Pay strikes at ink manufacturer likely to disrupt printing of Daily Mail

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  1. Their website might be popular but at least their physical readership will take a dent. The last time any of them operated a computer was at Bletchley Park…

  2. “Pay strikes at ink manufacturer likely to disrupt printing of Daily Mail”

    What part of taking a shit on some paper requires ink?

  3. Kinda funny though I guess kinda not really story: couple of days back I went into the supermarket to get some basics.

    There’s a homeless fella I see fairly regularly sitting outside. Now I don’t know how true his story is but he claims he’s a veteran, and has been kinda shafted. I’ve talked to him before about options for rough sleepers in the area (I was previously homeless around here). I’ve talked to him about the legion who might be able to help… Anyway whatever he has is reasons.

    Anyway this occasion I explain I don’t have any change on me, I can see he has a couple of sandwiches so I don’t make my usual offer of “I’ll grab you a sandwich” – but I ask if he wants me to grab him anything inside (within reason).

    He asked if I’d grab him a beer, and a couple of newspapers…

    That’s fine by me, but I ask which newspapers… And he says “The Sun and the Mail would be excellent please”.

    And that’s the story of the first time I’ve bought either of those shite “newspapers” for the first time in 20 years.

    I sincerely hope the sun for purpose of giving him some “cranking it” material at some point.

    I just found it so depressing though – like “Mate here you are down and out because you’re being failed by a system that should be trying to look for people in your situation, and you’re proactively ASKING people to buy you the propaganda shite that is contributing to this shit situation in the first place”.

    Like I said I dunno how genuine his situation is but I’ve spoken to him a couple of times and if he’s bullshitting it he’s done a really good job of memorising some stuff.

    I bought him the papers, I’m hardly going to be that guy like “You should check out the Independent!” or something of that ilk. It just made me kinda sad. A little microcosm of the wider issues at play.

  4. Place diverter in the sewer leading from DM HQ, bottle resultant flow for delivery to printing hall.

    Problem solved until the sun cools.

  5. I feel for the guys striking.. but the daily fail not being able to potentially print.. is not the worst news I’ve heard

  6. Much as I’m happy to see the Mail off the shelves I also think if you work for the mail in any capacity you should fuck off and live down a coal mine, permanently

  7. I don’t know, but I bet it’s lazy young people refusing to work – absolutely disgusting. Or, I bet it’s immigrants coming over and then demanding more money after they’ve taken good honest Essex folks’ jobs – it makes me furious. I mean, I don’t know anything about it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re striking so the lezzas and the gays can have more holidays at Eid – that’s what it usually is, isn’t it? Bring back the birch and National Service, that’ll knock some sense into them. I didn’t not fight in two World Wars and not pay my taxes just so some Guardian-reading know-it-alls from university could tell me I have to wear a mask. Disgusting. Appalling. I’m furious.

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