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Post by Bentley on Jan 5, 2023 22:21:59 GMT
Indeed .The last bus in our village is about 17.30. The last bus in our village is after the last one to phone for it, even then it doesn't always turn up. You have the village bus that you need to order? |
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Post by Steve on Jan 5, 2023 23:00:12 GMT
So back on topic, from elsewhere: www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-outlines-his-five-key-priorities-for-2023 'So I’d like to tell you my five immediate priorities.
These are the five foundations I know can build a better, more secure, more prosperous future that this country deserves. - We will halve inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security.
- We will grow the economy, creating better-paid jobs and opportunity right across the country.
- We will make sure our national debt is falling so that we can secure the future of public services.
- By March, NHS waiting lists will fall and people will get the care they need more quickly.
- We will pass new laws to stop small boats, making sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed.'
Well let's kick the tyres on those. First of all they're not a 'plan' as some say, they are points of focus. We will halve inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security.Well halving inflation will take no new effort will it, it's already forecast. But which people is he going to give that financial security too. It won't be all We will grow the economy, creating better-paid jobs and opportunity right across the country.Sounds big but it really isn't because he doesn't give any time span. He could get one month of growth and create very few jobs and claim he's met it. What will be the true test is at the next election whether the economy is bigger and unemployment down from where they are now. But he's not committing to that is he We will make sure our national debt is falling so that we can secure the future of public services.Again sounds big but actually promises bugger all as he will claim just one positive month before the election means he's met that even if the National Debt is higher than it is now - which it undoubtedly will be. By March, NHS waiting lists will fall and people will get the care they need more quickly.Well no Shit Sherlock they couldn't get any worse could they by then. And any fool knows things always get better as spring dawns. We will pass new laws to stop small boats, making sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed.Note he doesn't actually promised 'he will stop small boats' just another round of failed initiatives Summary: he's promising bugger all and dressing it up to be something big. It'll fool dyed in the wool Conservative voters but will it fool the middle ground he has to win to stay elected in 2025? It might do |
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Post by oracle75 on Jan 6, 2023 8:55:50 GMT
The idea is that we buy less so the price goes down. We can't stop buying things but can choose a less expensive lifestyle. Unfortunately much of the inflation is because of a war elsewhere making energy to produce things and therefore "things" more expensive. The government can't do much about that since GB imports so much.and it has no spare money after what it spent on covid which is becoming even more to pay back because interest rates are going up and at the same time the value of the pound is going down. The only way out I can see is some miracle where GB makes something everyone wants and everyone starts investing in the country. But GB sold off most of its assets and means of production years ago and other countries prefer to invest where the best Scientists and markets are...the USA and the EU where access in and out is easier. But shops can't afford to put prices down, they need to make a profit to keep their heads above water.
Unless it's online, shops have to pay for their stock, rents/rates/energy bills and so on, they have to pass that on to the customer, so there is more chance they need to raise prices not drop them, if they drop their prices they go out of business, we buy less shops just go bust.
They will hold less stock and, as now, open for fewer hours, or try new initiatives. As they are doing now. |
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Post by oracle75 on Jan 6, 2023 9:02:25 GMT
The privately owned shareholders want less costs and more dividend. They don't care that disabled people need help getting on and off trains, can't buy a ticket online and haven't been able to talk to a real person to get information for years. What used to be a public SERVICE is now a financial cash cow. Was the service better for disabled people when it was nationalised? The government wants to abolish guards. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2023 9:05:31 GMT
So you don't agree with Mick Lynch that:
Workers should be paid a decent wage?Safety checks on the railways should not be reduced by 50%? People should not be forced to work unsocial hours? Says more about you than Lynch if you do not. They are paid a decent wage. And as for mick lynch there isn't a bigger C@NT that wore 2 shoes the commie bastard. I hope that helps. It only makes you look foolish.😔 |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2023 9:06:30 GMT
Why would it not operate during unsocial hours? Oh, its another troll question. 😔 Maybe you should direct your research to those who live in the sticks. Our Public transport system is no more than a pathetic joke. That is not because of strikes. Maybe you should direct your ire at the government. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2023 9:10:34 GMT
Wages have been falling for over a decade, that is not subjective. A wage that takes into account inflation would be a start. The rail companies want to reduce safety checks by 50%, check it out. So we 'force' people to work unsocial hours? Nobody should be forced to work shifts they have not agreed to. Doesn’t refute my point . Read my second sentence and make an effort to understand it . Same goes for third sentence . Reducing safety checks by 50% will not increase safety it will lower it, as to how many are carried out now that will have been agreed by the rail operators and unions. People who want to work unsocial hours are perfectly free to do so but one cannot force 'any' employee to do them. Unless you are happy with forced labour? |
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Post by Bentley on Jan 6, 2023 15:28:46 GMT
Doesn’t refute my point . Read my second sentence and make an effort to understand it . Same goes for third sentence . Reducing safety checks by 50% will not increase safety it will lower it, as to how many are carried out now that will have been agreed by the rail operators and unions. People who want to work unsocial hours are perfectly free to do so but one cannot force 'any' employee to do them. Unless you are happy with forced labour? Not necessarily . Unless you are an engineer and involved in the process ,you don’t know what you are talking about . If the service operates during ‘ unsocial hours’ then everyone should contribute during unsocial hours. Lol hyperbole rules 😁 |
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Post by Pacifico on Jan 6, 2023 15:55:24 GMT
Doesn’t refute my point . Read my second sentence and make an effort to understand it . Same goes for third sentence . Reducing safety checks by 50% will not increase safety it will lower it, as to how many are carried out now that will have been agreed by the rail operators and unions. People who want to work unsocial hours are perfectly free to do so but one cannot force 'any' employee to do them. Unless you are happy with forced labour? pure bunk..  |
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