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NEWS · Post by **NEWS** » 14 Jul 2007, 14:04

Discredited agenda.

While Dona Velluti raises pertinent points about the Government's attempt to undermine Royal Mail (Oxford Mail, July 3), I would question her advice to lobby Oxford East MP Andrew Smith "for an urgent review of the damaging impact of liberalisation".

As Mr Smith is undoubtedly aware, the motivation of his New Labour Government has nothing to do with economics and everything to do with ideology. In the 1980s, the Conservatives claimed massive job cuts in the coal industry were an economic necessity, yet former members of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet have since admitted that the miners' strike, which led to the death of British trade unionism as a force for social change, was deliberately provoked, not for economic reasons, but political ends.

Although there doesn't seem to be a single industry that has been improved by privatisation, we now have a New Labour Government hell-bent on continuing Margaret Thatcher's discredited, pro-privatisation, neo-liberal agenda.

Today, it is the postal workers protesting at the proposed desecration of their industry, yet the unions are bankrolling the very party attacking them. American-style neo-liberals in this country treat us all with the same degree of contempt, whether we suck up or stand up to them.

Nottinghamshire miners had bargained on their pits being kept open as a reward for their loyalty to the Government during the 1984-85 strike. But once these miners had served their purpose, and in spite of promises to the contrary, they were thrown on the scrapheap when most of the Nottinghamshire pits were closed in the 1985-1994 period.

While we all suffer a degree of inconvenience as a result of strikes, it is easy to forget that industrial action hurts those on strike more than anyone else.

But rest assured, any inconvenience suffered now is nothing compared with the massive job losses and stark deterioration in the service we are likely to see if the Government is allowed to drive through its privatisation plans for Royal Mail.

STUART CRAFT (Councillor), Independent Working Class Association, Oxford City Council

http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/letters/ ... agenda.php

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 14 Jul 2007, 14:15

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 14 Jul 2007, 14:32

What a great letter. IWCA are small, but they do some admirable things.

ROCKY · Post by **ROCKY** » 14 Jul 2007, 17:07

more cheerfull thoughts

bristolchris · Post by **bristolchris** » 14 Jul 2007, 20:10

Discredited agenda.

"But rest assured, any inconvenience suffered now is nothing compared with the massive job losses and stark deterioration in the service we are likely to see if the Government is allowed to drive through its privatisation plans for Royal Mail."

`And that's the truth`

johno47 · Post by **johno47** » 14 Jul 2007, 20:59

Spot on, and now we buy our coal from other countrys, that can hold us to ransom any time they want because we dont have that industry anymore, when will these boneheads ever learn, not one company thats been privatised has been any better, in reality they are all a hell of a lot worse...UNITY IS STRENGTH.

kinmad4it · Post by **kinmad4it** » 14 Jul 2007, 22:10

Much as that letter makes sense to me and everyone else here. It wont even register with the people who hold the power to act on it. All they care about is money, making a fast buck. They don't care about how it will affect the workers, or the customers. The people in power will always be like that and I can't see it changing any time soon. And once they've finished us off, who's next on their agenda?

ROCKY · Post by **ROCKY** » 15 Jul 2007, 10:22

nhs probably,can you see it big all lie ton selling do your own operation kits in bhs or werever he winds up next

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