On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 18:19:12 -0000, "Neil Arlidge" <[email protected]> wrote:
>We have all given up, laid down and died. Even those of us that were >"prudent" can't escape these shores, due the HMG's clever plan of assisting >the slide in Sterling. Soon we will be monitored taking even a rowing boat >across the English Channel. >Anyroad...is it much better in the ROI?...have you all taken to the streets >to complain? The students were out yesterday (in the freezing cold, Have they no sense?). The unions are working up to a day of action (admittedly on a Saturday, which rather detracts from the effect) --- and in economic terms they ain't seen nothing yet. The cut in public service wages that the government imposed the other day is not remotely enough to meet the funding gap for this year, never mind the larger targets for the next several years. Interestingly, and perhaps strengthening Steve's point, there has been little protest about the forthcoming abolition of the free travel area within and between These Islands. It was maintained even at the height of the IRA campaign, so why get rid of it now? Do our lords and masters expect trouble, and is that why they have been reducing liberties and giving the enforcers more powers? bjg
