Union's Greed

Len McCluskey, of Unite, told the Guardian that civil disobedience could be timed to disrupt the 2012 Games.

Now, this is completely irresponsible, as it would be disrupting one of the greatest sporting events this country has seen in years. It is completely ridiculous for someone to suggest something like this. It would not only damage Unite's reputation and the workers reputation but it would be detrimental to how the world views the UK. It would ruin chances of us ever hosting the world cup or hosting massive international sporting events ever again.
This selfish attitude of the unions is part of the problem with the UK. Always pushing for more and more benefits for its workers with no improvement in the service that we (the public) receive. Taking more and more and insisting they deserve it, well with actions like this you deserve nothing.

From the BBC

"At a time when we can showcase to the world that we are positively and optimistically putting on this fantastic event, he wants to bring people out on the streets."
The Liberal Democrat leader said to "mess up the Olympics to prove a point" would be bad for the country and called on Labour leader Ed Miliband to "rein in" Mr McCluskey, whose union is Labour's largest donor.
And Mr Cameron also told MPs that Labour "need to condemn this utterly and start turning back the money" from Unite.
Conservative co-chairman Baroness Warsi agreed, calling the comments "an appalling display of naked self-interest".
"It is disgraceful for a trade union boss to be calling for mass disruption when the eyes of the world will be on Britain," she told the BBC

Len McCluskey further went to say that the cuts are too deep and that everyone who comes to watch the games should be aware of the strife that the public sector workers are facing.

Well I don't think they should at all. Why should the rest of the world be made to suffer for what the politicians of this country have done to it? By that I mean over spending so much that we have a deficit over 900 billion pounds. By that I mean creating a system where it pays to be lazy and to not work as hard as you can. And finally by that I mean creating a culture where it is okay to be greedy and selfish, and take everything you can but then still complain at the state the country is in.

I am fed up of hearing the unions complain. The private sector is taking cuts as well. Workers in the private sector are having their pay froze and being kicked out of their jobs. Stop acting like your suffering is so dire.

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Discrimination and Compensation

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16224062

A hospital trust has been ordered to pay nearly £4.5m in compensation to a doctor who was hounded out of her job after deciding to have a baby.A Leeds tribunal found Dr Eva Michalak, now 53, suffered race and sex discrimination at Pontefract General Infirmary.It said colleagues mounted a "concerted campaign" to bring her employment to an end while she was on maternity leave.The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised to Dr Michalak.The trust and three senior staff members have been ordered to pay Dr Michalak £4,452,206.60 for the sex and race discrimination.

Okay. This may seem a bit harsh to the feminist movement or equality for all, but I do not believe that anyone should receive this level of compensation citing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Now why do I not believe that this individual should receive this? Look at our military. Does any sane person on this planet honestly believe that she has gone through the same ordeal as the soldiers who fight in Afghanistan, and other war stricken areas? Yet we pay them no where near the same amount in compensation for their PTSD. Now honestly ask your selves this question, Does the woman who was discriminated against deserve approximately £4.5 million or the soldier who has had his arms removed by an IED on the roadside in Afghanistan doing what his government has told him too?


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Woman accused of racist tram rant denies charge

From the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16051120

A woman accused of racially abusing fellow passengers on a busy tram watched a film of her alleged rant when she appeared in the dock.Emma West, 34, appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court charged with a racially aggravated public order offence.She cried as the three magistrates watched the footage, which has now been seen more than 11 million times online.Ms West pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody.The hearing was adjourned until later to give time for the defendant to prepare reasons for her not guilty plea.Ms West was arrested after the footage, filmed on a Croydon to Wimbledon tram, was posted on YouTube.

After watching the video on - http://liamobrien-wherediditallgowrong.blogspot.com/2011/12/racist-remarks-on-tram.html - I would love to know how this woman can plead not guilty. It is quite plain and simple - she has committed the crime of a racially aggravated public order offence. I think the 11 million people that have also seen this video would also agree with me - On this issue i would also like to say how appalling this woman's behaviour is. I would like to think that we are beyond this kind of behaviour in modern society but this is clearly a dream, honestly, i think this behaviour is disgusting.

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The Energy Crisis

Here is the link that prompted this post http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16029572

This i will always have an issue with. Complaining that nuclear power is unsafe and trying to prove this by breaking facilities. How does this prove that nuclear power as an energy solution is unsafe? Surely the only thing it possibly points out is whether or not security should be ramped up at these facilities. However, the security at EDF did say that they were monitoring the intruders the whole time and decided not to use force because they were not deemed as a real threat. Well i think that is reasonable. I can't see any sane person running into a nuclear reactor and trying to destroy the fuel rods or something to that extent. Especially the hypocritical Green peace groups out there today.

Now i can understand there are certain flaws with nuclear energy but what other cost effective solutions are there?

• Wind power - overly expensive and inefficient, also unreliable (what if the wind does not blow)
• Solar power - expensive and needs the sun to run

Now this is not to suggest that nuclear is the answer. But for now why can it not be part of the solution to the energy crisis? Why are so many people against it? Okay so there is occasionally a disaster attributed to a nuclear power station (no one mention Chernobyl), but personally I can not see that the UK can ever be run entirely on wind power and other renewable energy sources.

Personally, I believe that the best way to solve our energy crisis it to pump more money into research for better Geothermal plants and also for Nuclear Fusion. 

Now we have all seen some of the bad uses for nuclear fusion. But why not spend more money on trying to make this a viable source of energy. If we could this alone could solve the global energy crisis, and for all the greenies out there, it would be clean.

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NUS and Student Politics

Okay this post is about the incredibly left wing world of student politics.

At the NUS national conference 2011 i felt extremely marginalized. by this i mean everyone else who spokes view seemed to be incredibly left wing. Now this honestly is for one reason. Left wing people by nature are more active and tend to argue for their points more hence running for their positions in their unions. But why is it believed widely that all students by nature are Left wing. I sat in the audience at this conference and was called 'Right wing scum' and a 'Tory millionare' now these are incredibly rude but also totally against the right wing views. Now these statements received cheers from the mass audience and applause.
I think this shows the wrong side of student politics. Well i think most of the world of student politics is wrong right now because of pure bigotry and complete lack of understanding of compromise.
But really how can an organization such as the NUS expect to be taken seriously as a political body fighting for the rights of other students when it has no representation from a proportion of the student body. No one should feel like they are a minority and can not have their voice aired which a student like myself actually feels in the conference with Hundreds of other students. I thought it was part of the NUS's statute that no member may be discriminated against because of beliefs, views or creed. And it is a blatant violation of this statute when I am member and delegate walked back from giving a speech on a Motion for Censure on Mark Bergfeld and was told i was a w****r, had the middle finger put up at me and had someone try to trip me. Now i realize that this happened in April and i am not one to hold a grudge (well i am) but this should not be accepted in any political forum. Which is what the NUS is. I just felt appalled by this... And this is what people view students as... firstly apparently we are all exclusively left wing, well that is wrong... here i am a right wing student. I am for the cuts! I am for £9000 tuition fees!

Now away from slating the NUS for being one sided and not listening to right wing views, All students around the world are always said to be against austerity well i think it is high time that people listened to the views of students like me and especially politicians.

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