Billy's Speech: CWU Annual Conference 2012

[fishtank]

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It's a long one....

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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It's a long one....

It won't be in person - he misses out words when I have heard him speechify..

[fishtank]

It won't be in person - he misses out words when I have heard him speechify..

He misses out words in his written work as well but i'll let the typos go....

[stokes11eg]

'only 38.3% of communication workers are in CWU membership. Because our sales figures - if you like - matter to us.'Now Billy, can you tell us what the figure was ten years ago, and ask yourself why the numbers have tumbled?
And Why did I once again read through one of Willies waffles.

[fishtank]

“The future is unwritten” to quote the late Joe Strummer.

“everybody has a story to sell” to misquote the late Joe Strummer.

[stokes11eg]

“The future is unwritten” to quote the late Joe Strummer.

“everybody has a story to sell” to misquote the late Joe Strummer.

Don't think B's story would make the best seller list!

[clashcityrocker]

“The future is unwritten” to quote the late Joe Strummer.

“everybody has a story to sell” to misquote the late Joe Strummer.

It isn't the first time he has quoted The Clash. (Safe European Home)
I'm beginning to think I might be his speech writer...........

[Lounge Lizard]

I suggest that Billy's speech can be quite well summed up as "President, Conference, Thank you for the opportunity to address you - blah - blah - blah - To the President - Vice President – Officers – Executive Members - staff - and all at team GS – Thank you for making this union great."

[Grinder64]

If we're quoting Strummer lyrics then maybe Billy ought to chew on this one with reference to the 'deal of the century':

"Face front you got the future shining
Like a piece of gold
But I swear as we get closer
It looks more like a lump of coal"

[Lounge Lizard]

If we're quoting Strummer lyrics then maybe Billy ought to chew on this one with reference to the 'deal of the century':

"Face front you got the future shining
Like a piece of gold
But I swear as we get closer
It looks more like a lump of coal"

Yes, a welcome change from chewing on a Gregg's pie.

[5plusbonusball]

Maybe he could say "I live by the river" - then jump in!

[clashcityrocker]

"I won't open letter bombs for you" seems quite apt.

[Straight4ward]

I'll leave the Clash quotes to the experts.

But this does bring Shelley's Ozymandias to mind.

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

[clashcityrocker]

That might explain why you aren't Billy's speechwriter.......

Here's another that might be appropriate:

I believe in this and it's been tested by research
He who f***s nuns will later join the church.

[dvbuk55]

That might explain why you aren't Billy's speechwriter.......

Here's another that might be appropriate:

I believe in this and it's been tested by research
He who f***s nuns will later join the church.

I think you made that up clash

As for Billys speech..........Go team GS.............FFS go. It has been a hard year for us, harder than it has been for Team GS and that's for sure. No mention of Billy and Co's seat on RMs Board.

As for defeatism?.................it wasn't the members who folded after 2 days out.

I can't really see Billy on the politics show somehow, which is what he appeared to be angling for.