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I haven't been around to hear the ins and outs of the London stuff, my understanding is that managers in London have taken the rejection of a stike vote as a sign of capitulation and are now pushing thro even more drastic measures, the thing is, the conditions are crap, the pay low and the managers mindset is split between overt Thactherism and 1950s school teachers, put you hand up to go to the toilet etc.

Other info: no company wants to deliver to households theres no money in it, especially the rural areas, sink estates, urban sprall etc, this should be a public service, modernised? of course, but it will never pay its own way and the customers would never pay what it costs in real terms.
Royal Mail has been given 'streching'finanical targets but isn't allowed to charge more for its services. So its cutting staff numbers and increasing the work load on the remainder. The thing is, as previously this needs Govt intervention, it was Lord Sawyer last time, and an understanding that, like the maintanence of the railways, delivering all the National's mail can't be done with a profit mind set.

For years money that was raised by Royal Mail, this was hundred of millions each year, when it had a monoploy was taken by all govts to pay for tax cuts and other pet policies and never invested back in the infastructure, no business could operate like that private or nationalised, eventually something had to give.
No doubt the Telegraph readers and the people who grow up with Thatcher have no idea of what a Public Service ethos is, but that is what is needed here, before the Postal service ends up like the railways.
Over and out...

Quinta Brigada
 

oh, a couple of things:

smiley thing: The tories aren't even the opposition up here ( thro you wouldn't think so the air-time the get)

Bummer thing: The money spent on the parli-hooosey-thingay is nothing compared to the money now spent buying the radioactive crap back of BNFL or whoever so the company can be sold/ become finanical viable: ?4 billion!! now that is a scandal, but do the Press highlight that?
nope tucked away on the business pages.


And...I know someone, reasonably high in the Scottish Labour party who believes in 'Consensual Stalinism' !! work that oot...


Trotfinder General.

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Why oh why oh why does the BBC, sorry 2000ad, always give us people living in 18th century Edinburgh such a hard time? Can I be the first morningsider to complain?

The Broken Deedie

39 for me too, white space etc etc

huffy

Kind of half and half issue half good half bad...

proudhuff

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n,n,n,n,n,n,n 19

hufsta

15, or 7?

okay 15 just to be different


Huffy

Huffy height 6'4''

JEB, as I couldn't check the orginal thread that was a vague recall, wonky it maybe.

I don't know about your relationship with religion or patience, but you can't get away from the fact that a lot of people use humour to deal with tragedy, this isn't refected in any religion, a failing on their part.

huffee
 

Lobster, Chill-man, sacrey horrible things happen, humour is one way to deal with it, unless you hide behind religion.

Your comment was shocking but,truth be told, I heard the same joke about Mrs Tebbit  years ago.

My understanding was, you were asked for the worse joke you know , you told it and won hand down...

Mind you the crap your self bit scares me...

Huff

How about a chin counting compo?

Not sure of my weight 14 or 15 stone, but at 6'4'' pah! where's the irn Bru and fried breakfast?

Slimsta huff