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And who is going to do this investment Copps...Most people are employed by company's with 0-25 employee's...These company's haven't ever seen a penny of outside investment ever!!! They struggle to compete with low wages elsewhere like Poland,Romania,China as it is..Just how are they going to pay a £10 living wage??? Nobody wants to explain that in the Labour party..it's pure fantasy.....
The minimum wage has been increasing steadily for years. As I said, a living wage of £9 in 2020 wouldn't be that far off an increasing minimum wage.There is conclusive evidence to show that the minimum wage introduction had very little effect on employment. There is also a consensus among most level-headed people that it has very little effect on prices or any other economic measure, in fact. I'm not an expert but that is as far as I know. For me it's not about producing an economic change is about the suitable standard that anyone employed should expect. There are countries/cities that have a relatively high minimum wage and maintain high employment levels. That is surely what we should aspire to?
Quote from: Filo on September 26, 2016, 07:52:40 pmAnyone who wants to do away with our Nuclear deterrent when there crackpots like the one in Russia and North Korea that are flexing their muscles on a weekly basis will never get my vote. Add to that he wants to sit down and have tea and buscuits with ISIS and other terrorist organisations!Which of North Korea's missiles can reach us, again?
Anyone who wants to do away with our Nuclear deterrent when there crackpots like the one in Russia and North Korea that are flexing their muscles on a weekly basis will never get my vote. Add to that he wants to sit down and have tea and buscuits with ISIS and other terrorist organisations!
I'm hoping to see houses built with the infrastructure to deal with those extra people occupying those areas. Sorry, not going to happen.I'm hoping for the cruelty meted out by the tories to stop.Sorry, not going to happen. I'm hoping for the north & south divide to close a bit. Sorry, not going to happen.I'm hoping that our country helps others abroad in need, but only to a degree, i want a government that prioritises it's own people first. Sorry, not going to happen.I'm hoping that eventually free prescriptions come in for working people as well as the unemployed Sorry, not going to happen.I'm hoping that she creates government that doesn't demonise the unemployed Sorry, not going to happen.The country needs to be run fairer where people get a decent wage for a decent days work. Sorry, not going to happen.The unemployed need to stop being looked down on as scroungers, many are not! Sorry, not going to happen.Until the government get the country on an even footing Sorry, not going to happen.
And these new Tory MP's you have all elected - what is their take on Brexit going to be? Are they going to be hard right or centrist? Will they support May - or challenge her?Lots of things to consider before a PM would call a General Election.
Quote from: wilts rover on October 05, 2016, 06:00:51 pmAnd these new Tory MP's you have all elected - what is their take on Brexit going to be? Are they going to be hard right or centrist? Will they support May - or challenge her?Lots of things to consider before a PM would call a General Election.There always are lots of pros and cons. For example, I've always been convinced that Gordon Brown opted not to call a GE in the autumn of 2007 because he was concerned about possible Labour losses to the SNP in Scotland. Ironically they would have been nothing on the scale of last year's cataclysm.I'd have thought the Brexit stance of the Tory Party would have been low down her list of concerns. The party at large is probably more Eurosceptic than the Parliamentary Party, and any new MPs are likely to reflect that. If I was in May's kitten heels I'd be more concerned about holding a GE in Spring 2020 when we will have a different relationship with the EU and any post-Brexit turbulence is likely to be being felt. Also there is a distinct possibility that the Lib Dems might be much stronger by then. And unlike a Corbyn-led Labour might pose a real threat to Tory-held seats.
Although I'm pretty certain the Tories will hold Witney in the forthcoming by-election, the size of the Lib Dem vote will be interesting.
A man of his word then. Unlike our despised and despicable Foreign Secretary.BobG