The Watcher believes the answer is "The Boundary Commission for England". Is he correct.

Electorial boundries are usually changed by a party in power to make sure they stay in. The last Tory government did it as soon as they got into power. Thanks Thatcher. Never mind having too many MPs Watcher you will be moaning when you have no one to represent you. These things are done to manipulate the vote not to save us money. Also the public sector is in for one massive upheavel and this could be part of the governments stratergy to combat it's effects. As a trade union member myself I hope the public sector workers bring this shower of s down. Non of us should be paying for the cities behaviour but we are and they are trying to make us pay for the lot. Up the workers. Rant over.

While we are having personal off-topic rants - I am not a union member and I think all trade unions should be abolished - they serve no useful purpose whatsoever in a modern society as far as I can see.

No idea. I've no real interest in the matter beyond wondering why anyone else has any interest in the matter.

It's not an off topic rant Map it's all connected. Just like I said to Watcher, when they are gone you will be sorry and the only way you will be able to turn to put your point across will be violent because you will have to counter the violence from the powers that be. I used to go to a Budist retreat near Ulverston and was sort of taught their gentle ways but even they had to resort to violence in their homelands because thats all they had left after being made to have it for too long. Representation is a very important thing for the working man and woman and should not be lost.

Are you not going to be able to vote or summat ?

The Unions crippled our country in the 70's. They drove global companies out of our country who wouldn't be held to ransom by the unions. It took a lot of hard work by Lady Thatcher to entice brands like Toyota, Nissan and Honda to invest in our country. I hope the current coalition come down hard on any civil unrest caused by the trouble making unions this winter. I would certainly encourage the deployment of troops on the streets with live weapons to restore any unrest. Zero tolerance on these communist types would certainly stop anything getting out of hand and destroying our image as a welcoming, flexible country to do business in.

But would you if your vote meant absolutely nothing. Which is what is happening election after election.

Hence why I haven't voted for 20 odd years



It's called democracy

Sorry but haven't two of those closed or reduced their opperations here now. Is that down to the unions. I hope you have all your retirement money in pensions that are being plundered by the government. See you in the soup kitchen

Quote TV BOY="TV BOY"Sorry but haven't two of those closed or reduced their opperations here now. Is that down to the unions. I hope you have all your retirement money in pensions that are being plundered by the government. See you in the soup kitchen '" All three are still in production. Nissan Sunderland is expanding and both Derby and Swindon have returned to near normal production following the recession (although Honda Swindon still has supply problems from Japan due to the effects of the Sunami). The plundering of the pensions was caused by the Labour government and Chancellor Brown. You can't put that one on the coalition. www.independent.co.uk/news/busin ... 43730.html

Quote TV BOY="TV BOY"Sorry but haven't two of those closed or reduced their opperations here now. Is that down to the unions. I hope you have all your retirement money in pensions that are being plundered by the government. See you in the soup kitchen '" All three are still in production. Nissan Sunderland is expanding and both Derby and Swindon have returned to near normal production following the recession (although Honda Swindon still has supply problems from Japan due to the effects of the Sunami). The plundering of the pensions was caused by the Labour government and Chancellor Brown. You can't put that one on the coalition. www.independent.co.uk/news/busin ... 43730.html

Well said.



They have served their purpose and are now outdated. Why should a mass strike dictate wages and pensions, yet the little guy working for a small company that is struggling to keep going can only seek employment elsewhere or lump it and stay. Also well done Ed Milliband today - finally grown some.

My opinion as a working class person