The Mail has its knickers in a twist over strikes by council workers, calling it a 'summer of discontent'. In memory of the 'winter of discontent' of which my son is a product. Er, well, not quite the winter, but he arrived during it. It was not a happy time what with petrol shortages, cleaning at the hospital down to a minimum (imagine a maternity hospital, blood all over the place....).
The Mail suggests that rubbish will be uncollected and schools will be shut. The latter of course being quite unusual in the summer....It also says that public sector workers have enjoyed an '11-year bonanza under New Labour'. Eh? Whenever did the public sector get anything from the government? Ok, so I left it in 2001, but I can never remember getting pay rises even matching, never mind exceeding inflation.
The Mail suggests that rubbish will be uncollected and schools will be shut. The latter of course being quite unusual in the summer....It also says that public sector workers have enjoyed an '11-year bonanza under New Labour'. Eh? Whenever did the public sector get anything from the government? Ok, so I left it in 2001, but I can never remember getting pay rises even matching, never mind exceeding inflation.
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