The public sector strikes

It's a fact that the Public Sector grew massively under the last government. It's a fact that that was partly to blame for a lot of our country's debt. In fact, 45% of those employed in the UK either work directly or indirectly for the Public Sector. It stands to reason then that tax generated from the Private Sector just isn't going to be enough to cover the bill. Right now, the government needs to be encouraging self employment entrepreneurism and as much trade with countries like China and Brazil as possible. It's the only solution. Either that or magic all the UK's manufacturing lost over the last 30 years to suddenly re-appear in the same way that Unions and Public Sector workers believe that billions of pounds can be conjured up out of thin air.

 

My girlfriend works for the MOD and has just started working down in abbeywood in Bristol. By all accounts, the place is like a butlins holiday camp. They send 6 people to a 1 hour meeting in Birmingham, stay overnight in a hotel and take 2 days out of the office!!! All on taxpayers money. Many of the staff are under performing but nobody can be bothered to deal with them! I could go on and on... Even she gets annoyed about it! Ok, each government department is different but some need a real shock and should trying working in the real world!!!

 

If I'm good in this life, hopefully I'll come back as a civil servant

 

I don't think anyone has it easy but we have to start talking about pensions and future provision somewhere. As for working until I'm 68, can you honestly say you'd want a 68 yr old teaching your very young kids?

 

It's not a question of 'manning up' where will the jobs be for all the younger folk? In education it's already 'dead man's shoes' 250 graduates applied for 1 teaching job in Liverpool last year, we advertised for a temp position and got 109 applicants and at the end of last July there was the grand total of 5 vacant positions in primary schools in the whole of the authority due to the workforce ageing and there being no 'natural wastage'

 

The one I had to laugh hard at was the teacher in the paper the other day, it went something like this "I have to take work home work me each night and end up working a 9 hour day every day, I work at least half my holiday unpaid".

Well I work 9 hour days at a minimum, excluding the 90 minutes door to door each way and I I get less than half a teachers holiday! So we are pretty much even then!