even the eurotunnel was no worse then any other day i was still back in the yard at 1545 
Ime all for them we nearly live in a dictatorship now they say jump we have to ask how high.All us working class are being screwed good and proper,we go to work to fund these people who decide what we can have or not have at the end and when do they ever give us anything in our favour.In 10 or 15 years time these very young politicians who are making these decisions will be sitting on the best pensions in this country and wont give a toss about any of us 
IF, Iām driving in years to come, IF I live that longā¦
I hope to die at the wheel and taking with me an MP/ civil servant or anyone thatās milking my taxes!! 
Whatās nextā¦ Civil war or self destruction of this country??
ooh, harsh I know 
Just sick of (insert your choices here)ā¦ 
A l c:
these very young politicians who are making these decisions will be sitting on the best pensions in this country and wont give a toss about any of us
Do you think they do now ?
I now know who all the crap drivers are on the M4 around Swansea and Port Talbot every morningā¦ public sector employees! 
Absolute bliss this morning, straight through, no hold-ups at all. Never saw a picket all day either, even outside the council depot opposite our place.
Apparently there were a few protests in Birmingham, but getting Brummies to moan about working harder (or even just work) has never been particularly difficult anyway! 
No they donāt but I no one thing they are very good at dividing this country to detract from the total (zb) up they have all made of this country and you and I are left to pick up the pieces and letās face it if they could ime sure they would have us put down at 65 if they could that would save a few quid 
well youve got the next election to oust the tories and the limp wristed clegg if thats your fancy, but if you think lifes going to be good under the current shadow goverment then you need your bumps feeling. milliband yesterday āi agree with the strikesā, milliband today āi dont agree with the strikesāā¦wft you really want this tool to run the country?..
mark my words, if labour do get in again, there will be a few half hearted concessions to keep the voters sweet but they will carry on with the cuts.
as for the workers are being screwed, tell me any point in history that the working class havent been getting screwed? always have and always will,
im a realist, nothing but years of graft ahead of me and maybe i may get to enjoy some sort of retirement before i pop my clogsā¦
about time a lot of the public sector started getting real tooā¦
I did mean all of them whoever is in what happened today was people standing up for what they think is unfair .if my mortgage company sent me a letter tomorrow saying Iāve got to pay an extra 200 quid a month for 2 years longer for the same price at the end ime sure i would say no problem
Iāve got to pay an extra 200 quid a month for 2 years longer for the same price at the end ime sure i would say no problem
no you would shop around for a better mortgage deal right?
so the strikers should shop around for a better jobā¦
wirralpete:
Iāve got to pay an extra 200 quid a month for 2 years longer for the same price at the end ime sure i would say no problemno you would shop around for a better mortgage deal right?
so the strikers should shop around for a better jobā¦
Or just a better pension deal??
Oh, wait, there isnāt 1, theyāve got the best around, and itās still not good enough
Like I said the government split the country enough said
A l c:
Like I said the government split the country enough said
Well, given that not everyone voted them in last year Iād say thatās slightly stating the bleedinā obvious.
Care to back it up with something a bit substantial?
goverment didnt need to do much to split the country fella, workers seem to manage that good enoughā¦
where were the public sector workers during the miners srike of the 80ās or the dockers strike in the 90ās?
they didnt need to raise their heads above the parafit then mate, they were on a good screw.
now unfourtunatly its their turn and suddenly we are all in this together, well not me, ive never got any help from my union and i wouldnt expect a public sector worker to ever down tools for the rights of us low life truckersā¦so thanks for making the roads a lot more quieter today so i could carry on earning for me and mine while the jobs still thereā¦
Ime like you Wirralpete Iāve never had any help or support from anyone thatās why I work for myself I just tried to state that people were standing up for what they think is right and like you would do in similar circumstances.Iāve been a truck driver all my working life thatās the choice I made but if I had written contract that was changed without me having a choice and it cost me money I would fight for what I could get not just let people shaft me and you would
My wife is a teacher who was on strike today despite what we sat about civil servants if you sign up for the deal thatās what you should get if they want to change it fir new recruits fair enough but not retrospectively
Do you remember when Radiographers, Teachers, Lecturers, Policemen, Ambulance staff, Nurses, Midwives, Doctors and Firemen crashed the stock market, wiped out Banks, took billions in bonuses and paid no tax? No, me neither, but I do remember the previous Government selling the countryās gold reserves, numerous public assets and taxing everyone in the private sector to within an inch of their lives, just to fund their wasteful ways, war campaigns and blue sky ideas, the bankers just gate crashed Tonys extravagent champange party that was already in full swing, then when the final invoice arrived at election time, they all [zb]ed off leaving us to foot the bill and the coalition party to clean up the mess. Iāve every respect for Health sector workers, Police Firemen etc, but the private sector had to take all this crap over two years ago, the Public sector are now just coming into line with everyone else, wake up and smell the coffee you civil servants, christmas is nearly here, butā¦thereā¦isā¦noā¦Santaclaus.
I think itās odd that nobody has mentioned that the extra cash the Public Sector have got to find for ātheirā pensions is not paying for ātheirā pensions at all.
That money is going to all todays current pensioners including those on the ridiculously good screw with their State Sponsored final salary pension schemes.
The irony is that all the kids who got the day off today or are currently unemployed because of their crap education will be paying for the pensions of todays strikers.
Who can blame them if, in the future, they quite literally decide to pull the plug?
W
I felt so sorry when I listened to an interview tonight, a poor badly done to primary school headmaster who only earns 37kpa
How hard can it be?
Always thought it would be awesome if all HGV drivers in the country went on strike for 24 hours over all the BS legislation that blights the industry.
It would cause genuine pandemonium. Shops wouldnāt get deliveries, massive losses for retailers, massive distribution back logs etc. Maybe then at the very least the 'ban lorries from the roads" & āI want to get to work 60 seconds fasterā brigade would realise how critical we actually are when they canāt pick up a loaf of bread on the way home.
rob22888:
Always thought it would be awesome if all HGV drivers in the country went on strike for 24 hours over all the BS legislation that blights the industry.It would cause genuine pandemonium. Shops wouldnāt get deliveries, massive losses for retailers, massive distribution back logs etc. Maybe then at the very least the 'ban lorries from the roads" & āI want to get to work 60 seconds fasterā brigade would realise how critical we actually are when they canāt pick up a loaf of bread on the way home.
No one who matters would notice, the general Joe public would hate us more than they do now, and the following day we would have twice as much work to get done before the weekend.