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Guido Fawkes | "Loongate" is the political equivalent of the "Ratner Moment". Gerald Ratner moc...
12:02Guido Fawkes
"Loongate" is the political equivalent of the "Ratner Moment". Gerald Ratner mocked his customers, lost his CEO job and his firm collapsed.
Paul Waugh | Sayeeda Warsi was 'Tory co-chairman' w/ Andrew Feldman. Now @grantshapps + Feldm...
11:43Paul Waugh
Sayeeda Warsi was 'Tory co-chairman' w/ Andrew Feldman. Now @grantshapps + Feldman are *both* officially 'Chairman' http://t.co/C969A8qUSl
Alex Belardinelli | Reassured to see that it only took til 9.42 this morning for a @Swiveleyedloons ...
11:21Alex Belardinelli
Reassured to see that it only took til 9.42 this morning for a @Swiveleyedloons twitter account to be set up #Torygrassroots
Alex Massie | The swivel-eyed loons in the Conservative party are revolting. And they are righ...
10:58Spectator
There are times when running against your own base makes sense. It rarely hurt Tony Blair (though it probably did hurt the Labour party) but it’s not a good idea to reinforce, even in private, the electorate’s suspicion that your party is, on the whole, populated by rum coves at best and maniacs at worst.
WHO RUNS UK? PM weak, shrill, despised by his MPs who are bullied by loons and M...
10:19Paul Flynn Mp
WHO RUNS UK? PM weak, shrill, despised by his MPs who are bullied by loons and Mail or pre-extinction LIB-DEMS? Neither-lobbyists run UK.
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5 July 2012
Government's plans 'to ram through' legislation to change public sector pensions to the detriment of employees has been condemned by Unite, the country's largest union.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander has said that legislation will be introduced this parliamentary session to enact changes to the pension schemes affecting the NHS, teachers and civil servants.
Unite national officer, Fiona Farmer said:
"Once again, this government has demonstrated its failure to listen to the very valid arguments put forward by the trade unions in relation to public sector pensions.
"Ministers dress up their statements to give the impression that their plans for public sector pensions have been universally agreed by the respective workforces. This is simply not true.
"Unite will continue to campaign when the legislation comes before parliament, as it is pernicious and will mean public sector workers paying more, working longer up to the age of 68, and receiving less when they eventually retire.
"Instead of imposing dramatic and detrimental changes to pensions of hard working public sector staff by diktat, ministers should reopen meaningful talks to reach a fair settlement."