The Labour Government

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Also the idea that they would not have discussed Diego Garcia airbase with the Americans is for the birds. They are now claiming this is the start of negotiations to "sell off" NI. Gibraltar then the Falklands - they are so desperate to remain relevant they continue to make shit up

Have we given up Sea Cow Island too?

 

[Manc in London]

How much do bin men get now?

£27k for ops staff and £32k for drivers. This is at a London council. 36 hours per week

 

[Manc in London]

Plumbers are grossly overpaid, just saying. But they still don't get to be earning £150k a year with a brilliant pension as they get more senior. Just saying.

Sadly, that's the market. To be fair to plumbers, they need to be trained and accredited.

Where I live in London, labourers are charging c£200 per day. Painters/decorators a tad more.

 

[bluethrunthru]

£27k for ops staff and £32k for drivers. This is at a London council. 36 hours per week

So their employers are paying a wage they can live on and the tax payer isn't subsidising that? If so isn't that the proverbial "make work pay"?

 

[metalblue]

Also the idea that they would not have discussed Diego Garcia airbase with the Americans is for the birds. They are now claiming this is the start of negotiations to "sell off" NI. Gibraltar then the Falklands - they are so desperate to remain relevant they continue to make shit up

All political parties make shit up.

 

[TinFoilHat]

 

[TinFoilHat]

 

[yerwot?]

Diego Garcia was needed by the US for refueling the B52 nuclear deterrent, and used it as a condition of the deal on the Polaris mirv missile system. Simon Winchester wote extensively about the treatment of the inhabitants that were forcibly removed with no recompense. They were told they were going for medical checkups. They had british passports, but were treated as prisoners of war, were prevented from settling in britain, pretty shabby even for a british government.

 

[Vic]

I think it wasn't a case of giving it back, I think the lease ran out!

Indeed. Thatcher agreed to give HK back because of a legal agreement. Labour has agreed to allow people back after their illegal expulsion for geopolitical reasons.

Both are the right choice. The only people wrong here are the Tories and RW press wanting to perpetuate a crime against humanity.

 

[Vic]

"Why is it still in the news?" asks a news agency still asking questions about it.