Class war

As the government continues to prop up banks and the elite, but cuts education funding, libraries, local council spending, and even disabled peoples' basic needs, why should the average person give a toss about these multinational, corporate games? Tory governments systematically begin to destroy society as soon as they gain power. Unemployment is reaching unprecedented heights, banks will not lend to people or small businesses.From the middle classes down to the bread line, this country is suffering, but they are expected to clap happily as the govt spends $9bn on sports day. This is war, and there are no boundaries.

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London 2012: Unite's Olympics strike threat condemned
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David Cameron: "Labour needs to condemn this utterly"
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Suggestions from the leader of the UK's biggest union that workers could strike during the London Olympics have been condemned by political leaders.

Len McCluskey, of Unite, told the Guardian that civil disobedience could be timed to disrupt the 2012 Games.

A spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron called the idea "unacceptable and unpatriotic". Labour has also criticised Mr McCluskey's comments.

However, union sources told the BBC there were no specific strike plans.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told the BBC: "People will just be gobsmacked, appalled, at Mr McCluskey's remarks.

"At a time when we can showcase to the world that we are positively and optimistically putting on this fantastic event, he wants to bring people out on the streets."

The Liberal Democrat leader said to "mess up the Olympics to prove a point" would be bad for the country and called on Labour leader Ed Miliband to "rein in" Mr McCluskey, whose union is Labour's largest donor.

And Mr Cameron also told MPs that Labour "need to condemn this utterly and start turning back the money" from Unite.

Conservative co-chairman Baroness Warsi agreed, calling the comments "an appalling display of naked self-interest".

"It is disgraceful for a trade union boss to be calling for mass disruption when the eyes of the world will be on Britain," she told the BBC.....cont


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