Chancy Termites said:So having pursued 14 years of house price inflation through an excess of credit and money printing, Labour are now saying "look, nobody can afford to live here any more! Let's increase inflation then borrow and print more money for people to pay their rents/ mortgages with,"
"Oh and by the way, let's sign up to an overarching global free trade deal because obviously increasing our costs in the UK relative to the rest of the world won't have any effect on our international competitiveness."
Stupid, thick twats are never happy unless they're destroying the economy.
malg said:Saying that if they win the General Election they will raise the minimum wage to £8 an hour. Fair play to Millibland, this is a vote winner.
He's on the Andrew Marr show right now.
Edit: said the following:
1. They will raise the higher tax bracket to 50%.
2. Wouldn't be dragged into the English MPs voting on English issues.
3. NHS would be protected, everyone would be able to see their GP within 48 hours.
Handled himself quite well, but still sounds like he needs to blow his nose.
denislawsbackheel said:Chancy Termites said:So having pursued 14 years of house price inflation through an excess of credit and money printing, Labour are now saying "look, nobody can afford to live here any more! Let's increase inflation then borrow and print more money for people to pay their rents/ mortgages with,"
"Oh and by the way, let's sign up to an overarching global free trade deal because obviously increasing our costs in the UK relative to the rest of the world won't have any effect on our international competitiveness."
Stupid, thick twats are never happy unless they're destroying the economy.
Infantile response.
bluealf said:Will the folk getting £8.50 an hour now see their wage rise proportionally to nearer 10 at the same time ?
I very much doubt that tbh
That's what the Tories said when the minimum wage was first introduced!Paulpowersleftfoot said:malg said:Saying that if they win the General Election they will raise the minimum wage to £8 an hour. Fair play to Millibland, this is a vote winner.
He's on the Andrew Marr show right now.
£8 hr is unsustainable for a lot of businesses and will see many low waged jobs disappearing
Len Rum said:That's what the Tories said when the minimum wage was first introduced!Paulpowersleftfoot said:malg said:Saying that if they win the General Election they will raise the minimum wage to £8 an hour. Fair play to Millibland, this is a vote winner.
He's on the Andrew Marr show right now.
£8 hr is unsustainable for a lot of businesses and will see many low waged jobs disappearing