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RMT’s Sunday league team calls strike after coach asks for 110% effort

Team skipper Bob Crow has argued that the coach is making unreasonable demands and that his members should be compensated for any extra work.

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Posted: Apr 21st, 2013
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Surprise as George Osborne encourages ‘more unpaid strikes’

The Chancellor denied rumours of a strike and insisted that the Government had gifted a one-day unpaid holiday to Britain’s hard-working public servants.

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Posted: Nov 30th, 2011
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ITV to broadcast new drama ‘Downturn Abbey’

The drama is set in a stately home, Downturn Abbey, and follows the lives of the aristocratic Osborne family, wallpaper manufacturers, and the servants who work for them.

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Posted: Oct 27th, 2010
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Bus drivers ‘fed up with waving to each other’

Oh look, you're driving a bus too!‘The cheerful nature required for this task isn’t in keeping with the surliness needed for more complicated manoeuvres like pulling away just as commuters get to the bus stop.’

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Posted: Jun 4th, 2009
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