{"id":6285,"date":"2011-06-27T21:34:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T21:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2011-06-27T21:34:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T21:34:18","slug":"strikes-look-likely-this-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6285","title":{"rendered":"Strikes Look Likely This Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6286 lazyload\" title=\"Union Idiot T-Shirt\" alt=\"Union Idiot T-Shirt\" width=\"180\" height=\"144\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/union-t.gif\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/144;\" \/>Well, the <span style=\"color: #800000\">idiot unions look to have got their way. Anyone with a driving test on Thursday should prepare for the <u><em>possibility<\/em><\/u> of it not going ahead.<\/p>\n<p>However, bear in mind that not all driving examiners are in the union, and not all those who are will take strike action anyway. So unless you hear directly from the DSA, turn up on time and keep your fingers crossed.<\/p>\n<p>As a footnote, some of the comments at the bottom of that story are hilarious. I love it when people who know absolutely nothing about politics (or anything else, come to that)&#160;try to pretend that they do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the idiot unions look to have got their way. Anyone with a driving test on Thursday should prepare for the possibility of it not going ahead. However, bear in mind that not all driving examiners are in the union, and not all those who are will take strike action anyway. 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