The Labour Government

[bobbyowenquiff]

Can you explain how you believe AI is currently going to make all legislation irrelevant

Not all legislation. But a lot of the current legislation does not take account of the huge changes in life so will have to be redrafted or scrapped. We are already struggling to cope with the growth of digitisation in society. Shutting the stable door after the social media horse has bolted. The AI revolution is a much bigger change than the Internet. The entire Government structure and process is asleep at the wheel. Other countries, especially in the East, have left us behind.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Labour’s employment rights bill will finally become law after a battle in the House of Lords, paving the way for significant new rights for workers on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts.
Expected to be given Royal Assent tomorrow.

Hands up - All those that won't be surprised, when.

* Unemployment goes up ( even more )**

* Hiring decreases

* People start moving their businesses abroad.

** There are an estimated 1.2 million people on ZHC's in the UK - How many of them will be told, on your delivery bike and GTF, no contract for you, sunshine.

Labour are now considering to issue those claiming benefits free TV Licences. I wonder where the money for that will come from?
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tv-licences-benefits-claimants-government-plans-b1262888.html

Hands up - All those that won't be suprised, when.

*Ending fire-and-rehire improves morale and retention
*Decent pay reduces recruitment crises
*Job security reduces staff turnover
*Workers have more spending power
*Good employers compete on innovation, not exploitation.
*Stable contracts lead to higher productivity
*Fewer people rely on in-work benefits subsidised by taxpayers
*Moving abroad” remains a empty threat mostly used by firms already avoiding tax
*Businesses that plan long-term adapt -as they always have

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Even when good things happen, certain people will find a negative.

Inflation down, and most probably interest rates - good.
Wage rises well above inflation - good.
Workers rights for the majority of the country who are not rich - good.
Huge investment into social policies and housing incentives - good.

I could go on but some will only find fault. Regardless of party, if they’re doing something that benefits the majority of the country, which these policies do, I’m very much up for that.

 

[hampshireblue]

Labour’s employment rights bill will finally become law after a battle in the House of Lords, paving the way for significant new rights for workers on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts.
Expected to be given Royal Assent tomorrow.

Hands up - All those that won't be surprised, when.

* Unemployment goes up ( even more )**

* Hiring decreases

* People start moving their businesses abroad.

** There are an estimated 1.2 million people on ZHC's in the UK - How many of them will be told, on your delivery bike and GTF, no contract for you, sunshine.

Labour are now considering to issue those claiming benefits free TV Licences. I wonder where the money for that will come from?
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tv-licences-benefits-claimants-government-plans-b1262888.html

I "considered" buying a Rolls Royce. I couldn't afford it so it didn't happen. Don't forget many pensioners are benefits claimants.

My stepson was on ZHC. Just before Christmas 2 years ago, the company told him no work until April. He booked an extended trip to the Far East. The company were really annoyed when they changed their mind a few days later to find he was no longer available to work early in the New Year.

 

[stonerblue]

Labour’s employment rights bill will finally become law after a battle in the House of Lords, paving the way for significant new rights for workers on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts.
Expected to be given Royal Assent tomorrow.

Hands up - All those that won't be surprised, when.

* Unemployment goes up ( even more )**

* Hiring decreases

* People start moving their businesses abroad.

** There are an estimated 1.2 million people on ZHC's in the UK - How many of them will be told, on your delivery bike and GTF, no contract for you, sunshine.

Labour are now considering to issue those claiming benefits free TV Licences. I wonder where the money for that will come from?
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tv-licences-benefits-claimants-government-plans-b1262888.html

Good.
Taking the piss and removing workers rights is a cunts trick.
If a business wants to have the workers working for peanuts with no right to sick pay, no guaranteed hours and no maternity leave then let them fuck off abroad and use some other poor saps to carry out their slave labour.

 

[Blackley_Blue]

Day one sick pay..... But don't worry, it'll increase productivity.... Bollocks.....

Part of the reason the NHS is fucked is because it rewards piss takers with wishy washy HR policies that mean it's virtually impossible to get sacked... This sounds like it'll mean more of the same.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Good.
Taking the piss and removing workers rights is a cunts trick.
If a business wants to have the workers working for peanuts with no right to sick pay, no guaranteed hours and no maternity leave then let them fuck off abroad and use some other poor saps to carry out their slave labour.

I was reading the comments on the FT website about this. You could tell they were written by employers who see people as a resource rather than human.

Lots of empty threats about closing their businesses because they've been "shackled by the party of the unions"

It's a good thing. As for forty years the system has been skewed too far the other way. It could be a lot better though.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Sir Keir Starmer says he's been working with Ukraine and its allies on how to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukrainians "in their hour of need".

