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Post by ratcliff on May 7, 2024 16:27:09 GMT
I wasn't offering an opinion, I was stating facts. All I clarified was how PIP is calculated. How you deduced that this is "left wing" or that I'm "defending" people on benefits, that's purely in your head. My only opinion that I offered earlier was that £184 isn't a lot to live on. I don't. Yep - But it's not only £184 is it? Plus the rest (Cant recall if you are one of the lefties who also pretend that the full state pension (circa £200 pw) is plenty for OAPs to live on) And as a typical lefty making standard excuses for benefit spongers you deliberately ignore the part of the quote from the scrounger friendly benefitsandwork website which categorically states that the non means tested PIP for those who are claiming MH anxiety so want handouts on opening the gas bill and ''cannot'' leave the house is even more bunce on top of all the handouts they already get and opens the doors to even greater handouts . PIP is paid on top of almost every other benefit and may lead to an increase in some benefits or entitlement to additional benefits.
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on May 7, 2024 18:14:08 GMT
Last time they were still blaming the Tories after three terms in office. 
Indeed, some of them are still blaming Thatcher!  Yeah - Andy Burnham was doing that this morning and she has been dead for 10 years.. What an absolute tool. Still at least he's admitting that Labour are shit. Not that the dullard realises it. |
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Post by jonksy on May 9, 2024 5:16:48 GMT
I assume the police will now prosecute the lawyer, for unlawful intimidation ? Lamborghini-driving lawyer, who ran for the West Midlands mayoralty, at the centre of row over a 'deep-fake' video that led to a viral hate campaign against an innocent teacher..... A Lamborghini-driving lawyer who ran for the West Midlands mayoralty is at the centre of a row over a 'deep-fake' video which led to a viral hate campaign against an innocent teacher. The video, taken on a doorbell camera, used subtitles to suggest the woman had used a racial slur while canvassing for Labour. It was shared by Akhmed Yakoob, the independent candidate who came third in last Thursday's vote, to his 194,000 TikTok followers. Labour said it had employed an external digital forensics company, which found evidence that the video had been manipulated. West Midlands Police yesterday said officers had examined the original footage and concluded no offensive words were uttered. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13397641/West-Midlands-mayoral-hopeful-fake-video-row-racist-teacher.html |
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Post by johnofgwent on May 9, 2024 7:11:38 GMT
I think that we might be deluding ourselves about the follow on to a Labour win at the election, we assume that things will be so bad that the electorate will immediately vote in someone else at the following election, don't bank on it. London has become a third world mess under Khan, there is two tier policing, anti Jewish demonstrations, ULEZ, a demonstrable break down in law and order favouring Muslims, there are celebrations of Ramadan but not Easter, and we expected him to lose the election, but he has been voted back with a majority. Once Labour get in they will not be easy to dislodge, they will have a tame civil service, postal voting and will be bribing their supporters with our taxes. With freedom of speech law restrictions and establishment pressures to ban GB News you will have to rely on the BBC to be informed of what is happening, and we know what that means don't we. Fundamental to labour monopoly of power are policies to reduce voter age to include children, and votes for immigrants straight off the boat without requiring them to pay to become citizens. It’s worked very well for them in Wales although in common with Netanyahu you need a unicameral legislature and a small number of rabidly genocidal extremists to prop the mainstream party up… |
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Post by witchfinder on May 9, 2024 9:40:04 GMT
I see that there are lots and lots of people with crystal balls, all guessing what MIGHT happen under a Labour government.
The two greatest problems as I see it are The NHS and The Economy, with the NHS consistently been in the top two concerns of voters.
The NHS has deteriorated in every aspect, and in every direction since 2010, and no it is not down to Covid, which of course has not helped, the deterioration began long before 2020. Whether it be time it takes to get a GP appointment, ambulance response times, waiting lists, waiting times or cuts to services.
But probably the most appaling statistics are in Mental Health, and especially in childrens mental health, which the government should be thoroughly ashamed of. What kind of country or society are we where children wait months for URGENT appointments ?. In some areas there are no child psychiatrists, and trusts and hospitals cannot recruit any, because people dont want to work in our NHS.
