Roy Mayall
Roy Mayall is a pseudonym for a postal worker who has been in the job for about five years and works in a delivery office somewhere in the south-east of England. He writes a blog at roymayall.wordpress.com
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Royal Mail's latest ad: the hypocrisy of capitalism in one minuteRoy Mayall: Royal Mail's management don't regard you as customers but recipients, simply a way to deliver returns to their investors
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Royal Mail staff are trying to save the universal postal serviceRoy Mayall: If private companies can pick the best bits of the network, the obligation to deliver to all is undermined. That's why we're considering action
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If you don't like the 60p stamp, wait till you see Royal Mail privatisationRoy Mayall: Royal Mail may be viewed with a high level of affection by the public now, but will that still be the case after it's privatised?
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Modernisation has put the snail in Royal MailRoy Mayall: The amount of lost or delayed mail is no surprise – ill-conceived new working methods have slowed postal workers down
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Junk mail – the facts
Roy Mayall: A Panorama programme on postal junk was compelling, but didn't mention that the market is skewed against Royal Mail
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Royal Mail is not deliveringRoy Mayall: As profits dive, it's clear this management isn't modernising, it's running the company into the ground – but why?
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Privatisation is the last thing Royal Mail needsRoy Mayall: Vince Cable needs to look beyond the headline figures and develop a long-term solution to Royal Mail's problems
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The not so jolly postman
Postal worker Roy Mayall loves his job – the fresh air, the early starts, even the Christmas rush. But this year it's not quite so much fun
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No united front at the Royal MailRoy Mayall: The thought of striking managers caused hilarity in the posties' smoking shed this morning. The thought of privatisation didn't
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Don't go postal over election leafletsRoy Mayall: Election leaflets might seem a relic in the age of TV debates, but they do serve an important function for smaller parties
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Royal Mail's plan for junk deliveriesRoy Mayall: Postal workers will soon be under pressure to deliver junk mail to every household
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Don't take posties' bikes away
Roy Mayall: Royal Mail wants us to stop delivering on bicycles and drive vans instead – a move at odds with sustainable transport policy
The privatised Royal Mail will get a Christmas bonanza – but not us posties