tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post5374491409363938923..comments2024-03-29T09:13:55.008+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Royal Mail RuctionsLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-72307387739266301642009-02-26T13:02:00.000+00:002009-02-26T13:02:00.000+00:00"This is a disgusting tactic intended to get what ..."This is a disgusting tactic intended to get what you want by putting those more vulnerable than yourself into what one might a call a state of fear and alarm and distress; the precise moral equivalent of a protection racket"<BR/><BR/>Or, perhaps, a public sector strike. I wonder if Martin Kelly would condemn in the same way people who hold vulnerable people to ransom in order to screw a higher wage rise out of the government. I don't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-59326397964053174562009-02-26T12:43:00.000+00:002009-02-26T12:43:00.000+00:00I'm certainly not convinced by the so-called busin...I'm certainly not convinced by the so-called business reasons.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/royal-mail-and-the-private-sector/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-58526677093021779032009-02-26T05:15:00.000+00:002009-02-26T05:15:00.000+00:00The crunch was predicted years previously:Ron Paul...The crunch was predicted years previously:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbSCaL0Jukc&feature=related" REL="nofollow">Ron Paul and Peter Schiff were Right</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-76692931026610846172009-02-26T02:25:00.000+00:002009-02-26T02:25:00.000+00:00I found this about the EU Postal Services Directiv...I found this about the EU Postal Services Directive:<BR/><BR/>>>The parliament excluded a number of areas, including broadcasting, postal services, audiovisual services, temporary employment agencies, social services, public transport and gambling - and also healthcare. >>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-4411817773623601892009-02-25T20:38:00.000+00:002009-02-25T20:38:00.000+00:00It's the Elephant In The Room.Lord Mandelbum has n...It's the Elephant In The Room.<BR/><BR/>Lord Mandelbum has no choice, our real government requires this.<BR/><BR/>I can only suppose that the reason "they" are not mentioning this is that they're afraid to admit how little real power they have left.<BR/><BR/>And so they should be.<BR/><BR/>To the Tower with the lot of them.<BR/><BR/>Let's hear, in a paraphrased echo of Henry, that "The Emperor of Europe hath no jurisdiction in this realm of England".<BR/><BR/>Out now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-3764195997329038222009-02-25T17:49:00.000+00:002009-02-25T17:49:00.000+00:00Anonymous,Okay I'm with you on that.So it's OUR ca...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Okay I'm with you on that.<BR/>So it's OUR capitalism that's failed as in not mine or yours but the twat in Number 10 !!<BR/><BR/>Sitting on your arse all day think life is wonderful for 10 yr, cos it's great this new fangled free market shit, is not really my idea of what capitalism is. Would you agree?<BR/><BR/>Right.<BR/>Lord of no fucking hope Mandelson has only gone and shoved the bill thru today when there's not an opposition member in sight hasn't he. ( 1 day early ) - The scheming twat!rugfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05581952345004875137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-72798682056983513492009-02-25T17:39:00.000+00:002009-02-25T17:39:00.000+00:00I can report that within hours of your post, the g...I can report that within hours of your post, the government <A HREF="http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-about-it-mr-brown.html" REL="nofollow">plumbed new depths.</A>Homophobic Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358511824189191231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-40833311992325593002009-02-25T16:56:00.000+00:002009-02-25T16:56:00.000+00:00Laban: great blogging as normal, BUT you really 'c...Laban: great blogging as normal, BUT you really 'can't' do this story without sohwing the EU angle.<BR/>Check out what EURef has to say.<BR/>This is not Labour sleaze or Tory, its about the political elites betrayal over the EU.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Rugfish you are wrong capitalism hasn't failed, we don't have capitalism what we have is as Mark mentioned a system of:<BR/>'privatise the profits, socialise the losses'.<BR/>This is why its often cheaper to employ illegal immigrants because the businesses don't have all the associated costs.<BR/><BR/>In a proper capitalist system failed businesses must be allowed to fail, once you start propping them up its not capitalism.<BR/><BR/>Which isn't to say I think the Royal Mail should be privatised. Absolutely not, the problem is with Europe the other countries protect their industries but Britain does not so its not a level playing field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-79862272653482082362009-02-25T14:18:00.000+00:002009-02-25T14:18:00.000+00:00Does the EU Postal Services Directive (which our e...Does the EU Postal Services Directive (which our elite seem not to want to mention at the moment)actually stipulate that 'competition' is to be achieved by the state 'part privatising' the assets while retaining 100% control of the liabilities ?