Thursday 13 January 2011

Why the trade union voting standards are higher than general elections


In today’s Daily Mail:  “Currently, there is no minimum number of union members who must vote in a ballot for strike action, meaning a militant few can bring about industrial action.”

We see.  That would be, then, exactly like our general elections, where a turnout of fewer than 50% of the population can elect a government to run the country for the next 5 years.

The “few” can only bring about anything if nobody else bothers voting.  Typical Lazy Mail reporting.

How many politicians would be enjoying their expenses, we wonder, had each been obliged to win 50%+ of the votes of all their constituents?

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