In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
bert wrote:
Since show-of-hands ballots have been illegal for over thirty years...

And why were they made illegal? (For the benefit of Dave this is a
rhetorical question)

Because Thatcher etc hated unions and what they stood for?

Yeah Holding the country to ransom and bringing down a democratically
elected government.
But don't let the fact that this legislation didn't have the hoped for
result influence you.

You obviously haven't let the fact that this legislation achieved it
objective of democratising trade unions influence you
Just another example of knee jerk legislation designed to get applause
from the Tory press.

Whatever
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bert