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George Osborne and Boris Johnson visit Battle of Britain bunker George Osborne and Boris Johnson visit Battle of Britain bunker
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George Osborne and Boris Johnson have paid a visit to the Battle of Britain bunker in Uxbridge to see how a new £1m investment – committed in the recent budget – will help to restore the famous site.George Osborne and Boris Johnson have paid a visit to the Battle of Britain bunker in Uxbridge to see how a new £1m investment – committed in the recent budget – will help to restore the famous site.
The chancellor and the London mayor were pictured posing with historical artefacts after the Treasury said the fund would renovate and maintain the operations room that coordinated the air defence of London and the south of England during the second world war. The chancellor and the London mayor were pictured posing with historical artefacts after the Treasury said the fund would renovate and maintain the operations room where the air defence of London and the south of England was coordinated during the second world war.
During the visit, Osborne found time to discuss the government’s trade union bill, which is due to go before the Commons for a second reading next week. He said the bill is “on the side of working people” because it was unfair for trade unions to have the ability to “paralyse vital public services”. During the visit, Osborne found time to discuss the government’s trade union bill, which is due to go before the House of Commons for a second reading next week. He said the bill was “on the side of working people” because it was unfair for trade unions to have the ability to “paralyse vital public services”.
Osborne said: “This Conservative government is on the side of working people: people who are trying to get to work, get their kids into school. And when you have a situation where trade unions can paralyse vital public services and cause a lot of disruption, often with very small votes in their ballots, I don’t think it’s fair.Osborne said: “This Conservative government is on the side of working people: people who are trying to get to work, get their kids into school. And when you have a situation where trade unions can paralyse vital public services and cause a lot of disruption, often with very small votes in their ballots, I don’t think it’s fair.
“So we are modernising our trade union laws. We recognise the role they need to play in our society, the important role they have, but it’s not right that they abuse that position, and this trade union law will help working people.” “So we are modernising our trade union laws. We recognise the role they need to play in our society, the important role they have, but it’s not right that they abuse that position and this trade union law will help working people.”
The Battle of Britain bunker is the Royal Air Force’s primary force development and public engagement asset. It was constructed between February and August 1939 and became operational on 25 August that year, just nine days before the outbreak of the war. It housed the Fighter Command No 11 group operations room, from which most of the RAF’s side of the Battle of Britain was coordinated.The Battle of Britain bunker is the Royal Air Force’s primary force development and public engagement asset. It was constructed between February and August 1939 and became operational on 25 August that year, just nine days before the outbreak of the war. It housed the Fighter Command No 11 group operations room, from which most of the RAF’s side of the Battle of Britain was coordinated.
Related: Vince Cable condemns 'vindictive' trade union billRelated: Vince Cable condemns 'vindictive' trade union bill
According to its website, one of Winston Churchill’s most famous quotes relates to the bunker. The former prime minister is thought to have been leaving the operations room in August 1940 when he uttered the renowned words: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”According to its website, one of Winston Churchill’s most famous quotes relates to the bunker. The former prime minister is thought to have been leaving the operations room in August 1940 when he uttered the renowned words: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
Speaking from the same bunker, Osborne said he hoped other parties will support the Tories in their fight for “all working people”. Speaking from the same bunker, Osborne said he hoped other parties would support the Tories in their fight for “all working people”.
But critics have continued to claim the proposed law will heavily circumscribe workers’ freedom to take industrial action.But critics have continued to claim the proposed law will heavily circumscribe workers’ freedom to take industrial action.
On Thursday, former business secretary Vince Cable said the government was launching a “vindictive, counterproductive and ideologically driven” attack on Britain’s trade unions that threatened to undermine fundamental human rights in the UK. “[The Tories] see the trade unions and the Labour party as the enemy,” Cable said.On Thursday, former business secretary Vince Cable said the government was launching a “vindictive, counterproductive and ideologically driven” attack on Britain’s trade unions that threatened to undermine fundamental human rights in the UK. “[The Tories] see the trade unions and the Labour party as the enemy,” Cable said.