Despite what these people claim, no-one has an entitlement to public money. The problem I have with unions is not their politically-partisan nonsense but their ridiculous, unfounded sense of entitlement. Although, it’s understandable, if I spent my working life in an industry where, especially over the last decade, my pay and benefits increased, my responsibilities were reduced and the threat of unemployment completely removed, I would struggle to see sense too.

Agreed.

“If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well it were done quickly…”

Fine, so lets have it this winter and watch the forthcoming humiliation of Labour turn into an annihilation.

Then Cameron with an enormous majority and a manifesto approved by the electorate can really set about the Civil Service and Public Sector.

But ‘public sector trade unions’ is a bit of a tautology nowadays. When was the last time you heard about a private sector trade union kicking up a stink?

Rab, a truly terrifying thought indeed.

Which is, actually, wrong. It’s MUCH worse than that. The statutory redundancy payment is far lower than you think.

Firstly, it’s a WEEK’s salary for every year worked (slightly more for older workers).

Secondly, it is CAPPED. So that week’s salary cannot be more than £350.00 irrespective of what you actually earned.

Labour have made the public sector their new support base now that manufacturing has declined. Very clever from an electoral point of view, but thankfully the rest of the workforce won’t have much sympathy with public sector workers when their overly generous packages get trimmed.

Sadly, I can see a lot of trouble ahead with this and other unions. The political climate (weakened leader, failing government) and economic climate (credit crunch, mass immigration, rising unemployment) are suggesting that we might be headed for another ‘Winter of Discontent’…