<BR/>If it does no wonder they are so coy about it, as this would confirm that the much vaunted 'social model' of the EU is simply a variant of 'privatise the profits, socialise the losses'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-87218704382011761512009-02-25T10:49:00.000+00:002009-02-25T10:49:00.000+00:00Kenneth Clarke put down a motion in the commons to...Kenneth Clarke put down a motion in the commons to offer support for Peter Mandelson, minister for trade, in his blatant selling off ( part privatisation ), of Royal Mail. Mandelson ( Lord of all hope ) not, is throwing away the profitable Royal Mail and lumbering the British Taxpayers with a £6 Billion pension bill. TNT, the Dutch firm being the only prospect to soak up yet more income from our industries in a bid to turn on Royal Mail with investment which can apparently come from no other place. I mean it's not that the government are printing money or anything or have pledged a few billion to car manufacturers and a few billion to this and that and the other. Not likely that the government would actually look to do something similar in the way of investing in a profitable firm instead as that would be surely a mistaken policy if you happen to be a pathetically incompetent and useless government like Labour. I mean why change course now on that one and give the game away that they might have a clue?<BR/><BR/>Not only that, but this is making me wonder if any British politician actually bothers to read world news to learn there's a financial crisis across Europe with mass demonstrations, smashed cars and windows, police in battles with rioters and riot shields everywhere as if it's Boom Town?<BR/><BR/>Not to mention there's some "Wildcat" strikes afoot and others which the media is keeping under wraps for good health, it appears many bloggers know more of what is occurring than the people who are making these crass idiotic decisions which will lumber us with another £6 billion from the taxpayers money tree in addition to the Olympic size swimming pool of government debt they've given us. Yet they appear to not only be the slightest bit perturbed by it, but in fact INVITING nuclear disturbance from the public.<BR/><BR/>IF there was ever a case to sell our country to foreigners, I think now is not the time. But more importantly, this will only lead to less jobs and more angry victims of their lunatic policies which are going to be supported by another set of lunatics wearing blue rosettes come the election.<BR/><BR/>That's if they bother reading about the election or maybe they just want us to tell them the result when we're all done!<BR/><BR/>I think there's still a lack of realization that capitalism has failed.<BR/><BR/>It has failed because it has created an elite rich and divided society.<BR/><BR/>That elite rich is given taxpayers money to HELP it buy up our national assets, our industries and commercial activities and utilities.<BR/><BR/>This is in addition to their 'profits'.<BR/><BR/>As I say capitalism has failed. The penny hasn't dropped yet that's all.<BR/><BR/>We need to have essential services in public ownership to reboot the system and gear it toward people.<BR/><BR/>We need to kick out all wankers and hang all the bankers and filthy money grabbers.<BR/><BR/>It matters not what levels of growth we're at, what matters is the kind of lives we live.<BR/><BR/>My government should work for me.<BR/><BR/>I'm not fooled by these messages from those who say the mail service is "inefficient".<BR/><BR/>What they simply mean is "we can do it cheaper" and we can make people work harder and longer because we'll drive them into temporary positions and agency work, not pay pension, not give rights, ( 750,000 are currently on 1 week notice in UK under agencies ), and "WE" will make a profit which we'll "re-invest" - "But you will have to take on the pensions"........ The same people who they employ ( on no pensions ) will then meet the bill of their own pensions through tax whilst working like slaves and feeling "grateful".<BR/><BR/>There are two kinds of capitalism.<BR/>One for them and another for us.<BR/>I want ( and have always wanted ), capitalism to work for the people.<BR/><BR/>That is the only subject in discussion amongst world leaders and both Russia and Obama are agreed. It is only the UK who is different as Germany and France want this too. All other economies have collapsed already and they will do whatever is decided by the big economies.<BR/><BR/>Brown is on a limb and he'll fail to achieve anything if he maintains the current posture of his lunatic free market piracy.<BR/><BR/>Current pension liabilities should be taken on by government because it was government who fucked them up with competition which left the Royal Mail unable to meet the bill whilst private firms hired temps and rolling contractors. People being rolled over more like!<BR/><BR/>Royal Mail should draw up NEW pension contracts and all employees should have new pension arrangements and a second 'government' pension.<BR/><BR/>All taxpayers should bear the burden simply because our government cocked it up by not ensuring Royal Mail paid it's pension contributions correctly.<BR/><BR/>Less competition would also have helped them to get the money to have done it, so Royal Mail was up against a brick wall because their competitors were competing at an advantage using "agency staff" and "temps".......there's your "cheap Labour" in both senses of the word. The cheap fucking Labour Party, full of scroungers, and Private firm full of cheap Labour which is us people.rugfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05581952345004875137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-83460209866785840172009-02-25T09:45:00.000+00:002009-02-25T09:45:00.000+00:00And I see that Richard has a new post on the same ...And I see that Richard <A HREF="http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-directives-stoooopid.html" REL="nofollow">has a new post on the same subject</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-10980601859640005262009-02-25T09:23:00.000+00:002009-02-25T09:23:00.000+00:00How much more disgusting can this government get ?...<I>How much more disgusting can this government get ? What depths remain to be plumbed ?</I><BR/><BR/>Given that <A>our real government says we must do it</A>, the local council, run by Gordon, has a choice of like it or lump it. Since egos are involved the local council has to pretend that it's all its own idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com