Labour Mayors forgetting they’re LABOUR Mayors? #Southern #Merseyrail #trainsneedguards #Progress | The SKWAWKBOX
One of the quotes below was uttered this week by a Tory politician and the other by Labour Mayor:
My message to the unions is also clear: stop the strikes now and get back around the negotiating table.
I hope she will join me in urging all sides in this dispute to return to the negotiating table and reach an agreement that puts the needs of passengers first
Can you guess which was which?
In fact, the former was tweeted by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to his two-and-a-half million followers, while the latter was said by Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Paul Maynard during the 5 December Commons debate on Southern Rail.
If you got it wrong, it’s completely excusable, because there’s no substantive difference between the two.
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LET’S GET THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT GOING AGAIN. IT LOOKS TO BE THE ONLY WAY OF CHALLENGING THIS NAZI NON-CARING TORY PARTY TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. PEOPLE UNITED, WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED.
C’MON PEOPLE GET YOURSELVES SIGNED UP TO A UNION. LET’S FIGHT BACK.
a redtie man who should really should show hes is a true blue one
Does Sadiq Khan not realise that this is s dispute between TWO parties? The Unions cannot gather around the table on their own. Does he know what has passed t the negotiating table, thus far? What qualifies him to speak thus? I always say that, unless you have been present at the negotiations, your opinion on the dispute is not valid. We can be miffed, inconvenienced and annoyed by that but as to the dispute, itself, unless we are privy to what has passed, our opinion is as valid as that on quarrel betwixt husband and wife, behind closed doors, of which we have heard but gossip. Mr. Khan, you would do well to keep your silence.