tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066105055768088299.post651522532567771616..comments2023-10-30T11:42:45.966+00:00Comments on Mary Honeyball MEP: PLANE SEXISTMary Honeyballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00981857726691650802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066105055768088299.post-14591779745526067232008-11-21T13:43:00.000+00:002008-11-21T13:43:00.000+00:00On a second reading of this post, you make the poi...On a second reading of this post, you make the point I did. I think you deserve credit for that, and I want to record that.<BR/><BR/>Ryanair's advertising depends upon focussing people upon controversy so that they do not see the glaring faults. I think that Ryanair's treatment of unions is outrageous, so well done for noting it.Martin Meenaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092121503713511010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066105055768088299.post-6759883278388203732008-11-21T12:14:00.000+00:002008-11-21T12:14:00.000+00:00There is a point here. I know no customer of Ryan ...There is a point here. I know no customer of Ryan air who has not had some horrible experience with baggage, rescheduling, or complaints. I have heard stories of staff being worked like crazy in order to hold down average costs, and exploited to the back teeth. Concentrating on a few young women getting their kit off for money, when we should really be holding Ryan air to proper labour standards and just leaving sleaze to the conscience of individuals, strikes me as an absurdly misplaced and self-indulgent practice of identity politics. <BR/><BR/>This is why the left lost the battles and why the miners, steelworkers, carworkers, and families go down; because people of influence focus on things that are narcissitically interesting to them rather than following the money. <BR/><BR/>The best pro-woman policy is a pro-person policy for jobs, labour standards, and the economic regulation of companies. Campaigns based on sex, like sex itself, will just make a fool of everyone since it makes fools of us all.Martin Meenaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092121503713511010noreply@blogger.com