New Posts For Thread: a peoples union............https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-unioncould a peoples or say working class peoples union work ! we have to take a lot of shyte from various establishment and corporate powers that be , as an example if you want to book a holiday in the summer when the kids are on break from school holidWhat next? Do we attack the exorbitant prices that pubs charge outwith happyhour? Same principle.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539370089#539370089What next? Do we attack the exorbitant prices that pubs charge outwith happyhour? Same principle.Mon, 12 May 2014 13:42:47 -0500Can't be long before someone mentions "Sheeple" can it?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539360559#539360559Can't be long before someone mentions "Sheeple" can it?Mon, 12 May 2014 04:36:03 -0500yeah the school holidays thing was just an example ,may be the majority are happy enough with the way its run and don't mind paying over the top ,and as a poster said earlier there is a moral or guilt "issue " that you are depriving your children ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539360273#539360273yeah the school holidays thing was just an example ,may be the majority are happy enough with the way its run and don't mind paying over the top ,and as a poster said earlier there is a moral or guilt "issue " that you are depriving your children oMon, 12 May 2014 03:54:49 -0500men or mice ffshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539359695#539359695men or mice ffsMon, 12 May 2014 00:07:40 -0500@cmatThat's a different scenario to what FW is complaining about. Unhelpful but I'd doubt you had any recourse.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539358345#539358345@cmatThat's a different scenario to what FW is complaining about. Unhelpful but I'd doubt you had any recourse.Sun, 11 May 2014 20:07:53 -0500That will be detrimental to your child education.Tbf government want children to get educated, they got to have one rule for all, otherwise it will be free for all. The problem is holidays companies or school holidays.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539357245#539357245That will be detrimental to your child education.Tbf government want children to get educated, they got to have one rule for all, otherwise it will be free for all. The problem is holidays companies or school holidays.Sun, 11 May 2014 17:57:33 -0500Is it possible to take the government to court, like a landmark case thing. It always seemed to me that it broke some kind of natural law (human rights?) that you could be fined for taking your kids on holiday when you want. The govt are basicallyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539357027#539357027Is it possible to take the government to court, like a landmark case thing. It always seemed to me that it broke some kind of natural law (human rights?) that you could be fined for taking your kids on holiday when you want. The govt are basicallySun, 11 May 2014 17:37:55 -0500Okay akabula, try this one. When I was at school in the 1950s and 60s there was no such thing as a 'teacher training day', where staff were absent. My children were occasionally sent home because of 'teacher training days' in the 1990s, so why were thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539356863#539356863Okay akabula, try this one. When I was at school in the 1950s and 60s there was no such thing as a 'teacher training day', where staff were absent. My children were occasionally sent home because of 'teacher training days' in the 1990s, so why were tSun, 11 May 2014 17:24:30 -0500Too many people were taking their kids from school that action had to be taken. Seems like they were putting saving a few quid at the expense of their kids education first. As for the holiday companies it's supply and demand. Always going to be dearehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539356431#539356431Too many people were taking their kids from school that action had to be taken. Seems like they were putting saving a few quid at the expense of their kids education first. As for the holiday companies it's supply and demand. Always going to be deareSun, 11 May 2014 16:57:04 -0500It's the British way these days, it wasn't when I was at school. All that was required for a holiday was a note from your parents saying you were sick, which you took in when you went back to school. The school couldn't phone your home as hardly anybhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30262787/a-peoples-union?post_id=539356259#539356259It's the British way these days, it wasn't when I was at school. All that was required for a holiday was a note from your parents saying you were sick, which you took in when you went back to school. The school couldn't phone your home as hardly anybSun, 11 May 2014 16:46:31 -0500