The Labour Government

lefty goldblatt said:
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I love stuff like this and wonder who it appeals to?

The wording assumes that everything was hunky-dory and the UK was lounging in riches and splendour. Then, these came along and wrecked it all with, well, a couple of days from how the media have reacted since.

However, on the other hand, the A Team were a crew who aided social justice by fighting the establishment and their cronies, praised by everybody for fighting for the poor or downtrodden.

But which one is it, the A Team fighting for workers rights, better pay and conditions, or the ones killing the country following 14 years of taking even more money from the poor or downtrodden?

It’s a strange world.
 
The Future’s Blue! said:
I love stuff like this and wonder who it appeals to?

The wording assumes that everything was hunky-dory and the UK was lounging in riches and splendour. Then, these came along and wrecked it all with, well, a couple of days from how the media have reacted since.

However, on the other hand, the A Team were a crew who aided social justice by fighting the establishment and their cronies, praised by everybody for fighting for the poor or downtrodden.

But which one is it, the A Team fighting for workers rights, better pay and conditions, or the ones killing the country following 14 years of taking even more money from the poor or downtrodden?

It’s a strange world.
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Some people have short memories. I mean, it was 14 years!
 
Don Karleone said:
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Exactly what is wrong with the Labour Party and why people will never trust them when they have all this in-fighting.

These MPs are supposed to come together as a collective to look after their people when the reality is that they’d rather force themselves out of power and allow the likes of Reform to make policies that they can complain against.

I was hoping that people would come together, and at least sort the social infrastructure of this country out. Turns out that it’s not about that, it’s all about power, even if it means losing.

Enjoy your misery, it’s seems that’s where certain Labour supporters want to be.
 
TinFoilHat said:
Another bonus with Ange out the way is they can water down the employment rights bill a bit more.
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mosssideblue said:
Why would they do that?
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And today we wake up to calls by the Cuntservatives to scrap the Employment Rights Bill.

Wonder why the multi billionnaire owner of a loss making newspaper would wage a war against the Deputy PM ?

Answers on a postcard please.

(btw if your employed and / or working class and vote for the Tories .. you need to give your head a wobble )
 
The Future’s Blue! said:
Exactly what is wrong with the Labour Party and why people will never trust them when they have all this in-fighting.

These MPs are supposed to come together as a collective to look after their people when the reality is that they’d rather force themselves out of power and allow the likes of Reform to make policies that they can complain against.

I was hoping that people would come together, and at least sort the social infrastructure of this country out. Turns out that it’s not about that, it’s all about power, even if it means losing.

Enjoy your misery, it’s seems that’s where certain Labour supporters want to be.
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What you are saying in effect is that the membership who were hoodwinked into choosing Starmer should just accept he is more Tory wet than what they believed.
They should also just siit there and do nothing while a cabinet runs the country in a way they didn't want?
I'm not sure the option of Tory, Tory lite or madder Tory is gonna be acceptable to the left.

All about power? That's what you are arguing for, we finally got in, well we didn't but the Name is the same, don't rock the boat, just enjoy someone pretending to be like you in charge.
 
mosssideblue said:
Why would they do that?
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Perhaps the government now feels that it would be unwise, and entirely counterproductive, to add to the rise in unemployment and inflation already caused by the NIC hike.

Or that it might be wise to pass responsibility for workers rights to somebody who has more experience of working in the private sector than Angela Rayner. And when I say more experience, I mean anybody that has worked a single day in the private sector.
 
Brewster's millions said:
Perhaps the government now feels that it would be unwise, and entirely counterproductive, to add to the rise in unemployment and inflation already caused by the NIC hike.

Or that it might be wise to pass responsibility for workers rights to somebody who has more experience of working in the private sector than Angela Rayner. And when I say more experience, I mean anybody that has worked a single day in the private sector.
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The companies that are moaning the most about NIC increases are also reporting record profits.
 
Brewster's millions said:
Perhaps the government now feels that it would be unwise, and entirely counterproductive, to add to the rise in unemployment and inflation already caused by the NIC hike.

Or that it might be wise to pass responsibility for workers rights to somebody who has more experience of working in the private sector than Angela Rayner. And when I say more experience, I mean anybody that has worked a single day in the private sector.
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The eternal cry of the capitalist. Abolish child labour laws? Can't afford that. A ten hour day? Can't afford that. Factory Act? Can't afford that. (19th century law changes promoted by Tories motivated by Christian ethics.)
A full weekend off? Can't afford that. Minimum wage? Can't afford that.
 
blueinsa said:
That’s simply not true.

It hurts all business employing people.
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www.independent.co.uk

Tesco faces £1bn national insurance hike amid price rise fears

Industry bosses have warned of soaring costs and job losses in the wake of Labour’s maiden budget
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk

www.foodmanufacture.co.uk

Tesco profits top £3 billion

Tesco has reported an adjusted operating profit of £3.1 billion for the 12-month period ending 22 February 2025.
www.foodmanufacture.co.uk www.foodmanufacture.co.uk

No it doesnt ..... they simply pass on the bill to the consumer.
 
Vic said:
The eternal cry of the capitalist. Abolish child labour laws? Can't afford that. A ten hour day? Can't afford that. Factory Act? Can't afford that. (19th century law changes promoted by Tories motivated by Christian ethics.)
A full weekend off? Can't afford that. Minimum wage? Can't afford that.
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Capitalists, eh?

All they’re interested in is artificially inflating the value of their assets without doing anything productive or helping the working classes. And then when they sell up so that they can spend their money on frivolous, materialistic items, they do so without paying their fair share of taxes. Sickening.

A heard about a particularly harrowing case the other day. Somebody bumped up the value of a house to £650k - far above what it was actually worth - so that they could sell a share of it to a vulnerable person and go off buying property in some bourgeois enclave on the capitalist southern coast. And they didn’t even pay all the taxes they owed.

Shameless behaviour.
 
Ifwecouldjust....... said:
www.independent.co.uk

Tesco faces £1bn national insurance hike amid price rise fears

Industry bosses have warned of soaring costs and job losses in the wake of Labour’s maiden budget
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk

www.foodmanufacture.co.uk

Tesco profits top £3 billion

Tesco has reported an adjusted operating profit of £3.1 billion for the 12-month period ending 22 February 2025.
www.foodmanufacture.co.uk www.foodmanufacture.co.uk

No it doesnt ..... they simply pass on the bill to the consumer.
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I know. All business will just pass it on or freeze recruitment.

That’s the point, it’s a shit policy.
 
blueinsa said:
It’s also seeing the level of unemployment rise, something that has happened every month under this government so it just puts costs elsewhere into the system.
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It’s not a net position for the exchequer though.I’m really not sure what the alternative should have been, given personal tax rises would have been unpalatable too.
 
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