Pictures of Dead Victims Is Always Wrong

Yesterday Owen Jones blasted people for tweeting pictures of the dead from flight MH17, that was shot down over Ukraine and Russian boarders.

Yes, he was right to blast those who tweeted pictures of the dead, but he's the one who retweeted pictures of dead children in Gaza.

Firstly, tweeting the pictures of any dead victims is wrong, whether you've got the permission of the parents or not.

The children who had been blown up whilst playing innocently on a beach, did not give consent, and is so disrespectful to that child to tweet a picture of them bloodied up.

That child's face does not deserve to be plastered all over the internet for any Tom, Dick or Harry to gawp at.

Disrespectful, distasteful, and down right vile.

Privately Educated? How Dare You Be In The Cabinet!

After yesterday's cabinet reshuffle, a lot of people are damning the new Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, for being privately educated.

How is damning someone over their education OK? Surely it's another form of discrimination?

Personally I don't care if Nicky Morgan, or any other Cabinet member was privately educated, all I care about is whether they can do a good job or not.

Why left need to bring up someone's education is rather annoying, especially as it's OK for Harriet Harman to have been privately educated, or even Ed Balls.

Labour are not the working class heroes they claim to be. Ed Miliband may have gone to state schools, but still had a privileged life compared to his fellow students.

So before start becoming personal, let's make sure they can actually do a decent job, let's face it Nicky Morgan has a monumental job of ensuring parents that their children are in safe hands.

Michael Gove

Today we learn Michael Gove has been sacked as Education Secretary.

A lot of fellow Tories are complaining this is a sign of weakness, I'm here to say it's actually a good thing.

Firstly, parents really didn't like him, and they're the people we are trying to gain the trust of. With Gove gone, and Nicky Morgan in replacement, parents might feel more satisfied.

Secondly unions, teachers, and Labour, be careful with what you wish for. Sometimes it's better to have the devil you know, than the devil you don't.

This move has helped David Cameron. and hindered Ed Miliband. It was a clever, and necessary move. Please remember, Michael Gove hasn't gone, he's still very much involved within the Cabinet.

Do Strikes Really Work?

If you're really annoyed about something the government has put forward, you tend to go on strike, especially if you're part of a union.

However, how many strikes against governments have actually worked in the last century?

• 1926 General Strike - Unsucessful
• 1978-79 Winter of Discontent - Unsuccessful
• 1984-85 Miners Strike - Unsuccessful
• 2002-03 Fire fighters strike - Unsuccessful
• 2013-14 RMT Strike - Unsuccessful
• 2013-14 Teachers/ Firefighters/  Strike - Unsuccessful

Six major strikes, six major loses.

What are the union bosses doing so terribly wrong?

Could it be the timing of the strikes? Or the reason for their strikes?

All the strikes mentioned above were conducted at times of financial difficulty throughout the nation, and they were all about pay, except the Miners Strike which was about pit closures.

Recently teachers received a 1% increase in their pay package. Apparently this increase is an insult to them, despite the fact that there are many more sectors who have not received a cut, but have received cuts, and pay freezes.

If they were receiving a decrease, or further freezes, then perhaps I may have been a little more understanding, but the fact that they received an increase completely destroys any sympathy I may have had.

1926 we have the Great Depression after World War I, money was scarce, and jobs were far and few in between.

1970's were a complete shambles from both the Tories and Labour, allowing the unions to bring the country to it's knees. Binmen, grave diggers, teachers, factory workers, all striking because they wanted more pay.

1984-85 Miners Strike, where Magaret Thatcher planned to close pits, causing an uproar within the NUM, which then allowed her to shut even more pits as the country carried on fine without them.

The current strikes we face today with the RMT, NUT, and FBU are once again over pay.

Maybe, when we hopefully reach some financial stability, and public sector jobs still are not receiving adequate pay increases, that's when unions should strike.

During times that every sector, whether you're in private or public, are receiving pay cuts/ freezes they should carry on like the rest of us.

July 10th Strike

Firstly, I'd like to start this with three simple questions:

1. Why is it OK to listen, and obey one millionaire, whilst you chant angrily at another?
2. Why is OK to put your well being above all others?
3. Why is your pay more important than mine, or any other person out here?

You are not striking for my pay, or any other persons pay, you are striking because you, and your millionaire union leader, isn't happy with a 1% increase. Not because of a decrease, or stale mate in your pay, because of a rise.

This increase will never affect me in anyway, so no you are not doing it for everyone, just yourselves.

Why is alright to put others in another difficult situation? Teachers will make parents either take a day off unpaid leave, or pay someone else to look after their children.

Whereas firemen, and women, will be putting lives at risk, all because of money, of greed.

Let's have a look at how teachers, and fire fighters pay rises up through the ranks!

Teachers:

•          First time teacher can earn -  £21,804 outside of inner London, and £27,270 in inner London
•          It can then be raised up to - £57,520 out of inner London, and £64,677 in inner London
•          Head teachers can receive from - £42,803 up to £113,303

Fire Fighters:

•          Trainee fire fighter starts at - £21,157
•          Once fully trained get’s immediately raised to - £28,199
•          They can then go up to - £29,971 - £31,263 - £31,940 - £34,961

I have one friend who is a teacher, and three who are firemen, my teacher friend isn't striking because she isn't a union member.

    

I asked her why she isn't a union member, she said it's because she's scared of the bullying that entails within unions.

I asked my fire fighter friends why they are striking, they said because they don't want to be blacklisted from other fire stations, they don't want playground bullying, it's easier to go with whatever the union says to do.

That isn't solidarity, that isn't camaraderie, that's pure bullying tactics. 

Len McCluskey has just received a £5,000 increase, making his salary £140,281 per annum, where's his solidarity? Why isn't he on a national average wage, and putting your money to good use?

 My last question is, apart from causing disruption to millions of families, what are you hoping the government will do? This is the second strike from teachers this year, and what have achieved so far? Nothing. What will they achieve this time? Nothing.

So well done Len, you've achieved nothing, again. 

     

      

  

      

     

      

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