Monday 28 November 2022

President slams inequality and calls for fightback as he opens St Andrew's Day rally

GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS GRAEME FARQUHAR AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ABERDEEN TRADES UNION COUNCIL AND ON BEHALF OF THE ATUC A WARM  WELCOME TO OUR ST. ANDREWS DAY RALLY.

NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE A MARCH DOWN UNION STREET BUT DUE TO  UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES WE WERE UNABLE TO DO THIS  TODAY. AND WITHOUT POINTING THE BLAME AT ANYONE I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN POLICE SCOTLAND AND ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL FOR NOT FUNDING THE STREET CLOSURE AND DENIYING US

OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO MARCH LIKE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS  SCOTLAND  FREE OF CHARGE.

ST ANDREWS DAY IS A DAY WHEN WE SPEAK OUT AGAINST  FASCISM AND RACSIM  AND ON RACISM I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS A MORE RACISTGROUP THAN THIS EVIL CORRUPT INEPT USELESS AND CRIMINAL CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT WHO ARE RACIST AGAINST MIGRANTS, REFUGEES

 AND THE WORKING CLASS . WE ARE LIVING TODAY WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF INFLATION IN OVER 40 YEARS. ENERGY BILLS BEING INCREASED BY

 27 %. CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL HUNGRY AND WITHOUT A DECENT WINTER JACKET. NURSES USING FOODBANKS  FOOD AT AN ALL TIME HIGH

PRICE AND FOR MOST WORKING CLASS PEOPLE A CHOICE BETWEEN HEAT AND EAT.

THERS IS ANOTHER WAY TO RESOLVE THIS COST OF LIVING CRISIS.   THE ENERGY COMPANIES ARE MAKING BILLIONS IN PROFIT EVERY MONTH SO A

REAL WINDFALL TAX IMPOSED ON THEM COULD GIVE EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE UK A MINIMUM OF £600 BACK  ON THEIR ENERGY COSTS.

 WE COULD NATIONALISE THE ENERGY COMPANIES

AND WHILE WE ARE AT IT NATIONALISE RAIL AND MAIL. THE GOVERNMENT TELL US WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER BUT WE ALL KNOW WHY

WE ARE IN THIS STATE. IT IS 12 YEARS OF THIS GOVERNMENTS MISMANGEMENT. BIILLIONS WASTED ON CONTRACTS FOR THEIR MATES FOR 

USELESS  PPE DURING THE PANDEMIC. MILLIONS WASTED ON A FAILED TRACJK AND TRACE SYSTEM. 20 THOUSAND UK RESIDENTS KILLED BY PUTTING PEOPLE BACK TO

A CARE HOME FROM HOSPITAL WITHOUT A COVID TEST

ALMOST 2 HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID AND THAT WAS 2 HUNDRED THOUSAND FAMILIES UNABLE TO GIVE THEIR LOVED ONES A PROPER GOOD BYE.

AND WHO WAS THE HEALTH  MINISTER DURING THIS TIME. NONE OTHER THAN THE TV  REALITY SHOW MAN MATT HANCOCK THE MAN WHO PARTIED AND BROKE ALL COVID RULES.

 I WOULD LIKE TO READ A QOUTE FROM HANNAH FROM NEWCASTLE  AND IT GOES   MATT HANCOCK WAS THE REASON I HAD TO IDENTIFY MY PARTNERS  BODY ALONE

BARELY MANAGED TO PULL A FUNERAL TOGETHER AND EVEN THEN I COULDN’T HAVE ANY SUPPORT AROUND ME WHILST SAYING GOODBYE TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.

