“Whilst there is a need for Royal Mail to be viable there is not a need for it to make profits. As Bill points out businesses exsist to make money...but is Royal Mail a public service or a business,after all it has only one shareholder..the government. You could argue it needs to make profit to cover the pension 'black hole'. But lets not forget why the defecit exsists...12 years of 'Holiday' or perhaps misappropreation a better word. Modernisation means only one thing...job losses.Advancement in sorting technology means less manual work. Forgive me if i sound like a Ludite but you only need to look to other areas ....remember years ago a bank would employ a multitude of staff in a branch..now the 3 you see on the counter probably the entire workforce..evidently a computer replaces 20 people. Progress ? We cant have the whole nation at home doing nothing .And if anyone thought Lord Mandelscums half baked idea to 'part privatise' RM was good....perhaps you could join him under that rock he crawlled from. Happy Days”

“No they don't, the main priority of any business is to make money. Jobs are only created where there is a need for labour, companies do not exist just to give people a job. Striking will any accelerate the process. If people in this city want better jobs they might want to think more about providing skills and infrastructure that would attract companies and less expecting politicians to sort it out for them.”