Bob Crow on Politics show this morning
Discussion
johnfm said:
It is amazing just how thick these unions leaders sound. Doesn't say much for the union members who vote these thick militant thugs into office. I am sure Bob's pension will be ok......
Is that Bob "man of the people so please send a limo to pick me up" Crowe? I've only met a few Union Rep type people in my time and to a man they have been of substandard intellect and offering no practical use whatsoever - when I asked a DS what use the Police Fed Rep was, he said he had no idea..........
johnfm said:
It is amazing just how thick these unions leaders sound. Doesn't say much for the union members who vote these thick militant thugs into office. I am sure Bob's pension will be ok......
I don't think he's thick at all - I don't see how he would be in that job if he was. He might have an "accent" and sound very rough and ready, but I bet he's pretty sharp.Randy Winkman said:
johnfm said:
It is amazing just how thick these unions leaders sound. Doesn't say much for the union members who vote these thick militant thugs into office. I am sure Bob's pension will be ok......
I don't think he's thick at all - I don't see how he would be in that job if he was. He might have an "accent" and sound very rough and ready, but I bet he's pretty sharp.I expect he is just the 'least thick' of the candidates and has the right amount of streetsmarts to get onin the union movement.
I still doubt whether he could reason his way out of a soggy bag.
His point about 'companies can just close down without balloting it's employees for permission to close down, but we unions have to ballot to strike' wad possibly the most stupid thong I have heard for a while.
He probably thinks Raoul Moat was let down by a social services who could have avoided this if we threw more tax layers money at them.
I don't think he is thick, just a twisted person who has a chip on each shoulder. They get in because people hear them speak like they do. I knew scargill and he was exactly the same, screw the rich so the poor can do nothing.
They are dinosaurs who if unchecked will further harm our economy
They are dinosaurs who if unchecked will further harm our economy
spaximus said:
I don't think he is thick, just a twisted person who has a chip on each shoulder. They get in because people hear them speak like they do. I knew scargill and he was exactly the same, screw the rich so the poor can do nothing.
They are dinosaurs who if unchecked will further harm our economy
But they're not on dinosaur salaries......They are dinosaurs who if unchecked will further harm our economy
Not many people I despise over these union overlords.
The teacher's union bloke that sprang up when asked why the Primary School teacher was paid so much last year was a clear example.
Let's ignore the fact that it was bonuses and agreements from the year before that made up most of it, let's ignore that his school has one of the best ratings in the country, let's ignore that every single parent with children there said that they were extremely happy, the kids loved him, was inspirational, was getting superb results and was worth every penny, let's ignore that he was also paid for additional work for the government etc...
The Union bloke's opening statement was, 'it is outrageous that anyone earns that amount of money'.
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kers the lot of them. They know full well that a ticket to the cushy life is to go down the union route. They would never in a million years have the lifestyle had they stayed on the shop floor.
The teacher's union bloke that sprang up when asked why the Primary School teacher was paid so much last year was a clear example.
Let's ignore the fact that it was bonuses and agreements from the year before that made up most of it, let's ignore that his school has one of the best ratings in the country, let's ignore that every single parent with children there said that they were extremely happy, the kids loved him, was inspirational, was getting superb results and was worth every penny, let's ignore that he was also paid for additional work for the government etc...
The Union bloke's opening statement was, 'it is outrageous that anyone earns that amount of money'.
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kers the lot of them. They know full well that a ticket to the cushy life is to go down the union route. They would never in a million years have the lifestyle had they stayed on the shop floor.Edited by Asterix on Sunday 18th July 14:03
johnfm said:
I expect he is just the 'least thick' of the candidates and has the right amount of streetsmarts to get onin the union movement.
Let's face it, if he sounded clever then his members probably wouldn't have voted for him.johnfm said:
He probably thinks Raoul Moat was let down by a social services who could have avoided this if we threw more tax layers money at them.
There's a lot of st going to hit the fan on that.Edited by Deva Link on Sunday 18th July 14:13
Deva Link said:
Asterix said:
Let's ignore the fact that it was bonuses and agreements from the year before that made up most of it,
Does that make it OK?He even got paid for overtime, for God's sake - absolutely unheard of in teaching.
Anyone who works hard, is good at their job, keeps his clients happy and delivers a great product/service is worth top dollar.
I suppose we should pay the good guys less so that the s
t ones can be happy?johnfm said:
His point about 'companies can just close down without balloting it's employees for permission to close down, but we unions have to ballot to strike' was possibly the most stupid thing I have heard for a while.
You should of course expect a lot of bluster from these individuals in times like these. What they say on camera and what they will be able to do in the real world are of course two different things.
With Unite rapidly running into a wall with BA, I can't see that trades unions are anywhere near the disruptive force that they used to be. It is rather a pity that the BBC give them so much airtime, and I have no idea why that should be....
Asterix said:
Deva Link said:
Asterix said:
Let's ignore the fact that it was bonuses and agreements from the year before that made up most of it,
Does that make it OK?He even got paid for overtime, for God's sake - absolutely unheard of in teaching.
Anyone who works hard, is good at their job, keeps his clients happy and delivers a great product/service is worth top dollar.
I suppose we should pay the good guys less so that the s
t ones can be happy?But for some reason, which as far as I can tell has still not been fully explained, he was paid £100K for 2 years work on a special project. How likely is that in the private sector? And how did he even have time to do the overtime, which he was bizzarely (for a senior teacher) paid extra for?
Good luck to him, I say - but who the heck agreed to these payments? Sounds like he applied for the funding, and then kept the money which should have been used to compensate the school for their loss of use of him while he was doing other things.
Edited by Deva Link on Sunday 18th July 14:34
Randy Winkman said:
johnfm said:
It is amazing just how thick these unions leaders sound. Doesn't say much for the union members who vote these thick militant thugs into office. I am sure Bob's pension will be ok......
I don't think he's thick at all - I don't see how he would be in that job if he was. He might have an "accent" and sound very rough and ready, but I bet he's pretty sharp.Thank god they no longer own a large part of the political party running the country.
BruceV8 said:
My brother is a full time RMT rep. He won't thank me for saying this publicly, but the RMT is beset with personality driven factionalismbut and his description of their internal electoral practices sounds little short of gangsterism.
Sounds a bit like the labour leader election process - one third of the votes by MP's and MEP's, one third by labour party members and one third by unions.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff