{"id":16287,"date":"2014-10-08T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=16287"},"modified":"2014-10-08T17:17:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T16:17:07","slug":"examiner-strike-15-october-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=16287","title":{"rendered":"Examiner Strike 15 October 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An email from the DVSA advises candidates to attend tests as usual. This is because not all examiners are stupid enough to be members of PCS (the union involved), and of those that are, <strong>they\u2019re<\/strong> not all so stupid that they will automatically go on strike anyway. However, like last time &#8211; if you believe the media &#8211; the further north you live, the more likely you are to find examiners who <strong>are<\/strong> stupid enough to strike (and don\u2019t blame me for saying it: that\u2019s just the way it is).<\/p>\n<p>The action is due to take place on Wednesday, 15 October 2014. Theory tests aren\u2019t affected &#8211; just practical driving tests.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and it is <strong>examiners<\/strong> who are striking, not instructors (someone found the blog using that search criterion)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An email from the DVSA advises candidates to attend tests as usual. This is because not all examiners are stupid enough to be members of PCS (the union involved), and of those that are, they\u2019re not all so stupid that they will automatically go on strike anyway. 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