Sharp Practice

Richard Sharp: BBC chairman. It is nice to see another Tory bastard bite the dust but which crony will Sunak appoint to this sinecure?

Strike Day Plans

As you will have read, NEU members have voted by an overwhelming 98% to reject the government's derisory unfunded pay offer. We have two further strike days confirmed - Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May. Plans for the two days are as follows:

Thursday 27th April

• Picket lines
• March and rally in Chichester: Assemble at 11.30am West Street, March from 12midday, Rally at 12.30pm at County Hall

Tuesday 2nd May

• Picket lines
• Strike brunches at locations across West Sussex (details to follow)
• Leafleting in town centres

We will again aim to close as many schools as possible in pursuit of our campaign and will support reps and members who encounter difficulties in attempting to achieve this. For both days, we are looking to minimise disruption to Year 11 and 13 exam classes.

Travel and lunch expenses can be claimed.

In the meantime, if you have any queries in relation to the strike days, feel free to email michael.spain@neu.org.uk

Dominic Raab syndrome

I had three head teachers in my 32 years.

One was pleasant but ineffective.

One had Dominic Raab syndrome and was permanently at war with the staff. He tried to sack the union rep (me!) and was thwarted by the united opposition of the NUT and other unions in the school. 

One was supportive of the staff and open to negotiation.

You can guess which head got the best results. Bullies never prosper.

Lyrics Quiz 11

Song Lyrics 11

1) According to Vera Lynn "You gotta wait and see" what?

a) when the world is free b) when the cows come home c) when hell freezes over

2) According to Irving Berlin (in "Always") "When the things you've planned need a helping hand"

a) I'll make an excuse b) I will understand c) I'll see what I can do

3) Why did John McCormack say he wanted to go to Tipperary?

a) my heart's right there b) the beer is cheaper c) it's a lovely place

4) In the traditional song You are my sunshine, please don't WHAT?

a) ever do that again b) take my sunshine away c) leave the heating off

5) Frank Sinatra will be seeing you

a) in all the old familiar places b) on Friday c) at the races

6) If "You've got to accentuate the positive" what else must you do?

a) stop asking questions b) see the glass as half empty c) eliminate the negative

7) The Ink Spots didn't want to do what?

a) pay their poll tax b) set the world on fire c) ever see you again

8) Dick Haymes sang "You'll never know" what?

a) the time b) how much I earn c) how much I miss you

9) Les Brown was going to take a what?

a) holiday b) sentimental journey c) week to recover

10) What didn't Duke Ellington get?

a) a kiss b) a hug c) around much any more

11) Very Lynn didn't know where and she didn't know when. What did she know?

a) the sweet mystery of life b) we'll meet again some sunny day

c) the value of everything

12) Perry Como will go on loving for how long

a) an hour b) a day c) until the end of time

13) Dick Haymes will get by as long as

a) I have you b) a piece of string c) the leaves fall in autumn

14) Bob Weston thought you'd be so nice to what

a) have tea with b) have a pint with c) come home to

15) Bloody Mary in South Pacific sings "Come to me your special island" but what is it called?

a) Bally Small b) Bali Hi c) Ballet Rambert

16) Ella Fitzgerald sang a lullaby about what?

a) Bo Peep b) Three Little Pigs c) Broadway

17) "when you see a guy reach for stars in the sky," why is Frank Sinatra doing that?

a) for a bet b) for some doll c) to pass the time

18) The people all said sit down, why?

a) you're rocking the boat b) you make the place look untidy c) there's a spare seat

19) Frank Sinatra again, what reminds me of you?

a) the mess in the lounge b) these foolish things c) everything

20) "Each night I ask the stars up above" what?

a) why must I be a teenager in love b) what is my horoscope c) give me a clue.

Have a go at the questions before looking at the answers!

1) a 2) b 3) a 4) b 5) a

6) c 7) b 8) c 9) b 10) c

11) b 12) c 13) a 14) b 15)

16) c 17) b 18) a 19) b 20) a

History of Nazism in Good Play

   The National Theatre broadcast this play to a number of cinemas nationwide. Let's face it the good people of Worthing would never see a play by a left-winger (C P Taylor) any other way!

