BA Strikes

British Airways have made an enormous loss. Something has to be done to save the airline. Answer join with Spain's Iberia creating more routes etc. What does the trade union Unite do? - threaten Strike Action against redundancies. Does Unite think we should pay the wages of staff that are no longer required? Their job should be to make sure we do not have more redundancies than Iberia.

We are no longer a rich country therefore we have to make savings as would any family who have had redundancies.

Why does Unite think their members should be cushioned against redundancies when so many families are facing the same fate?

What we need is an efficient and willing workforce and then maybe we will become a wealthy country again.

Jackie P

University places bias

It appears that plans are underway to give youngsters from poor homes places at University without the right grades.

We do not want to down grade our Universities. What we want is a good education in all our schools for our children, poor or rich, so that they can attain the right "A" Grades.

Let there be discipline in the schools so that teachers can teach and perhaps people who want to teach in Secondary schools will apply to become teachers. We are short of maths and science teachers.

Jackie P

Alchohol v Cannabis

Even if the scientist who wants to down grade cannabis is right and alcohol and smoking cigarettes is worse than taking cannabis it still should not be downgraded because it is still bad for you and it would send the wrong message.

I personally do not believe cannabis is less harmful than alcohol because taken in small doses it can be good for you. It has vital trace elements, vitamins and iron which are good for us.

In fact, admittedly a few years ago, my husband was very ill hospital and the doctor advised me to bring in some Guinness!

Alcohol does effect the brain but I think the effect cannabis has is worse such as schizophrenia.
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