The Labour Party, like the Conservatives, will not be publishing a full Manifesto until the election, but the promise of fixing our broken NHS is one very good reason to vote Labour ( they did it last time ).
Taking our railways into state ownership is very popular, especially here in the North where services are the worst in Europe.
Creating a Great British Energy Company where profits are used for the good of consumors instead of filling the pockets of people in France.
But the bottom line when people consider who to vote for will be "can it be any worse than this"
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Post by jonksy on May 9, 2024 9:47:59 GMT
I see that there are lots and lots of people with crystal balls, all guessing what MIGHT happen under a Labour government. The two greatest problems as I see it are The NHS and The Economy, with the NHS consistently been in the top two concerns of voters. The NHS has deteriorated in every aspect, and in every direction since 2010, and no it is not down to Covid, which of course has not helped, the deterioration began long before 2020. Whether it be time it takes to get a GP appointment, ambulance response times, waiting lists, waiting times or cuts to services. But probably the most appaling statistics are in Mental Health, and especially in childrens mental health, which the government should be thoroughly ashamed of. What kind of country or society are we where children wait months for URGENT appointments ?. In some areas there are no child psychiatrists, and trusts and hospitals cannot recruit any, because people dont want to work in our NHS. The Labour Party, like the Conservatives, will not be publishing a full Manifesto until the election, but the promise of fixing our broken NHS is one very good reason to vote Labour ( they did it last time ). Taking our railways into state ownership is very popular, especially here in the North where services are the worst in Europe. Creating a Great British Energy Company where profits are used for the good of consumors instead of filling the pockets of people in France. But the bottom line when people consider who to vote for will be "can it be any worse than this" We don't need a crystal ball fiddles to see how bad it will be under starmer and his crew. |
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Post by om15 on May 9, 2024 10:16:20 GMT
Annabel Denham writes today on her vision of a prospective Labour Government, I find myself in agreement,
Of all the peculiarities of Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour, perhaps none is as curious as her insistence that Labour occupy the “centre-ground”.
Though the received wisdom is that Keir Starmer is a harmless moderate, there is little evidence to back it up. As recently as 2020, the Labour leader promised to “make the moral case for socialism”.
His shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, intends to “rebalance between market forces and state control, tipping more power towards the latter”, and believes Nigel Lawson was “wrong not only in application but in theory”.
And his shadow climate secretary, Ed Miliband, believes we can power a nation of nearly 70 million people on energy which can disappear completely for days at a time.
What we know of the agenda is no less terrifying than the views of those peddling it. Miliband last week confirmed that Labour will introduce new net zero laws forcing big companies and banks to limit their carbon footprint.
Nevermind that Britain’s top businesses are already regulated to within an inch of their lives – the financial sector in particular.
Many businesses will have thousands of suppliers – how can they ensure all are reporting accurately? It’s a colossal task which will unproductively employ hundreds of people in big firms and countless more bureaucrats collating and checking data.
And quite what Labour means when they say we need a “proper” windfall tax on oil and gas companies when they already face a marginal tax rate of 75pc is a mystery.
Domestic investment has already been driven away, and that’s before Labour imposes a ban on new drilling. This is the income stream on which the party’s National Wealth Fund, to “rebuild [our] industrial strength” will in part be based. In what world won’t bills go up?
There will also be a “boiler tax”, even though the Tory experiment in the idea saw manufacturers raising prices to cover the fines they knew they would have to pay. And a 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, brought forward from 2035, that will have similar effects.
Meanwhile, dismayed though Angela Rayner may be by reports her “New Deal for Workers” will be watered down, Labour still intends to bring in an avalanche of new entitlements, ranging from the impractical (flexible working from day one) to the absurd (a “right to disconnect”).
Far from repealing the Equality Act – legislation introduced in 2010 to stamp out discrimination in the workplace, but which has instead disincentivised hiring and undermined the concept of meritocracy – Labour will double down with a Race Equality Act that will impose yet more monitoring requirements on businesses and expand the quasi-Marxist notion of “equal pay”.
This plan, according to one estimate, could deliver up to £26bn in extra pay to ethnic minority workers – a bill that would be paid by shareholders, other workers and taxpayers.
