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Well, the firefighters strike is to begin. The problem? Apparently the army assuming use of the firefighting equipment at firehouses would be ‘crossing picket lines’, and thus, not an option HMGov wishes to entertain. The Tories should dissent. This boils down to private individuals obstructing the use of public goods. Where else could it be done ‘legally’, or at least ignored? If a group wishes to prevent commuters from using Westminster tube station to protest government policy, should it be allowed? In my view, the firefighters’ action and blocking the tube are morally equivalent. To tacitly permit the firefighters union to enforce effective ‘ownership’ of public goods is flawed.
In addition, I’d assume the fire houses’ equipment is more modern and efficient, hence it may save more lives, but this is ignored, as the government doesn’t want to annoy the trades unions. Use of public equipment is completely unrelated to a strike. Substituting 827 Green Godesses for 4500 Fire Trucks equipped with cutting equipment, proper radios, sufficient ladders, and other modern safety equipment seems a bit unwise. If the firefighters do not want to work at a given wage, that is their prerogative. But they have no right to prevent other workers from using public goods. The policy being applied with regard to the picket lines is both dangerous and demonstrates an unwillingness to use the law to provide safety services with public goods.
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From The Editor’s Desk….....
Our intrepid reporter is now going where others fear to tread!
British cops are hunting a marksman who they think has shot two roadside speed cameras in the UK, according to this report. I love this quote from one of the Albert Einsteins they employ in the Boys in Blue these days: “You often have to worry about the mentality of people who do this sort of thing.”
Yes, I worry, too. I worry that British police are so dumb they cannot figure out that citizens are increasingly pissed at the obsession of those in power who want to transform the UK into a camera-ridden dystopia. It is hard to dispute the gut feeling that speed cameras are nothing more than metal shakedown devices.
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A Sneer From The Den….....
Tex has done a good coshing on M. Engels of the Grauniad. Once again, Engels has proven himself deserving, claiming to have been this and that as proof he should be writing much ado about nothing.
Pure dreck and drivel from the bird-cage liner, nicely torn to shreds…how fitting!
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A Snarl From The Den….....
This disgusting piece of news, described over at Samizdata, is just beyond anything acceptable! How has this escaped any real notice here in the States? Where are the outcries?
THIS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO STAND !!
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