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Originally Posted by Chris
The point is, various trade unions have rushed out press releases in response to this because they feel entitled to be a part of that aspect of the public debate. I don't see how they are, except possibly in the sense that everyone expects the trade unions to make North-Korean-style, knee-jerk condemnations every time a Tory opens his mouth.
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They represent a large part of the public, that aside they don't force the press to print or report on their opinions and those self same North-Korean-style, knee-jerk condemnations generally happen the moment their opinions are reported on, which in most cases are either taken out of context or deliberately misinterpreted to suit the current trend of vilifying Unions.
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Originally Posted by Chris
I assume, then, that you would agree that this little piece of political theatre could have been better phrased then.
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As a matter of fact I do, there is far to much such rhetoric floating about at the moment imo.