03-13-2017, 10:26 AM
One of many flavors I forgot about when it comes to abstaining the Blue Pill is that as one adjusts into in a
non-European Market world, familiar story lines begin to become visible again.
When the United Kingdom was sucking the EU's big-one accepting it's toothless role in allowing Germany and
France to gather their powers, the mainstream press barely mentioned any reports of strikes and industrial
protests in the UK.
Personally, I believe this happened just after the Wapping Strikes when Rupert Murdoch retained the members of
the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EETPU) that installed his computer networks
for his newspapers without the need for the traditional compositors. It was
After the Journalists moved from Fleet Street to the Wapping facilities, the cries of the industrially oppressed went
away. True, Liverpool Dockers and the Fire Brigade took industrial action in 98' and 2002 respectively, but the days
of powerful Union forces had died after Margaret Thatcher killed the Miners dispute of the mid-eighties.
The final call before the National Health Service began quietly hoping for better pay, were the Teachers. But still, it
was another facet of the public sector that had also grown tired of the indifference of their overlords from Westminster.
It lasted one day.
So, the years rolled on with the confidence in employment being eroded in the UK by the threat that a fellow-European
would do the job for less money and poorer conditions. Bargaining-power dissipated as Unions became nothing more
than fairy-stories for young employees to look astounded about.
Then someone said 'Bexit'
British Airways went on strike.We had a sprinkle of Postal protests, railways sections that once belonged to the
country and now under the remains of Thatcher's long-ago clique, demanded that no more job-cutting and hours
-extending continued and The City didn't like it.
The Teachers threw more chalk at the political blackboard and Junior Doctors call off a five-day strike because
of patient concerns. More and more workers complained after the 'Leave' vote was announced... it seemed the old
days were rolling back in.
But what else were the concerns of these 'One-Out-All-Out' days when industrial warfare was the norm in the UK?
Air pollution was a major complaint and petrol vehicles were frowned upon in favour of diesel-fueled ones.
After a few years, the media never mentioned it again.
Until after Brexit.
Pollution warning as London air quality alerts are issued.
'Air quality alerts have been issued by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan - with moderate pollution
expected until the weekend across 17 London boroughs.
The problem is expected to peak on Thursday in Westminster, City of London, Hammersmith,
Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston and Wandsworth.
Pollution warnings will be displayed at bus stops, Tube stations and roadsides.
London breached its legal limits for toxic air for the entire year in the first five days of 2017.
Notices will be displayed at bus stops, river pier stops, Tube stations and on signs on London's
busiest roads...'
SOURCE:
Before:
A major shake-up in political parties occurred with leaders of their respective parties resigning.
Margaret Thatcher was still the Prime Minister, but Labour and the Social Democratic Party changed their
leaders with Thatcher hanging in there until 1990.
After:
Post-Brexit found the Prime Minister David Cameron resigning the day after the vote and the other political
sections floundering without a real drive for power. Jeremy Corbyn of the Labour Party is constantly at odds
with his people and a Lib-Dems, a merger of the Liberal and Social Democrats, have a chirpy-chap called
Tim Farron who appears on television once in a while to say he's not a happy bunny.
Before:
The Provisional Irish Republican Army were still plotting against the English Government to free Northern
Ireland from the United Kingdom and create an independent republic. From 1969 up to the late nineties, the
mainstream media regularly reported their exploits, then strangely, the vicious narrative melted away.
Now...?
Warning over ferry link terror risk.
'There is a "real" threat of terrorists crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland by ferry, one of the
UK's leading terrorism experts has said.
David Anderson QC gave the warning in a report written before he stood down as the UK
independent terrorism reviewer.
Officers at Scottish ports told him they had "incomplete and unreliable" information from the
ferry companies.
Police Scotland this month launched a campaign urging the public to help defeat terrorism.
Mr Anderson said: "The threat of terrorists crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland is a
real and substantiated one.
"The Canary Wharf truck bomb of 1996, manufactured by the IRA in South Armagh, killed two
people, injured more than 100 and caused £150m worth of damage.
"It was transported from Larne to Stranraer on a Stena Lines ferry, then driven to London."..'
SOURCE:
British Rail began life in 1965 with nationalisation bringing the four large rail networks under
one umbrella. Deisel engines were common sight and full electrification of the trackways
only occurred during the privatisation peroid where the focus became profits after the concerns
of large subsidies fom the Government had helped to keep ticket prices down.
As privatisation took hold, the British public seemed to lose faith in the railway services as prices
soared and seating became a rarity. Recently, re-nationalisation of the railways of Britain has begun
to have popular support. A poll in 2012 showed 70% support for re-nationalisation.
Now...?
Train Strike Guide: When is the next Southern Railway strike, what are the strike dates
for 2017 and which routes are affected?
'Southern Railway users are to face fresh travel woes on Monday as RMT union members
stage yet another 24-hour strike.
The walk-out is part of a long-running dispute between the union and rail bosses and sees
commuters hit again from early morning right into the evening and will be the 30th strike
carried out.
Southern said it will run as many trains as possible despite the “pointless” strike...'
SOURCE:
'Rail strikes hit northern passengers as Southern dispute spreads...'
SOURCE:
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So why is it that industrial actions and old ghosts assumedly laid to rest before the European Union
was embraced, have come back to haunt us in our daily newspapers? Had these disgruntled workers
really stopped their complaints regarding low pay and long hours or was the mainstream media just
not listening?