And though Starmer has announced a war on “Nimbyism”, committing Labour to building 1.5 million homes over five years in office, his party voted against Tory plans to scrap the nutrient neutrality rules which have prevented the construction of tens of thousands of houses.
What’s more, there can be little hope they will bring down net migration levels, which place significant pressure on the housing market.
It won’t stop there. Reeves has previously advocated an overhaul of council tax bands – a move that could cost households an average of £1,200 a year – and wants to make “tech giants pay their fair share”.
Labour will end so-called “no fault evictions”, preventing landlords from, quite reasonably, reclaiming their property after an agreed period of time. Starmer will renationalise rail – at great expense to the taxpayer – yet has admitted there may be no reduction in fares.
The nation will be repeatedly held to ransom by overmighty unions demanding pay rises that far outstrip those in the private sector in the name of “fairness”.
The party might not have a shadow chancellor who will enthusiastically wield a well-thumbed copy of Mao’s “Little Red Book” anymore, but its key players appear to view success with suspicion and businesses as ethically dodgy.
Employees will be indulged at all times, their wellbeing prioritised over customers and clients. Unions will reign supreme, with strikes easier to organise and minimum service levels banned.
Our prosperity will be sacrificed on the altar of net zero.
Labour have a point when they hammer the Reagan question – “after 14 years of Tory government, do you feel richer?”
But under “red-green” socialist Keir Starmer, Britain must prepare to be much poorer. It may not be long before voters regret their apathy – or desire to punish Rishi Sunak’s Tories for their ineptitude – and clamour for the “centre-ground” they so relentlessly pursued.
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Post by witchfinder on May 9, 2024 10:42:40 GMT
On building homes, this is yet another broken promise of Rishi Sunak - he hasn't even build half the number of homes he promised to build, so its not a good idea to criticise a promise made by a political party who are in opposition.
Both Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan are going to suspend the "Right To Buy" on any new build council homes, and this alone will improve the dire housing situation.
Having a situation where local authorities build new homes to rent, which are then eventually bought at knock down prices is like trying to fill a bath tub with water without the plug been in.
Rachel Reeve is a Labour moderate, and a highly qualified economist with lots of experience working in the Bank Of England, she has been praised as been highly competent by Marc Carney, a former Governor of the Bank of England.
Rachel Reeve wants to help British businesses become world leaders, but she also believes in fairness, a word you wont find in the "Conservative Dictionary". The pendulum is currently too far in the direction of unscrupulous employers and mega-corporations who DO NOT pay their fair share of tax, and who take advantage of employees.
Companies such as Amazon and Google will of course have a choice, the could, if they so wish, take their mega-warehouses and flash office blocks, from where they make BILLIONS, and take them elsewhere if they dont want to pay a fairer proportion of tax .... Something I bet they wont do.
To say or suggest that giving back Employee Rights taken away by Conservative governments, such as the right to claims of unfair dismissal for example, is not an "aid to business", it is the removal of what are basic rights for employees, and one very good reason why lots of ordinary people will vote Labour.
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Post by Pacifico on May 9, 2024 10:45:47 GMT
I see that there are lots and lots of people with crystal balls, all guessing what MIGHT happen under a Labour government. The two greatest problems as I see it are The NHS and The Economy, with the NHS consistently been in the top two concerns of voters. The NHS has deteriorated in every aspect, and in every direction since 2010, and no it is not down to Covid, which of course has not helped, the deterioration began long before 2020. Whether it be time it takes to get a GP appointment, ambulance response times, waiting lists, waiting times or cuts to services. But probably the most appaling statistics are in Mental Health, and especially in childrens mental health, which the government should be thoroughly ashamed of. What kind of country or society are we where children wait months for URGENT appointments ?. In some areas there are no child psychiatrists, and trusts and hospitals cannot recruit any, because people dont want to work in our NHS. The Labour Party, like the Conservatives, will not be publishing a full Manifesto until the election, but the promise of fixing our broken NHS is one very good reason to vote Labour ( they did it last time ). Taking our railways into state ownership is very popular, especially here in the North where services are the worst in Europe. Creating a Great British Energy Company where profits are used for the good of consumors instead of filling the pockets of people in France. But the bottom line when people consider who to vote for will be "can it be any worse than this" We don't need a crystal ball fiddles to see how bad it will be under starmer and his crew. just look across the border into Wales - the blueprint for a Labour Government in Westminster..  |
