18-05-2010, 10:16 PM
Paul Rigby Wrote:David Guyatt Wrote:British judicial prejudice in favour of big business in action you mean.
11 spoiled ballot papers (not advised to members, as dictated by the technicalities of the law), is sufficient to completely negate nearly 500,000 votes in favour of striking.
Ergo, unions can no longer strike no matter what the Board of Directors of the business in question may do to cause and inflame industrial action.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/...CMP=AFCYAH
I believe the small print of the relevant legislation insists that all announcements pertaining to the outcomes of strike ballots must henceforth be made by a naked mermaid atop Nelson's column. I have made a bid for the TV rights, in cash, no questions asked.
A bit too late methinks. She was there last night as I sat supping my 11th pint, singing a Robbie Williams tune and keeping the sleepy policeman at bay with donations to his favourite charity.
She was a bloody good dancer too.
What you might call a "pole dancer"...
I have always wondered what Nelson meant when asking hardy to kiss him? But I then heard that his actuals words were "kiss my hardy" and not "kiss me hardy". A request that kept up the ancient navel (sic) traditions of Her Majesty's most hardened Matelot's.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14