We’ve had a very active day in the news today, haven’t we? The CWU are shouting at Royal Mail saying You are taking away our pensions and changing our working hours without notice. Royal Mail, say they want to restructure and actually get the workers to work the hours they are paid for. Who do you believe?

Both sides are probably giving some truth but I reckon the fact that the union asked it’s members to vote on strike action not whether or not the pay offer was fair, they did reject out-right. This doesn’t help people and businesses think they are in the right. And with Royal Mail stating they want workers to work the hours they are paid for? Something doesn’t sit right here. Somewhere, someone has taken the mick and now we customers are yielding the benefits of this.

More strikes are planned, which frankly raises the question, could Royal Mail sack all the members of the union who participated in the strike and replace them with people who will work with whatever they want?

It’s a doomsday style scenario I grant you, and frankly the time taken to train and get the workforce back to enough strength would see Royal Mail in major trouble, more than they are after this strike. But you can never rule anything out.

Also the Labour party have stolen the Tories tax plans by all accounts judging by all the news reports I have seen this evening, and lots of people are going to suffer with Council Tax rises and small businesses are going to pay more on top of it. You could point to the progressive tax hikes and spending practises by the Labour party after how many years which may be playing into what is happening now.

Things can only go up in pricing without an increase with wages for so long, I’m not talking a 2% rise which gives you an extra £10 a month, and I now begin wondering what is going to happen if a lot of taxpayers really start feeling the pinch.

Again you can point to the borrowing culture that has been built up, and we have been encouraged to borrow by the banks who makes sheds loads and the government who like us borrowing as it helps the economy. How does borrowing money that isn’t there to borrow helping? The country is running on credit. Someone help us if the loans are ever called in.

Here endeth the world view, I got a wee bit annoyed today about these things and thought it was right to comment at least. Normal service about things which don’t matter will resume shortly! 🙂