On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:22:03 +0000, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

I did hear that the militants sometimes - and I'm sure this can't be
true in all cases - cause meetings to spin out for hours and hours until
all the moderates go home in despair and boredom, and the militants take
control.... intimidating any remaining moderates off the committees....
I don't suppose this is still true today, but it may well have been in
the days when the unions held the nations to ransom!

You've been observing Unison meetings in certain University of London
colleges haven't you? ;-)

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Cheers,

Jason.