"Today, Mr Speaker, I can announce that we're issuing a licence to transfer £2.5bn from the sale of Chelsea Football Club that's been frozen since 2022.

"My message to Abramovich is this: The clock is ticking, honour the commitment that you made, and pay up now. And if you don't, we're prepared to go to court, so every penny reaches those whose lives have been torn apart by Putin's illegal war."

 

[hampshireblue]

I’ve no idea what advice they are taking, or from whom, but it’s not working. There are some fantastic people around who have grown their own businesses very successfully often in very challenging markets. They should be closer to the government.

Or maybe they are too busy making money for themselves to want to get involved in potentially spreading wealth a bit more equally across the population.

Any thoughts on who you may want to get involved?

 

[hilts]

Labour’s employment rights bill will finally become law after a battle in the House of Lords, paving the way for significant new rights for workers on sick pay, parental leave and zero-hours contracts.
Expected to be given Royal Assent tomorrow.

Hands up - All those that won't be surprised, when.

* Unemployment goes up ( even more )**

* Hiring decreases

* People start moving their businesses abroad.

** There are an estimated 1.2 million people on ZHC's in the UK - How many of them will be told, on your delivery bike and GTF, no contract for you, sunshine.

Labour are now considering to issue those claiming benefits free TV Licences. I wonder where the money for that will come from?
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tv-licences-benefits-claimants-government-plans-b1262888.html

Are you saying these companies gave people work for a laugh, who is gonna do the work they were doing.

Employment rights are a good thing for millions of hard working people in this country.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Bah, humbug!

 

[metalblue]

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Fuck me Labour love a list don’t they. Please validate us. It’s all a bit needy.

I can’t be arsed to read it as it’s like one of them word search puzzles but I presume stop public sector strikes is no longer on the list (it was on an earlier list of achievements).

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Similar to some of the fans on here who constantly slag off players and the team in general, they would prefer things to be shit so they have something to be miserable about.
You don't hear a peep when there's a bit of positivity but god forbid there's something negative then it's like Xmas fucking morning for them.

Labour very much remind me of City. Whatever they do they won’t get any recognition from the establishment led, rancid media and if Starmer cured world poverty and single handedly saved the world from destruction, they would still say ‘Yeah, but compared to Thatcher!’.

 

[Pancake Arse]

Starmer's rejoining campaign gathers momentum with him rejoining Erasmus (ignoring the Turing scheme we set up instead which is global and better in scope). He's also paying them £576,000,000 A YEAR for the honour.
The EU must love it, they know he'll sign up to anything and pay whatever they ask.

Black hole? What black hole?

Next we can expect the youth mobility scheme (more freedom of movement) which he stated last year would never happen, then rip up those trade deals as its Customs Union time.
Not a Brexit reset, its blatant taxpayer betrayal of highest order.

 

[hampshireblue]

Starmer's rejoining campaign gathers momentum with him rejoining Erasmus (ignoring the Turing scheme we set up instead which is global and better in scope). He's also paying them £576,000,000 A YEAR for the honour.
The EU must love it, they know he'll sign up to anything and pay whatever they ask.

Black hole? What black hole?

Next we can expect the youth mobility scheme (more freedom of movement) which he stated last year would never happen, then rip up those trade deals as its Customs Union time.
Not a Brexit reset, its blatant taxpayer betrayal of highest order.

Nah. Betrayal was the likes of Michelle Mone and those who recommended her and other cronies to the "VIP" lane for dodgy contracts. I wonder how many other countries did something like that.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Starmer's rejoining campaign gathers momentum with him rejoining Erasmus (ignoring the Turing scheme we set up instead which is global and better in scope). He's also paying them £576,000,000 A YEAR for the honour.
The EU must love it, they know he'll sign up to anything and pay whatever they ask.

Black hole? What black hole?

Next we can expect the youth mobility scheme (more freedom of movement) which he stated last year would never happen, then rip up those trade deals as its Customs Union time.
Not a Brexit reset, its blatant taxpayer betrayal of highest order.

Andrew Neil is spot on there.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Erasamus sounds like good craic. Never knew anyone who did it tho.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Andrew Neil is spot on there.

Andrew Neil turned out to be an absolute prick. From a former stalwart of British journalism, to past GB News influencer, even he realised that he had completely fucked up.

Bit like the Conservative Party.

 

[Kush45]

So let's get this right. Labour gave the junior doctors a massive pay rise and now they want more so go back out on strike whilst a flu epidemic is causing chaos around the country.

And oh well unemployment is going up.

Some job they are doing.

 

[Vic]

Whence this assumption that Erasmus+ will benefit only middle class students?