YET THIS MAN IS IN THE JUNGLE AND HAVING A LAUGH ABOUT IT.   AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE THAT THIS WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

 AS YOU ALL KNOW HE IS IN A REALITY T V PROGRAMME AND HAS POCKETED 400 THOUSAND POUNDS AND HE ASKS THE PUBLIC FOR FORGIVNESS

. WELL I AM ALL FOR FORGIVING PEOPLE

AND I WILL FORGIVE MATT HANCOCK AFTER HE HAS DONE 20 YEARS IN JAIL FOR HIS CRIMINAL NEGLECT DURING COVID

PAY FOR THE FTSE 100 BOSSEES IS UP 25% THIS YEAR WHICH GIVES THEM ALMOST £4 MILLION EACH. PLEASE REMEMBER THIS WHEN WE ARE TOLD

 DIFICULT DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE TO SLASH PUBLIC SERVICES . SUNAK IS RIGHT WHEN HE SAYS THERE IS NO MAGIC MONEY TREE

BECAUSE THERE IS NO SINGLE  TREE BUT JUST A FORREST FED AND WATERED WITH THE SWEAT AND BLOOD OF WORKERS AND THEN CHOPPED DOWN AND

HOARDED BY HIM AND HIS BILLIONAIRE MATES WHILE YOUR FAMILY STARVES AND FREEZES. HIS WEALTH IS ESTIMATED AT 730 MILLION AND THE

AVERAGE WORKER WOULD NEED TO WORK 22,976 YEARS TO EARN THAT SO REMEMBER THAT WHEN HE TELLS YOU TO TIGHTEN YOUR BELT.  THEN

WE HEAR HIM SAYING IF YOU WANT TO GET A LIVING WAGE THEN GET A PROPER JOB AND THAT IS JUST A CLEVER WAY OF SAYING I ACKNOWLEDGE

THAT YOUR JOB NEEDS TO GET DONE BUT I THINK WHOEVER DOES THAT  JOB DESERVES TO BE IN POVERTY.        

THE MESS WE ARE LIVING IN IS A DELIBERATE ONE . IIT WAS CREATED BY PEOPLE SO  IT CAN BE DISMANTLED BY PEOPLE AND CAN BE REBUILT IN A

WAY THAT SERVES US ALL RATHER THAN A HOARDING SELFISH FEW.

BORIS AND LIZ GOING IS NOT ENOUGH

AUSTERITY MUST GO

POVERTY WAGES MUST GO

COLD HOMES IN THE WINTER MUST GO

A NEW SUIT IN DOWNING STREET MEANS NOTHING TO US

THEY MUST FIX THE SOCIETY THEY HAVE BROKEN OR GET OUT OF THE WAY AND ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT..

WE HAVE SEEN MORE PRIME MINISTERS THIS YEAR THAN  FIRST BUS HAVE HAD BUSSES IN THE FITTIE.

PEOPLE HERE IN THE UK ARE CRYING OUT FOR BIG CHANGE  A PEACEFUL WORLD FREE FROM WAR AND NUCLEAR BOMB THREATS. BUT MOST

POLITICIANS THOUGHTS 0N THAT IS THAT PEACE DOES NOT MAKE A PROFIT.

FOOD BANKS ARE NOT NORMAL

WARM BANKS ARE NOT NORMAL

INEQUALITY IS NOT NORMAL

A FAILING NHS IS NOT NORMAL

DECIMATED PUBLIC SERVICES ARE NOT NORMAL

POLLUTED WATERWAYS ARE NOT NORMAL

ALL OF THESE ARE CHOICES BUT CHOICES IMPOSED ON US AND NOT MADE BY US

WE NEED A WORLD THAT WILL GIVE FUTURE GENERATIONS BELIEF THAT IF WE ALL STAND TOGETHER UNITED THINGS  CAN AND WILL CHANGE

IN ABERDEEN AND THE SHIRE WE ARE ALL A BIT RESERVED WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND MOST PEOPLE

JUST SAY  THINGS LIKE THAT WAS A GOOD DEMO LAST WEEK  I WILL TAKE PART THE NEXT TIME BUT THERE WILL NOT BE A NEXT TIME AS THE TIME IS NOW.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH  PLEASE JOIN US IN THE FIGHTBACK AND GET OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE WORKERS FOR THE WORKERS.