IT'S the public sector strike today, and reader Frank Reilly ponders: "When the Government decides we can have a day off for the royal wedding, it doesn't damage the economy.
IT'S the public sector strike today, and reader Frank Reilly ponders: \"When the Government decides we can have a day off for the royal wedding, it doesn't damage the economy.
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But when the workers decide to strike for a day it costs the UK economy half a billion. Is there something funny going on?"
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ST ANDREW'S Day as well, when many Burns clubs hold dinners almost as a warm-up to the January occasion. Matt Vallance in Ayrshire recalls the late Kilmarnock Sheriff RN Levitt speaking at a local St Andrew's dinner. He stated that when he first arrived in Kilmarnock the trades people all lived above their premises. "Today," he continued, "they all live in Troon – above their income."
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IT'S the public sector strike today, and reader Frank Reilly ponders: "When the Government decides we can have a day off for the royal wedding, it doesn't damage the economy.
But when the workers decide to strike for a day it costs the UK economy half a billion. Is there something funny going on?"
High fliers
ST ANDREW'S Day as well, when many Burns clubs hold dinners almost as a warm-up to the January occasion. Matt Vallance in Ayrshire recalls the late Kilmarnock Sheriff RN Levitt speaking at a local St Andrew's dinner. He stated that when he first arrived in Kilmarnock the trades people all lived above their premises. "Today," he continued, "they all live in Troon – above their income."
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