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How are unions viewed there? (Might be self explanatory considering they're very large)
Unions here are demonized
I was very proud to be a NUPE steward, back in the day. I've always told any young workers to get into a union.
Well, a huge percentage of the population are members and it's almost impossible to fire anyone here in Sweden. As I say, Swedes don't have the lower class of other countries, the middle class is the huge majority and most I speak to understand how important Unions are.
Might be worth a read on Unionens website: http://www.unionen.se/in-english
The way things are here, basically if we attempt to form a union, we will be fired.
I imagine trade unions in England began to decline with Thatcher the same way they declined with Reagan here?
I appreciate it! I wish things were that way here, although I can see a possible downside to it being too difficult to fire someone.
Its really just hit me... we're a right laughing stock aren't we?
Family's at war with each other : http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...ly-rifts-parents-referendum-conflict-betrayal
Was wondering how long it would take for this realisation? The entire planet noticed this decision and are talking about it. Right now.
In every corner of the planet, the following themes are being hotly debated:
- Previously exploited countries of the empire and enemy countries are laughing their head off.
- Some are utterly bemused at why United Kingdom would self-sabotage itself like this, especially given its supposed intellect and political nous and history.
- Many are thinking that the experiment of becoming a cosmopolitan and multi racial country, an idea that was aggressively sold to the world via the 2012 Olympic games, has utterly failed.
- Many will think that United Kingdom remains the racist country it was back in the 1970s.
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From that article, it appears that the "Me Generation" is not just an American thing...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_generation
What a bunch of entitled cretins. Their parents should cut 'em off and let them earn their way through life.
Children are the worst investment people can make these days.
So glad absolutely no relatives I know of (and I have a lot) voted leave.
Just today my Grandpa got absolutely lambasted in the hairdresser's for "betraying your generation" by the guy next to him, tried to engage the guy in cordial conversation regarding being a WW2 veteran also but seeing things differently but he was just met by more swearing and insults; before the vote I took it for granted most people were the same as us but now I feel very lucky.
Never heard of the "Me Generation" before, but makes a lot of sense. The Baby Boomers are the most spoilt generation in history.
Yes they are. They're still stuck in the "greed is good" mode of the 80's.
Yeah.. The kids are the ones with the warped view. Right. And runaway slaves were just ungrateful.
How about this
Or this
Just because that malignant lump on socitey called nick griffin breathes air, we are all supposed boycott breathing?
I voted remain so and am not arguing the merits of leave vs. remain, just pointing out the thankless nature of the 15-25 people these days. Whiney cnuts.
First one seems quite melodramatic. Second one less so, everyone has to breathe, not everyone has to share political views. Neither of them are honestly that bad, certainly not as bad as voting Leave because you don't like Asians.
Second kid is either down right cnut or mentally unstable.
You would want the parents to change their view just because bnp share the same view? That makes no sense.
Confirmed anti-semite livingston was on remain side. Does that make all remainers "Nazi"?
Depends on the view. If it's to get rid of Asians or that all immigrants are bad then yeah sure. If it's something else...well do the BNP have any specific unsavoury views that are worth sharing?
Not sure if this isn't a setup. Democracy rules, but should matters like Brexit ever be put to a referendum in the first place. I respect the outcome, but am despaired by it in equal measure.
17.1m voters share the brexit view with BNP so yeah, they are all racists. Worse than child logic, its spoilt brat logic.
He was saying his family were sharing BNP and Britain First shit online so he can belive his family were at least a little racist
No need to misquote. The person was talking about his own family sharing stuff from racist - not all 17.1m voters, the majority I presume are angels.
Ah thnx man. missed the "sharing" bit. That totally changes the picture.
Yeah as above, mis-read the second one. The first one is still a whiney entitled brat though, so my OP still holds.
Post Brexit, rather than give up, I hope that efforts to promote social harmony through community projects in all areas throughout the land will be given the resources it needs. I don't and will not accept a culture of division,and hatred and refuse to believe that right wing politics will condemn to the past the progress this country has made in the last 30 odd years especially when it comes to the respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. I say that in the light of reported acts and demonstations of xenophobia which is wholly unpalatable.
I knew it! Some work colleagues showed me, and it just seemed to cruel to humiliate someone like that *gf especially. LOL, well made!
They're actually quite right to be thankless. They're about to experience their second recession before they're thirty, having lost the automatic right to travel and work in the Union they overwhelming wanted to stay a part of.
If we're talking about generational selfishness then, as was pointed out above, the baby boomer generation have zero credibility when it comes to criticising the current generation, who will be most effected by the older generation's sometimes racist, often ill-informed and entirely illogical decision
Idk if this has been posted, but here's John Oliver's take on Brexit...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jun/27/john-oliver-brexit-vote-hbo-last-week-tonight
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jun/27/john-oliver-brexit-vote-hbo-last-week-tonight
From my Facebook...
Dom Beaven said:
Has this been posted? Icelandic commentator on England losing to Iceland...
https://mobile.twitter.com/GissiSim/status/747539889940475906
"You can leave Europe! You can go wherever the hell you want!”
https://mobile.twitter.com/GissiSim/status/747539889940475906
"You can leave Europe! You can go wherever the hell you want!”
My wife, who has an Indian mother and a Northern Irish father, and was born in London, and is not religious at all, was just told 'You're a Muslim, you go behind me' by another parent when picking our children up from school
This sort of thing is going to become commonplace now, we've given them a platform, I was out in a few heavy leave towns in the north on my part time summer job and had a few lads sound fellas all from various ethnic backgrounds i.e. Polish, Belgian, few mixed race you get the gist, we'd split off in to twos and some of the stares they were getting, the phrase if looks could kill comes to mind. We've all been out in areas like this before and its never been a problem, but ever since the referendum its just been awful, seems to be apprehension and anger in abundance. This vote has awoken the closet Xenophobes and racists everything just tangibly feels different. Its an Us vs them mentality and they want every immigrant EU or not gone.
Jeez I thought that there's a problem in the training given in developing good football managers in Britain at the moment but I was wrong. Maybe its time for the Brits to hire a German as PM? It did work with the Royal family
One of my friends is saying her mum received abuse yesterday
I'd say 99% chance that the abuse is a lie or has been highly exaggerated. The amount of dramatization so far has been ridiculous
You mean Farage?
Assuming people who suffer racial abuse must be lying? Slippery slope