Wednesdays strike to cost the country £1/2 Billion ??

[keithlbw]

When the government decide 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......funny that aint it.....hmmmmmm :-/

[jedimistress]

Agreed. It's the media slant placed on everything we hear and read about.

When I hear "x amount of taxpayers money" I know they are trying to convince the public to go against whatever they are talking about.

Insurgent uprisings which need to be quelled here, freedom fighting protesters which need to be protected there...

[237SJ]

I don`t know how much it will cost the "country" but yes, some private industries will certainly be counting the cost.

[karenmac60]

Especially since we were all paid the day of the wedding but strikers will receive no wages....

[NOX]

There has been a noticeable rise in very blatent propaganda recently but as the saying goes ' People should not fear their government- governments should fear their people'.

[David H]

It's costing us a lot more to have low interest rates. Everyone who spent their lives saving are now barely making ends meet and investment companies are borrowing millions to speculate on commodities and push the prices up as a result as its so cheap to borrow the tiny profits they make percentage wise are more than what they pay back in interest. Unlike the growth rate and national debt that could be changed in a day. That's lost more than any of these temporary problems as that's been the same for a few years with no sign of change.

[Kayless]

David is correct, it's low interest rates killing us so we can pander to those up to their eyballs. No point in saving oh and all this pension sh1te wouldn't be such an issue if interest rates and hence annuity rates weren't jack sh1t. You see even the extortionate final salary public sector schemes are ultimately linked to growth. However I do agree with the poster, if anything we are in front saving 2m days wages for a start!