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Roll of shame
DID anyone ever doubt the current surge of industrial action was politically motivated?
If so, incoming TUC chief Paul Nowak has set the record straight.
Paul Nowak has waded in with an undisguised threat that unions will coordinate future action into a rolling wave of strikes[/caption]
He has waded in with an undisguised threat that unions will coordinate future action into a rolling wave of strikes — unless the Government bows to their will.
Mr Nowak accepts that the Labour government he nakedly looks forward to would not be able to wave a magic wand to sort out current economic problems but, at the same time, expects Tory ministers to do just that to meet the unions’ unaffordable demands.
While union knuckleheads hanker after a return to the strike chaos of the 70s, most ordinary workers just want a fair deal to ease their financial woes.
The grim news that the cost of living crisis will get worse before it gets better will understandably have many people in despair and vulnerable to union suggestions that inflation-busting pay rises are within reach if only they join the picket lines.
It’s a cruel deception.
Even if the Government caved in to the ransom demands, it would only stoke inflation, raising prices further and wiping out any pay gains.
If the country can’t afford unrealistic pay deals at the moment, it’s madness to think that bringing the country to its knees would suddenly conjure up more money.
A true legend
EVERY generation has its own footballing heroes and it is difficult to compare stars from different eras.
Many of today’s fans hailing Lionel Messi as the greatest of all time will have no knowledge of Puskas, Cruyff or Best and, bar the odd YouTube clip, will not have marvelled at the effortless grace with which three times World Cup winner Pele dominated the global game.
Pele was an unprecedented genius and his legend will live on[/caption]
But they should know that when Brazil were the kings of the world, making football the truly beautiful game with their stylish swagger, turning the World Cup into the must-watch event it now is, Pele was their ace; an unprecedented genius.
From shoeless poverty he rose to be a footballing god — the first black global superstar, inspiring millions — and when those dazzling dribbles and thunderbolt shots came to an end, the man of a thousand goals still bestrode the world stage like a colossus.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, given an honorary knighthood by The Queen in 1997 in recognition of his greatness, was also a wonderful, modest ambassador for the sport.
With his Pele Foundation aiming to empower children who, like him, came from nothing, alleviating their poverty and giving them access to education, he remained to the end of his days a true champion.
His legend will live on.
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