06/08/2010 by TonyM.

With the recent announcements by the Royal Bank of Scotland and other big banks that they have all made major profits, its obvious to me that they have had no pain and lots of gain. How can we make things fair in this current economic climate, so that this so called pain is more evenly spread.

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11/07/2010 by TonyM.

BT and the Communication Workers Union have reached a deal whereby workers will receive a 9.3 per cent pay rise over 39 months. This is a 3 per cent rise per year. Most workers in this country at the moment are being layed off or having to accept a 3 per cent reduction in wages. It’s amazing what you can do collectively with just the threat of strike action. Come on David, wheel out Margaret to sort out these greedy unions.

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30/06/2010 by TonyM.

Apparently today Nationwide building society have said that house prices rose by 0.1% in June, over the last few months mortgage lender percentages have varied greatly up and down, why should we believe them? The media should only report unbiased figures.

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04/02/2009 by TonyM.

Workers in the UK are protesting about the use of Italian workers at an oil refinery in Lincolnshire. What happens if Italian workers decide to protest about English workers taking their jobs in exactly the same way?

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