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Tanker Drivers Dispute.

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9171485/Is-Ed-Miliband-for-or-against-a-fuel-crisis.html  The Daily Telegraph, doing what the Daily Telegraph does best. Creating a scaremongering headline to suit its own political agenda, and to divert attention away from the real (and embarrassing) issues. The question is not whether anyone is for or against a fuel crisis. No one in their right mind (except maybe Francis Maude) wishes to see un necessary panic buying, the prospect of empty petrol sta tions, rationing of scarce petrol, essential services starved of fuel and non deliveries of supplies to shops and supermarkets. The question is of course, an industrial dispute between workers and employers which in the end must be resolved between the parties concerned with or without the assistance of ACAS. Certainly the mischievous "assistance" of The Daily Telegraph, Francis Maude, David Cameron and George Osborne is neither helpful nor warranted. The f...
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Hypocrisy from the right.

Held-ransom-1-000-tanker-drivers-Petrol-stations-face-closure-half-unions-members-vote-strike.html#comments "Held to ransom by 1,000 tanker drivers." The usual hysterical headlines from at least one part of the media. THE BANKERS AND THE FINANCIAL SPECULATORS CAN AND DO, HOLD THE COUNTRY TO RANSOM TIME AFTER TIME, AND NOBODY SAYS A WORD! AS SOON AS PEOPLE, IN ANY FIELD, TAKE A STAND THE RABID RIGHT COME CRAWLING OUT OF THE WOODWORK WITH THE USUAL "SACK THE WORKERS" RANT.
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Cheap drinks and binge drinking.

Prime-Ministers-ban-cheap-drinks-breaks-EU-law-claim Surely we are approaching the problem of binge drinking in town centers (and probably elsewhere too) from the wrong angle. Instead of helping these poor wretches into ambulances and carting them off to A & E with all the costs that are incurred to the NHS, public services, police time and man power etc. perhaps we should consider a more radical approach. Why not just scrape the brain dead morons up off the pavement and cart them off to a purpose built steel cage, lock them in and and let them rot until they sober up. The prospect of being soaked in their own and others vomit for a few hours, and then being hosed down in cold water may have a deterrent effect on them and others.
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