Do The Right Really Hate Unions?

Well, the answer is yes, but the main question is why?

Well, for instance, this new Labour leadership battle, it's all but won. Andy Burnham will win, and Ton Watson will be deputy leader.

How have I come to this conclusion? Because Unite the Union is backing Turnham, and Watson, and if the last leadership battle is anything to go by, mine (and thousands of others) predictions will come true.

Unite runs the Labour Party, NOT the people.

Unite tells the "leadership" what they want it to say, and how they want them to say it.

Five years ago, when Ed Miliband made his first speech to the Labour conference as leader, he upset Unite's leader, Len, he was caught mouthing the words "rubbish", it was quite clear that Ed was stuck under Len's thumb.

His attitudes towards unions had done a complete u-turn, from sceptical, to head well and truly up McCluskey's backside.

The Unions claim to be the voice of the working class, yet the unions only represent 11.8% of the United Kingdom, which is 7.1 million people.

In reality, this is awful, especially as we have an ever growing society, in the 1970's our population was 55 million, and the union membership was at 13 million, which 23.46%.

Our population has grown by nearly 10 million in that time, and union numbers have fallen, quite dramatically.

Most who support unions will blame Thatcher, and Blair, they won't look at the unions themselves to see if there is anything they can do to better themselves.

Yes, obviously Thatcher, and Blair had their parts to play in the shrinking of union memberships, but so do the unions themselves.

And this is their problem, they will never admit to it, they will never accept any blame lies at their doors, they will never look at themselves to see what they could possibly change.

Instead they'll place themselves on some imaginary morally high pedestal, and pretend they've never put a thing wrong, they've never made themselves come across as greedy, they've never made themselves to appear deaf.

They won't look to the top of the union leadership, and think "He's earning a six figured salary, and changed nothing. He's conducted strike, after strike, and nothing has changed. Is he really worth it?"

Instead they'd rather blame anyone, and everyone else.

The unions are stuck in late 70's early 80's, and until they pull themselves out of the past, and into the present, they'll continue to lose votes.

That's why the right dislike them so much, they can't, and won't move on.

Forgive and forget? Not with those full of self righteous.