SO CONOR McGinn finds the case of low morale in the police force so justifiable that he has raised the matter in Parliament.

One wonders what he thinks of the low morale of 63-year-old grandmothers who the Labour party (betrayed) committed to working ever longer, in order that employees in the public sector, including police officers, can continue to retire some 15 years earlier?

One wonders what he may think of the low morale of skilled workers in the building industry (potentially the largest industry in he country) who after serving an apprenticeship of some five years, go to work in a industry that will not directly employ them, that doesn’t pay them if it rains, or if its frosty, or even if the materials don’t turn up, and no salary-related pensions.

And let’s not forget that the Labour government spent £9 billion of British taxpayers’ money on the Olympics and then allowed foreign workers in their thousands to come and take them jobs, at a time that the building industry was on its knees.

These tradesmen work in an industry that has always had very high fatalities which nothing in the public sector even compares with.  I have every respect for the police and the job they do, but given their terms of employment which the rest of the working population pay for, perhaps they may consider that still putting roofs on houses at 70 years of age would be a better option.

Perhaps Conor McGinn will bring these issues up in Parliament.

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