Strike day

Strike day for some and the government are sending out they attack dogs to brief the press and stake out TV newsrooms around the country to get their word out there. Its funny how government politicians are making themselves available for comment today but if this was an issue they were not comfortable with they would has scarce as a snow leopard. The unions have their officials out doing the media rounds with the rank and file members happy to chip in with their side of the action and why.

union man and woman outside MP's part-time work place

Their attack on the unions is that they are ‘irresponsible strikes on the basis of a low ballot’. It’s a bit rich when most of these highly paid politicians get there job with low turnouts themselves. Is every one in their constituency who don’t vote agreeing with the winner be it Tories or Labour, I don’t think so. They are happy to assume that no vote means the majority don’t support the strike.

The unions out on strike today come under one big umbrella covering a number of different unions and either striking about wages, pension, working condition, or all three. I understand what the strike is about and give my support to it but that doesn’t mean I support every strike ever called I still have issues with the unions for handing us the Maggie years.

I believe it is time to make voting compulsory for all voting be it strike or parliament with failure incurring a fine of say £50. These days with postal voting and the internet there is no excuse not to vote and it shouldn’t be classed as a chore but a duty because if you don’t vote that right he you to complain.