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Strontium Dog wrote:So many strawmen, so little time.

Yet no doubt you'll try to cram a few in ... oh, here we go

It is absolutely disgraceful that someone should have to affiliate themselves with a political party in order to gain workplace protections.

But that's not the case. Offering this strawman is really beneath you, but doesn't surprise me. Quite simply, it isn't the case. Some unions aren't affiliated, and those that are offer an easy opt-out of the political levy, only a fraction of which goes to Labour even in the case of affiliated unions. Nobody has to affiliate themselves to a party for workplace protection. However, it is the case that just about every advance in workers' rights over the last century or so, has come about because of Trades Union activity & Labour government action. Often in face of Tory & Liberal opposition.

Someone should ask themself if they would be as keen to support opt-out schemes if unions were all affiliated to the Tories. We all know the answer to that one of course. Total hypocrisy as usual.

That's a clever (i.e. fucking stupid) rhetorical device, SD. Propose a hypothetical scenario, decide for yourself how others would respond to that scenario, then condemn them for the action you've attributed to them. Well done