On November 39th 2011 I addressed a couple thousand people in the town square on the UK National Day of Action. This is what I said;
They say if you are not angry then you are not paying attention.
From St Paul's Cathedral where I have stayed off duty to today the people are expressing their anger.
We are facing an attack to our living conditions unprecedented in recent history where faceless banking terrorists have played roulette with our futures with a currency system designed to fail and enslaving us through debt.
Let us be blunt, the banks (bailed out by us) the government and the Bank of England have conspired to rob every working member of the public in broad daylight. It matters not whether you work in the private sector or the public sector, we the people are all suffering together. From the petrol pumps to the grocery stores we are all struggling.
We must not let them divide us for our strength is in our unity.
Public sector pension reform is a stealth tax. The increases in contributions do not go into the pension system, they head straight into the treasury to help pay off the deficit. Increases in the rate of inflation are robbing us all on a daily basis.
A pound is not what it used to be.
Strike is a last resort, as I explained to my Chief one Christmas, the right for a worker to withdraw their labour is their last straw, the last throw of the dice against oppressive working regimes and government.
We are our labour.
We are all fiercely proud of doing our jobs so to be stood here today shows a failure on the governments part, past and present, to serve the people that elect them.
Negotiations have gone on for months but no movement occurred until today, our day of action, was called. The FBU did not ballot for industrial action but we are under no illusion that it is not another government tactic to further split and divide us which is why we are here today showing our support to you all.
I would like to clarify that I am not in the firefighter pension scheme, new or old, because I do not believe the lies our government reel out on a daily basis on their future. The new firefighters pension scheme is less than six years old and already they are going back on their word. What hope then that they would honour any up coming agreements thirty-five years from now?
But I still fight for the futures of others. Our lives are our legacy.
The children of today are the adults and future of tomorrow and I refuse to remain silent and watch our future generations hopes and dreams be shattered by this or any other government. Do not be fooled by Labour lies either. They have never said "NO" to cuts, just that they have been "too deep, too fast".
This is unacceptable and even on the morning of the day of action Ed Balls reiterated this motto on the BBC.
We all deserve better.
I recently attended a meeting at parliament with MP's from Bedfordshire and explained to them exactly these points. they called me irrational for leaving the pension, they called me perverse.
Fine insults for them to make whilst earning more than twice a firefighters wage and sitting on, as I highlighted, a gold plated pension that would be safe in the long run.
Much of the mainstream news would have us believe that the majority of the public do not support the public sector or that public sector pensions are unsustainable.
This is untrue and factually incorrect.
The government have the money to fund unjust wars but not our hospitals, schools emergency services and their staff? I do not believe it.
Do not believe the hype.
It was once said "make the lie big, make it simple, keep repeating it and eventually they will believe it" How indoctrinated do we have to be to continue to believe their lies?
So the emphasis lies with us all to better inform and educate those around us that believe the lies the Rupert Murdoch news repeaters or the Daily 'hate' Mail tell them EVERY day.
Do not get e wrong, I agree that private sector pensions are terrible but that does not mean we should allow public sector pensions to be destroyed, we should be fighting to make all pensions better so that we can all prosper and not let these banking terrorists continue to profit from our labour.
We must not let them divide us, our strength is our unity.
An example of this divide and conquer culture engulfing our society during this recession was made apparent to me last night as one of my friends told me she disagreed with these strikes, particularly the teachers, because it was costing her a days wage to stay at home and look after her children.
I say shame on her employers.
Any employer docking an employees pay today for reasons such as this should be ashamed of themselves.
Shame on her employers for punishing a single mother whilst her children's teachers fight for;
their rights, your rights and our children's futures.
She has since focused her her feelings of discontent on the people responsible. The government and the banking terrorists.
Remember, our unity is our strength.
Ultimately it boils down to a choice...we can continue to participate in the lies they have created for us r we can begin to create our own reality.
Our time is now.
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