h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So I'm on strike tomorrow. There are a lot of different reasons for people voting: some people are so incensed by the pensions issue that that's enough justification, some are furious with the government because of their general assault on the public sector and some just want a day off.

For me, I'm just sick of the Tory (the Lib Dems don't really count any more) on *everything* and the constant stream of lies that comes from government these days. We're told education needs to be cut and yet the government is giving billions in money and assets to the private sector, they're saying the UK has got to borrow less and yet Osborne is borrowing 100 billion more to take the risk away from the private sector, they're saying we need to avoid recession and yet they're sowing the seeds of the next recession by encouraging 95% mortgages by guaranteeing them (because that worked so well for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the States). We're being told we must reduce our debt levels to protect our bond ratings when Britain has never had the sort of problems facing the eurozone. We're all in this together but I'm yet to see a single parliamentarian take a hit on their pay or pension that matches the effective 10% paycut I'll be taking over the next 2 years.

There's also the issue of corruption and hypocrisy that's been revealed by the Laws and Werrity affairs, and by the dealings of Andy Coulson with the News of the World and then as Cameron's aide.

In the face of all of this, a strike isn't particularly unreasonable. It's measured, it's considered and it's necessary. Good luck to anyone else who is out tomorrow.