   The main role is played by David Tennant as Professor Halder, a professor of literature who ends up taking part in book-burning to make the university 'pure German.'

   Other parts are played by Elliot Levey and Sharon Small. Their work is excellent because they have to play a number of characters and convince the audience. No mean feat.

   The play is a look inside Halder's mind. He initially joins the Nazi Party to further his career. It certainly does that because all Jewish academics are hounded out of their jobs.

  He then presents a thesis to the Nazi Party on the "Right to Die" which is very topical. The Nazis were very generous with the "Right to Die" and extended it to anyone, starting with the disabled but taking in Jews, communists, homosexuals and trade unionists.

   His only male friend is his doctor who is Jewish. Halder leaves him to his fate and even justifies that to himself saying "The Jews brought this on themselves."

   At every point Halder is haunted by music as a kind of audio hallucination until at the end he is face to face with the orchestra at Auschwitz where his ideas on the right to die are being put into practice and the musicians are there to lull the prisoners into a false sense of security. He sees this as making the holocaust "more humane".

   When "Good" comes to your local cinema, it is well worth watching.

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Response to Laura Kuenssberg

I think anyone who is concerned about the nurses being on strike ought to have protested against the Tory cuts which have put patients at risk.

Anyone who opposes escalation of the strikes should be blaming the government which is pathetic in its approach to negotiation. They attempt to "negotiate" by telling unions to reduce their demands. That is not negotiation. Send Sunak a dictionary.

 

Not My King

The police are profiling and filming those who are opposed to the monarchy. It is not (yet) a criminal offence to want an end to the monarchy.

Clearly this Charles has as much respect for democracy as Charles I. 

The Daily Mirror story is here

Song Lyrics Quiz 10

 

Song Lyrics 10

1) According to Nelly Forbush in South Pacific life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

2) According to Liza Minelli life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

3) According to 10cc life was

a) a minestrone

b) a cabaret old chum

c) just a bowl of jello

4) How do you get to Oz?

a) fly in to Sydney Airport

b) take the path less travelled

c) follow the yellow brick road

5) 5) When Russ Morgan is cruising down the river what time is it?

a) Tuesday morning b) Thursday lunchtime c) a Sunday afternoon

6) When Glen Miller asked "Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?" who is the boy in question

a) porter b) shoeshine boy c) his son

("you can give me a shine")

7) According to various artists, "When the boys would call, Lilly would yell" what

a) get out of here you scoundrel b) Who on earth are you? c) Ma, he's making eyes at me.

8) By the light of the silvery moon Doris Day will do what?

a) act like a loon b) spoon c) read Lorna Doone

9) What else might Doris Day do by the light of the silvery moon?

a) sit on a dune b) croon love's tune c) think it's past noon

10) Doris Day again "Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be" why?

a) It's just like that b) the future's not ours to see c) I said so

11) If "there's none so classy as this fair lassie," who is Eddie Cantor singing about?

a) Doris b) Morganna c) Susie

12) Barbara Streisand suggests "let’s sing a song of cheer again" because

a) we won the pools b) winter's gone c) happy days are here again

13) Elvis is not made of

a) money b) wood c) clay

14) Gene Kelly was singing in the

a) drawing room b) Panto c) rain

15) If "folks dressed up like Eskimos " what are the chestnuts doing? (Rosemary Clooney)

a) being eaten b) being bought c) roasting by an open fire

16) Who is Steve Earle going to see in his dreams

a) Frankenstein b) Dracula c) Irene

17) If Tootsie does not get a letter from Al Jolson what should she assume?

a) he is in jail b) he's lost interest c) he can't find a stamp

18) Ella Fitzgerald found "another season, another reason" for making what?

a) cake b) whoopie c) money

19) According to Etta James what's it been like since she broke up with her man?

a) too darned hot b) sunny intervals c) stormy weather

20) Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby both found what falling from heaven?

a) rain b) pennies c) angels

Please try the questions before looking at the answers.

1) c 2) b 3) a 4) c 5) c

6) b 7) c 8) b 9) b 10) b

11) c 12) c 13) b 14) c 15) c

16) c 17) a 18) b 19)  c 20) b

 

 

 

 

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