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Surprised no-one's mentioned it.

This is the official line of Unite, the Union behind the strike.

http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-ar ... ewsId=1001

The reasons for the strike revolve around the exclusion of British workers apply for these new jobs, yet look at state owned broadcaster the BBC's stance on this story. It solely looks to project it as being xenophobic and anti-European

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7859968.stm

The BNP have looked at this as an open goal and play on the 'British jobs for British workers' angle and looking to steal the thunder of the unions on this one.

http://bnp.org.uk/tag/lindsey-oil-strike/

Ditto UKIP

http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news ... ut-eu-laws

Cus Geezer wrote:Surprised no-one's mentioned it.

This is the official line of Unite, the Union behind the strike.

http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-ar ... ewsId=1001

The reasons for the strike revolve around the exclusion of British workers apply for these new jobs, yet look at state owned broadcaster the BBC's stance on this story. It solely looks to project it as being xenophobic and anti-European

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7859968.stm

The BNP have looked at this as an open goal and play on the 'British jobs for British workers' angle and looking to steal the thunder of the unions on this one.

http://bnp.org.uk/tag/lindsey-oil-strike/

Ditto UKIP

http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news ... ut-eu-laws

i will side step this subject - me thinks

We are in the EU.

Tough for BNP and UKIP.

QuartzGooner wrote:We are in the EU.

Tough for BNP and UKIP.

But of course all jobs in the EU are open to all EU workers (except the A8 countries of 2004 who don't get this until 2011)

British people were barred from applying for the jobs, this was the original context of the strike. BNP, UKIP and the British media have managed to wangle this towards xenophobia and chauvanism for their vested interests.