>"Also Thursday, readiness for military action against Iraq was the reason,
>defence officials said, that thousands of British troops have been pulled
>off a training program where they were learning to act as replacement
>fire-fighters in case the Fire Brigades Union decides to strike in a pay
>dispute."
>
>I wonder what will happen if we're at war in Iraq and the fire brigade are
>on strike. Could be interesting.
Interesting test of bourgeois priorities - imperial war takes precedence over union busting.
Doug