tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post4994864824116369275..comments2023-05-03T08:42:38.592+00:00Comments on Councillor Terry Kelly: "OH YOU CAN'T SCARE ME, I'M STICKING TO THE UNION" 'THE UNION MAID' (WOODY GUTHRIE)Cllr Terry Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-83885611804826212172009-07-13T17:50:31.401+00:002009-07-13T17:50:31.401+00:00(Ariel) 12/07/09
You are a bad loser – no class wh...(Ariel) 12/07/09<br />You are a bad loser – no class whatsoever.Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-39214076760129791542009-07-12T19:14:49.450+00:002009-07-12T19:14:49.450+00:00You were the one who only mentioned Filipinos Terr...You were the one who only mentioned Filipinos Terry, so no apology.<br /><br />Telling you they were staunch union men is akin to the boys at the Tractor Factory telling Uncle Joe they always voted communist.<br />In your case, in the fond but misplaced hope of a tip and in the case of Uncle Joe, it saved a holiday in the gulag.<br /><br />I was hoping you were on the Marco Polo, but you disappointed me yet again.Arielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-60206913645277777932009-07-12T18:30:46.786+00:002009-07-12T18:30:46.786+00:00(Ariel) 12:52
The crew were from the Philippines;...(Ariel) 12:52<br /><br />The crew were from the Philippines; the Ukraine; Russia; Cuba; Mauritius; Italy and France and possibly other locations as well as I didn’t speak to all of them but I can assure you the ones I spoke to seemed to enjoy their jobs or at least did not seem to hate them and the ship was unionised.<br /><br />The ship was Greek and her home port was Piraeus Athens, I did not come across one British crew member and there were 50 British passengers and the rest of the 800 were Italian, French and German. At this juncture an opponent would normally say O.K. I’ve made a right arse of this Terry, how about it?Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-50357801568095847182009-07-12T12:52:04.843+00:002009-07-12T12:52:04.843+00:00'The Filippino crew were happy with their lot....'The Filippino crew were happy with their lot.'<br /><br />Ah yes, like cotton workers were happy in the Deep South! <br /><br />Struttin' their stuff and smilin' fit to bust, were they Terry? <br /><br />Councillor, the crew were Filippino because they were cheaper than the British alternative and to quote Jim Royle, 'Union members my a***.'Arielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-37773504856674604002009-07-11T18:53:12.410+00:002009-07-11T18:53:12.410+00:00(Anonymous) 09/07/09
Here we see again the hall ma...(Anonymous) 09/07/09<br />Here we see again the hall marks of the SNP debating society.Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-83211162045641190782009-07-11T18:51:25.543+00:002009-07-11T18:51:25.543+00:00(Jackart) 07/07/09
There were two sides to that st...(Jackart) 07/07/09<br />There were two sides to that story and the goodies lost, remember what happened when Thatcher gained her ultimate power? You live on your knees if it suits you; the rest of us aren’t finished yet.Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-32948884988828415252009-07-11T18:48:21.408+00:002009-07-11T18:48:21.408+00:00(Anonymous) 29/06/09
“yeah, yeah, I know the weed...(Anonymous) 29/06/09<br /><br />“yeah, yeah, I know the weedling 'there's 'no alternative' chant by heart these days-but that's hardly a Shelleyesque position”<br /><br />I take it you don’t do irony or you would not be subjecting me to yet another version of this repetitive c**p with the obligatory “other way” missing. <br /><br />“By theway,Shelley's 'Mask of Anarchy' is a version of dream allegory, not an epic”<br /><br />Thank you for enlightening me on that you must feel better for it. <br />Epic – “long narrative poem” Homer’s Odyssey or Burn’s Tam O Shanter; do you really want to argue about this? you seem to want a diversion.Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-50758979642170934182009-07-11T18:35:42.870+00:002009-07-11T18:35:42.870+00:00(Anonymous) 28/06/09
You display several things h...(Anonymous) 28/06/09<br /><br />You display several things here; 1/ you have never been involved in a serious industrial dispute; “enthusiastic pickets” are the ones who have the most desire to win. <br /><br />2/ The “big boat” was the S.S. Emerald 42,000 tonnes and I got to know the crew quite well and many of them were indeed from the Philippines and I was delighted to find that they were as happy with their lot as most workers and also that it was a “Union Ship”Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-67885012406926113272009-07-09T17:33:32.058+00:002009-07-09T17:33:32.058+00:00Fruit cakeFruit cakeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-12878974541739375652009-07-07T11:49:34.444+00:002009-07-07T11:49:34.444+00:00Yes.... back to the 1970's. Wildcat strikes, f...Yes.... back to the 1970's. Wildcat strikes, flying pickets... that's just what the country needs.Jackarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477130724830922566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-13108358562006357302009-06-29T15:48:31.450+00:002009-06-29T15:48:31.450+00:00Well said! These men fight and must have respect a...Well said! These men fight and must have respect as fighters for worker's dignity. <br />But your Party deserves nothing but condemnation for its continued support of the anti-trade union legislation that the Thatcher you so despise put in place, and its vindication of the short contract system that puts these men in such a deplorable position. I presume your support for these men does not stretch to accepting the words of complete disgust they have for the Labour government that is letting them down so badly (yeah, yeah, I know the weedling 'there's 'no alternative' chant by heart these days-but that's hardly a Shelleyesque position. <br />By the way, Shelley's 'Mask of Anarchy' is a version of dream allegory, not an epic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-16518016985563109622009-06-28T20:29:28.971+00:002009-06-28T20:29:28.971+00:00"As an ex striker and enthusiastic picket&quo..."As an ex striker and enthusiastic picket"<br /><br />Yeah, because it meant you could stand around doing F*ck all. Who in their right mind describes themselves as an 'enthusiastic' picket. you only picket when it is a last resort. I hope Terry you are not on a 'big boat' that pays it's philipino staff peanuts so that you can loaf around on sun loungers. but that wont bother you will it comrade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com