Don't be fooled by Brown's smokescreen

Disraeli's Ghost

Will they be serving beer and sandwiches?

fulcanelli

All we need now is the return of the 3 day working week, rubbish on the streets, and daily power cuts, and then we really would be back to the 70s.

It wouldn't surprise me if they also tried to reintroduce platform shoes. The way we're heading nothing would surprise me!

Has anybody else noticed how Brown looks like a guppy when he keeps lowering his bottom jaw? It's a really annoying habit, as though he pausing to think 'what lie shall I tell the public this time?'

TrevorH

Brown is all 'smoke and mirrors', misdirection and conjuring tricks.

The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2299441/Trade-unions-cash-support-for-Labour-in-return-for-policy-changes.html
points out how the unions are in effect infiltrating Labour constituency parties and dictating policy.

John

Yes, fulcanneli, only for the last 10 years ;-)

Liz Brown

is that a pig I see flying over the roof?

TGF UKIP

The Tories didn't lay a glove on Labour over the Warwick Agreement,nor even seriously attempt to, so don't hold your breath this time round.

Is the ultimate demonstration of the Dave/Hilton masterplan to change the Tories to be an invitation to and rousing reception for Dave at the annual congress? Perhaps the Heir seeks an even bigger tent than Blair.

Pete, Scotland

Not long ago I read an article detailing how that in order to succeed New Labour basically had to kill off Old Labour.

It seems that they didn't kill it off thoroughly and now it's new, stronger, chutes are beginning to engulf it.

New Labour, the master of political spin, is slowly being strangled and sapped of power by Old Labour.

David C

First fruits are in.
According to the BBC, private businesses bidding for Govnt. contracts have to support Unions.

Johnny Punchclock

Comrade Forsyth, what objections could any reasonable person have against the TU agenda?

Equal pay audits - I tnought the Tories were in favour of equal pay for women? Requiring an audit seems to be a practical way of identifying where the gaps are. What's the problem?

Better pay rules for young workers and min wage for apprentices - what else would you expect organisations designed to advance the interests of working people to press for? Just as you'd expect the Tories to be in the business of trying to disempower and impoverish working people so the rich can keep more profit to spend on whatever it is snobby people spend money on.

Strike ballots by email, as well as by post - welcome to the 20th century!

New rules to protect workers of private equity owned firms - sounds reasonable enough.

Comrade Forsyth, you're a Tory - that's fair enough, you're probably a product of reacting against some horrible childhood experience. But do you have to talk like a reactionary?

Silent Hunter

No one is fooled by Brown or any of ZaNuLabour's pronouncements any more.

The electorate are now well versed in spotting when Brown or one of his minions are being 'economical with the truth'.

When their lips move - you know they're lying.

Rex Burr

The union's best friends operate in corporation boardrooms.
How many employees have any respect for their employers?

Scotorummalleus

So a special interest group has basically bought the British government. Never mind what the special interest is - the principle marks a new low for NuLabour. Meanwhile Punchdock - rich doesn't have to mean snobby - if you are going to be a recidivist class warrior you should be more careful with your terminology.

Water

"All this is designed as a smokescreen to distract attention from the myriad of other issues where the government has given way" sounds like Sarko.

Water

Liz Brown I don't know but I get that feeling everytime I see Air Force 1

David

Punchclock:

Pointless bureaucracy that the governments own surveys say does not exist except for the older, full-time, couples especially those with children.

Stopping young inexperienced people from getting learning jobs. ie unions screwing young people to protect union members. Kind of them.

Protecting companies against being restructured - ie maintaining zombie jobs for the short-term instead of growing more jobs for the future.

I see a lot of short-term self-ish self-interest from the unions - which is fine so long as they are not buying influence from a bankrupt party. Why is this not corrupt? Just because they have been so corrupt for so long we start to think it is OK?

Water

McLaughlin’s statement that “Unions have rallied to Labour to ensure that the party is rescued from financial and political bankruptcy” just reminds me of the scared cries for the nationalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over in America.
Though if we experience some, veil lifting, journalism that doesn’t relent, the mirrors may not work on this occasion, though the talks to “improve workings conditions and the environment” may just detract the tired from a fine example of the labour party and its need to seek funds to rescue it from bankruptcy (coughs), they certainly won’t be getting my attention. As GB stated “we are not returning to the days of secondary picketing, we are not returning to the days of trade union legislation that is written by the trades unions themselves” makes me wonder again, as you say “the Unions will have pocketed a bunch of very useful policy promises without anybody noticing”, to put things in perspective a great example of the mirrors in action would be the vast amount of time spent on talks around knife crime (which is a worthy cause) and bound to boost ratings, though as the downing street website states the “the event was dominated by the Government's plans to address knife crime”, dominated indeed, but talks of actual financial substance were glossed over, which really exposes the dire nature of the political bankruptcy. I agree don't be fooled.

Water

McLaughlin’s statement that “Unions have rallied to Labour to ensure that the party is rescued from financial and political bankruptcy” just reminds me of the scared cries for the nationalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over in America.
Though if we experience some, veil lifting, journalism that doesn’t relent, the mirrors may not work on this occasion, though the talks to “improve workings conditions and the environment” may just detract the tired from a fine example of the labour party and its need to seek funds to rescue it from bankruptcy (coughs), they certainly won’t be getting my attention. As GB stated “we are not returning to the days of secondary picketing, we are not returning to the days of trade union legislation that is written by the trades unions themselves” makes me wonder again, as you say “the Unions will have pocketed a bunch of very useful policy promises without anybody noticing”, to put things in perspective a great example of the mirrors in action would be the vast amount of time spent on talks around knife crime (which is a worthy cause) and bound to boost ratings, though as the downing street website states the “the event was dominated by the Government's plans to address knife crime”, dominated indeed, but talks of actual financial substance were glossed over, which really exposes the dire nature of the political bankruptcy. I agree don't be fooled.

Water

Ahh the posts are repeating.