Posted: Apr 15, 2012 1:48 pm
chairman bill wrote:The complex system of opting out? What the fuck is Hughes on about - you fill in a form when you join, tick a box to opt-out. If you're already paying a political levy, you get a form, fill it in & opt-out. Not exactly rocket science, but maybe beyond a fuckwitted LibDem MP
So you have to go through the trouble of getting a form, filling it in, sending it off etc. And anyone who is a member of one of the unions who sustain the Labour Party will know how difficult it very often is to get the form, how local branches typically don't carry copies of it, assuming they've even actually heard of its existence.
I find it ironic and amusing that the people asserting that jumping through hoops for the sake of a measly £3 a year is no great effort are the same ones who criticise the government for "making things difficult" for benefit claimants who are seeking thousands of pounds a year from the taxpayer.