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Post by Pacifico on May 9, 2024 10:53:58 GMT
On building homes, this is yet another broken promise of Rishi Sunak - he hasn't even build half the number of homes he promised to build, so its not a good idea to criticise a promise made by a political party who are in opposition. Not sure that Housing is a fight you can win when even your own MP's admit that Labours record on building social housing is dire.  |
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Post by jonksy on May 9, 2024 11:03:33 GMT
On building homes, this is yet another broken promise of Rishi Sunak - he hasn't even build half the number of homes he promised to build, so its not a good idea to criticise a promise made by a political party who are in opposition. Not sure that Housing is a fight you can win when even your own MP's admit that Labours record on building social housing is dire. Cardiff is 15 percent lower than the national average for new builds. Labours record for new builds in area's under their control are dire.. |
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Post by ratcliff on May 9, 2024 11:13:21 GMT
On building homes, this is yet another broken promise of Rishi Sunak - he hasn't even build half the number of homes he promised to build, so its not a good idea to criticise a promise made by a political party who are in opposition. Both Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan are going to suspend the "Right To Buy" on any new build council homes, and this alone will improve the dire housing situation. Having a situation where local authorities build new homes to rent, which are then eventually bought at knock down prices is like trying to fill a bath tub with water without the plug been in. Rachel Reeve is a Labour moderate, and a highly qualified economist with lots of experience working in the Bank Of England, she has been praised as been highly competent by Marc Carney, a former Governor of the Bank of England. Rachel Reeve wants to help British businesses become world leaders, but she also believes in fairness, a word you wont find in the "Conservative Dictionary". The pendulum is currently too far in the direction of unscrupulous employers and mega-corporations who DO NOT pay their fair share of tax, and who take advantage of employees. Companies such as Amazon and Google will of course have a choice, the could, if they so wish, take their mega-warehouses and flash office blocks, from where they make BILLIONS, and take them elsewhere if they dont want to pay a fairer proportion of tax .... Something I bet they wont do. To say or suggest that giving back Employee Rights taken away by Conservative governments, such as the right to claims of unfair dismissal for example, is not an "aid to business", it is the removal of what are basic rights for employees, and one very good reason why lots of ordinary people will vote Labour. Rachel Reeves - '' lot's of experience'' ''highly qualified economist''? She's a PPE graduate and has a postgrad masters in economics , worked a bit at the BoE and elsewhere and was standing to become an MP from the age of 25 , succeeding at her third attempt at 30 years old. (Her younger sister is also a Labour MP so lefty politics is in the family ) I'd hardly call any of that 'highly qualified' with 'lot's of experience' |
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Post by om15 on May 9, 2024 12:04:59 GMT
This was the bloke that make every wrong prediction imaginable about Brexit, tried to subvert democracy and left his position with a hugely damaged reputation.
If he does endorse Rachel Reeves that is a good a reason as any to vote for the Monster Raving Loony Party.
The Bank of England is run by lefties and haven't managed to get anything right for at least twenty years, least of all get the interest rates correct, another bunch of clueless Remainer lefties.
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Post by see2 on May 9, 2024 13:48:47 GMT
Yeah - Andy Burnham was doing that this morning and she has been dead for 10 years.. What an absolute tool. Still at least he's admitting that Labour are shit. Not that the dullard realises it. There has never in my lifetime been a bigger piece of shit filled politics than what happened under Thatcher. Nothing before and nothing since. Anything that insinuates anything different is just more typical Tory shit. |
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Post by see2 on May 9, 2024 13:59:12 GMT
On building homes, this is yet another broken promise of Rishi Sunak - he hasn't even build half the number of homes he promised to build, so its not a good idea to criticise a promise made by a political party who are in opposition. Not sure that Housing is a fight you can win when even your own MP's admit that Labours record on building social housing is dire. New Labour pushed for 'Affordable Homes' rather than council builds. I can see two possible plusses in doing that. Those 'affordable homes' either paid a Social rent, or were taken on a mortgage which meant an investment in the future of owning property at some level. And the other is the enormous outlay of cost to local councils to build council houses, that took them 30years to recover through rents. |
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