Union Bullshit

Trade Union leaders failing to break the habit of a life time by talking total fucking bollocks:

TUC chief Brendan Barber has said the public will not accept large-scale spending cuts, as trade unions gather in Manchester.

They will accept them, I believe, because public spending has become synonymous with waste. If the government trims the unproductive parts of its operations, it will not adversely affect how the public live their lives but will allow for, in the longer-term, populist measures such as tax cuts.

Mr Barber said unions would reach out to the wider community to form a "progressive alliance" to make the case for alternatives to spending cuts.

Oh, Jesus titty-fucking Christ, it's that word again - "progressive". And it is being completely misused here. What Barber wants to form is, by definition, a "conservative alliance" - he wishes to conserve the status quo. Which is fine - he can go away and do that to his heart's content. But don't lie about it - you're being conservative, Barber. And anyone with any intellect won't ally themselves with you because you're attempting to conserve an unsustainable and ultimately regressive status quo.

RMT union leader Bob Crow called for a campaign of "civil disobedience" in protest at spending cuts.

Well, I want to call for a campaign of "civil disobedience" against Bob Crow. And after the tube strikes, I think a campaign against him will be far more popular than a campaign against spending cuts.

I have no issue with the Trade Unions campaigning in the best interests of their members - hell, that's what they're for. But campaigning for the government to continue with the levels of spending that are running the risk of bankrupting this country is not in the interests of their members, and certainly isn't in the interests of the country as a whole.