Comments on: Protestors to mock Boris’s “chickenfeed” http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Charlieman http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-55064 Charlieman Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:51:45 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-55064 Sunny: "The piggy poster was made by Unison, not me." That is not an excuse. The image is childish and does not support "chickenfeed" arguments or those of Unison. It might support a "snouts in trough" argument but would still be juvenile. Unison protest PR: http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=1503 Sunny: “The piggy poster was made by Unison, not me.”

That is not an excuse. The image is childish and does not support “chickenfeed” arguments or those of Unison. It might support a “snouts in trough” argument but would still be juvenile.

Unison protest PR:
http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=1503

]]> By: ad http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-55057 ad Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:17:01 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-55057 Do Unison have any rational arguments against the cuts, and if so why was there no summary of, or link to, them? Do Unison have any rational arguments against the cuts, and if so why was there no summary of, or link to, them?

]]> By: Edwin Moore http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-54982 Edwin Moore Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:20:30 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-54982 According to Personnel Today, in Jul 2008 http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:3CoimvmRc-gJ:www.personneltoday.com/articles/2008/07/25/46898/football-union-chief-exec-salary-passes-1m-mark-in-2007.html+unison+chief+salary&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari Unison's boss Dave Prentis earned £89,502 plus £34,993 in benefits. That was last year, so it will be more now. Not chicken feed either, but Prentis is in the Boris League is he not, rather than that of the average Unison worker. According to Personnel Today, in Jul 2008

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:3CoimvmRc-gJ:www.personneltoday.com/articles/2008/07/25/46898/football-union-chief-exec-salary-passes-1m-mark-in-2007.html+unison+chief+salary&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari

Unison’s boss Dave Prentis earned £89,502 plus £34,993 in benefits.

That was last year, so it will be more now. Not chicken feed either, but Prentis is in the Boris League is he not, rather than that of the average Unison worker.

]]> By: Charlie http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-54969 Charlie Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:31:01 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-54969 The comments is Boris's Mrie Antoinette moment. The comments is Boris’s Mrie Antoinette moment.

]]> By: Sunny H http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-54958 Sunny H Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:48:43 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-54958 The piggy poster was made by Unison, not me. The piggy poster was made by Unison, not me.

]]> By: ukliberty http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-54950 ukliberty Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:28:26 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-54950 "Leo Boland, the GLA Chief Executive, is also earning over £205,000, £10,000 more than the Prime Minister. It is disgusting that these two wallow in their huge wages while low paid staff face the axe.”" I'm glad people accept that Gordon Brown won't be PM after the next general election. “Leo Boland, the GLA Chief Executive, is also earning over £205,000, £10,000 more than the Prime Minister. It is disgusting that these two wallow in their huge wages while low paid staff face the axe.””

I’m glad people accept that Gordon Brown won’t be PM after the next general election.

]]> By: cjcjc http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-54946 cjcjc Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:35:27 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-54946 Which jobs and how many are being "slashed"? Which jobs and how many are being “slashed”?

]]> By: Richard (the original) http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-54945 Richard (the original) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:29:40 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-54945 So is this protest against job losses or Johnson's tactlessness? Can't really see the point of a protest over the latter. If it's the former then I don't see the point of highlighting Johnson's comments - the situation wouldn't be any different if he'd kept quiet. Better perhaps to make the argument against cuts? Argue that they weren't necessary and explain why? So is this protest against job losses or Johnson’s tactlessness? Can’t really see the point of a protest over the latter. If it’s the former then I don’t see the point of highlighting Johnson’s comments – the situation wouldn’t be any different if he’d kept quiet. Better perhaps to make the argument against cuts? Argue that they weren’t necessary and explain why?

]]> By: Edwin Moore http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-54944 Edwin Moore Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:31:47 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-54944 Private Eye depicts Boris as Dennis the Menace, LC depicts him as Rasher, Dennis's pig. I think PE does funny better than Sunny. Johnson deserves all the stick ( or feed pellets) you chuck at him but really, isn't sticking Boris's head on a pig a bit, well, speciest (if that's the right spelling). Churchill famously said cats looked down on us, dogs looked up, and pigs looked us in the eye but I've never seen an expression like that on a pig! Private Eye depicts Boris as Dennis the Menace, LC depicts him as Rasher, Dennis’s pig. I think PE does funny better than Sunny.

Johnson deserves all the stick ( or feed pellets) you chuck at him but really, isn’t sticking Boris’s head on a pig a bit, well, speciest (if that’s the right spelling).

Churchill famously said cats looked down on us, dogs looked up, and pigs looked us in the eye but I’ve never seen an expression like that on a pig!

]]> By: Liberal Conspiracy http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-77180 Liberal Conspiracy Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:15:48 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-77180 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Article: Protestors to mock Boris's "chickenfeed" http://bit.ly/1VptSQ</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/libcon/status/2736156149">Original tweet</a>]</div></span> Article: Protestors to mock Boris’s “chickenfeed” http://bit.ly/1VptSQ

[Original tweet]

]]> By: Paul Gadsby http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-77179 Paul Gadsby Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:59:04 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-77179 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Fancy a protest against Boris? http://bit.ly/1VptSQ</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/pgazz/status/2736474371">Original tweet</a>]</div></span> Fancy a protest against Boris? http://bit.ly/1VptSQ

[Original tweet]

]]> By: Liberal Conspiracy http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/07/20/protestors-to-mock-boriss-chickenfeed/#comment-81866 Liberal Conspiracy Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:15:48 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=6332#comment-81866 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Article: Protestors to mock Boris's "chickenfeed" http://bit.ly/1VptSQ</span></span> Article: Protestors to mock Boris’s “chickenfeed” http://bit.ly/1VptSQ

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