Something's changed and the Blue Pill's effects are wearing off.
non-European Market world, familiar story lines begin to become visible again.
When the United Kingdom was sucking the EU's big-one accepting it's toothless role in allowing Germany and
France to gather their powers, the mainstream press barely mentioned any reports of strikes and industrial
protests in the UK.
Personally, I believe this happened just after the Wapping Strikes when Rupert Murdoch retained the members of
the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EETPU) that installed his computer networks
for his newspapers without the need for the traditional compositors. It was
After the Journalists moved from Fleet Street to the Wapping facilities, the cries of the industrially oppressed went
away. True, Liverpool Dockers and the Fire Brigade took industrial action in 98' and 2002 respectively, but the days
of powerful Union forces had died after Margaret Thatcher killed the Miners dispute of the mid-eighties.
The final call before the National Health Service began quietly hoping for better pay, were the Teachers. But still, it
was another facet of the public sector that had also grown tired of the indifference of their overlords from Westminster.
It lasted one day.
So, the years rolled on with the confidence in employment being eroded in the UK by the threat that a fellow-European
would do the job for less money and poorer conditions. Bargaining-power dissipated as Unions became nothing more
than fairy-stories for young employees to look astounded about.
Then someone said 'Bexit'
British Airways went on strike.We had a sprinkle of Postal protests, railways sections that once belonged to the
country and now under the remains of Thatcher's long-ago clique, demanded that no more job-cutting and hours
-extending continued and The City didn't like it.
The Teachers threw more chalk at the political blackboard and Junior Doctors call off a five-day strike because
of patient concerns. More and more workers complained after the 'Leave' vote was announced... it seemed the old
days were rolling back in.
But what else were the concerns of these 'One-Out-All-Out' days when industrial warfare was the norm in the UK?
Air pollution was a major complaint and petrol vehicles were frowned upon in favour of diesel-fueled ones.
After a few years, the media never mentioned it again.
Until after Brexit.
Pollution warning as London air quality alerts are issued.
'Air quality alerts have been issued by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan - with moderate pollution
expected until the weekend across 17 London boroughs.
The problem is expected to peak on Thursday in Westminster, City of London, Hammersmith,
Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston and Wandsworth.
Pollution warnings will be displayed at bus stops, Tube stations and roadsides.
London breached its legal limits for toxic air for the entire year in the first five days of 2017.
Notices will be displayed at bus stops, river pier stops, Tube stations and on signs on London's
busiest roads...'
SOURCE:
Before:
A major shake-up in political parties occurred with leaders of their respective parties resigning.
Margaret Thatcher was still the Prime Minister, but Labour and the Social Democratic Party changed their
leaders with Thatcher hanging in there until 1990.
After:
Post-Brexit found the Prime Minister David Cameron resigning the day after the vote and the other political
sections floundering without a real drive for power. Jeremy Corbyn of the Labour Party is constantly at odds
with his people and a Lib-Dems, a merger of the Liberal and Social Democrats, have a chirpy-chap called
Tim Farron who appears on television once in a while to say he's not a happy bunny.
Before:
The Provisional Irish Republican Army were still plotting against the English Government to free Northern
Ireland from the United Kingdom and create an independent republic. From 1969 up to the late nineties, the
mainstream media regularly reported their exploits, then strangely, the vicious narrative melted away.
Now...?
Warning over ferry link terror risk.
'There is a "real" threat of terrorists crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland by ferry, one of the
UK's leading terrorism experts has said.
David Anderson QC gave the warning in a report written before he stood down as the UK
independent terrorism reviewer.
Officers at Scottish ports told him they had "incomplete and unreliable" information from the
ferry companies.
Police Scotland this month launched a campaign urging the public to help defeat terrorism.
Mr Anderson said: "The threat of terrorists crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland is a
real and substantiated one.
"The Canary Wharf truck bomb of 1996, manufactured by the IRA in South Armagh, killed two
people, injured more than 100 and caused £150m worth of damage.
"It was transported from Larne to Stranraer on a Stena Lines ferry, then driven to London."..'
SOURCE:
British Rail began life in 1965 with nationalisation bringing the four large rail networks under
one umbrella. Deisel engines were common sight and full electrification of the trackways
only occurred during the privatisation peroid where the focus became profits after the concerns
of large subsidies fom the Government had helped to keep ticket prices down.
As privatisation took hold, the British public seemed to lose faith in the railway services as prices
soared and seating became a rarity. Recently, re-nationalisation of the railways of Britain has begun
to have popular support. A poll in 2012 showed 70% support for re-nationalisation.
Now...?
Train Strike Guide: When is the next Southern Railway strike, what are the strike dates
for 2017 and which routes are affected?
'Southern Railway users are to face fresh travel woes on Monday as RMT union members
stage yet another 24-hour strike.
The walk-out is part of a long-running dispute between the union and rail bosses and sees
commuters hit again from early morning right into the evening and will be the 30th strike
carried out.
Southern said it will run as many trains as possible despite the “pointless” strike...'
SOURCE:
'Rail strikes hit northern passengers as Southern dispute spreads...'
SOURCE:
................................
So why is it that industrial actions and old ghosts assumedly laid to rest before the European Union
was embraced, have come back to haunt us in our daily newspapers? Had these disgruntled workers
really stopped their complaints regarding low pay and long hours or was the mainstream media just
not listening?
Something's changed and the Blue Pill's effects are wearing off.
Edith Head Gives Good Wardrobe.