And the writer hoped the military authorities would "drop a note" to the Milton quintette and a few of the other "casehardened
shirkers" who attend gatherings such as the sports when they should be doing their duty alongside those sacrificing themselves at the front.
Her daughter Christobel was more controversial, attacking "the male slackers and
shirkers in the munitions".
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"And the argument, the false dichotomy of pushing British people against foreigners, or
shirkers against strivers, it's a false argument," he continued.
It is too easy for some to conclude that there are people about who are lazy and natural
shirkers.
"It is based on the misguided, misinformed and cynical assumption that those on benefits are '
shirkers' or 'skivers' and it is hugely unfair.
You people have to stop labelling us as scum, junkies or job
shirkers. We pay our taxes, we want to work.
Aren't they all from the same party whose policies and rhetoric effectively divvied up the electorate into
shirkers and strivers when they first came to power?
To add insult to injury, benefit recipients are simultaneously being targeted as 'skivers and
shirkers' in a breathtakingly vicious campaign of slander and vilification.
Male
shirkers were more prone to anxiety and heart palpitations and were less likely to be able to concentrate than men who split the housework down the middle with their partners, the study found.
But there were also 'time-servers, boozers...[and]
shirkers'.
WORKERS are fed up with under-performing colleagues and want bosses to bring in new ways of "shopping
shirkers", according to a new report yesterday.
The feminization of
shirkers and conscientious objectors in public discourse helped to masculinize male war workers and farmers.