Comments on: Dog whistle over unions!

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:28:21 +0000

But who is blowing the dog whistle? Is it the public schoolboy wearing a flat cap and pretending to be a worker? Or is those publishing the picture, hoping he’ll appear uneducated? Or both?

By: prm

prm — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:47:05 +0000

@remittance man – what Ian said.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:49:54 +0000

Mr.remittance man, …try as i might i cant find your new blog,i keep getting redirected to old blogs.Even the link on your post takes me back to it.Please post the NEW link….

By: Dizzy Ringo

Dizzy Ringo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:02:51 +0000

Not so much of the “dour northeners” please.

Just because the sense of humour is faster than anything the southerners can keep up with – I suppose those liuving south of a line from Birmingham to the Wash can’t keep up.

As to the spending of the govt bunce to the unions – Maybe an FoI is in order?

By: Georges

Georges — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:57:03 +0000

Mr Brown announced increased funding for the scheme at the TUC conference in September 2007, just months after he became Prime Minister, calling it “the biggest transformation of trades unions since the growth of the shop steward movement”.

But details of where the money goes are not published while annual evaluation reports ceased several years ago.

How could that be? Richard Murphy advises TUC on these issues. Is TUC considered a secrecy jurisdiction?

By: The Remittance Man

The Remittance Man — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:50:18 +0000

Well, to be honest, the first thought that flashed through my, admittedly southern and class-bound, mind was: “Jeez! They’ve let a flasher into Downing Street.”