You are lucky; I rarely recieve such compliments.