OneStepBeyond
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Ah so we're now at the crux of the matter; you weren't allowed to unionise so you've been bitter about unions ever since?
Rachel Thieves
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Bend it like Suddick
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Nice try.
By law my profession couldn't unionise, but we had the equivalent representation, the only difference being it was on statute we couldn't strike.
Bitter and crux doesn't come into it.
Bend it like Suddick
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I can understand the ethos of Union membership trying to have better conditions for their members, but in reality its not always the case with self serving representatives with high political ambitions often imposing their wills on the membership.
I categorically don't trust Union leaders.
EdgeleyTangerine
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I suppose that’s the same with anything. For all the good an organisation can do there will always be people trying to further their own interests
Wizaard
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Far better to have Russians like Lebdevev funding the Tories. Get them in the Lords for life to make rules affecting us all.
Wizaard
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Is there any evidence of this claim?
JJpool
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Just posted the source.
Rachel Reeves set to cut cash Isa allowance
Chancellor is expected to outline plans to limit the amount of money that can be saved into tax-free cash accounts each year
www.ft.com
puggiz
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Awaits positive spin from Mr DeflectJust posted the source.
Rachel Reeves set to cut cash Isa allowance
Chancellor is expected to outline plans to limit the amount of money that can be saved into tax-free cash accounts each year
ElBurroSinNombre
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It looks like a move to promote investment in (British) businesses, trying to push investment away from cash into shares. It's almost Trumpesque in a way, in that if enacted it should create short term euphoria in the markets and push share values higher.
puggiz
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Reeves and euphoria in the same sentence - you’re having a laugh
Towerpower99
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911_Kirky
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Yep, doing a fine job stopping those boats!
What did Starmer say ‘we’ll smash the gangs’
He couldn’t smash a bloody window….
JJpool
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Britain ‘to lose a pub a day’ as Labour’s tax raid bites
Government accused of calling last orders as industry fears 6,000 jobs will go this year
www.telegraph.co.uk
More disappointing news for Rachel. The economy in May was expected to grow but actually contracted, for the second month in a row. Manufacturing down and retail sales weak. Perhap the good weather will help over the summer before she looks at her difficult autumn budget? 
Goldfinger
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And another U turn.
Planned changes to ISA tax free allowance shelved.
Surely she's going to get canned.
She can't find her own arse using both hands.
Planned changes to ISA tax free allowance shelved.
Surely she's going to get canned.
She can't find her own arse using both hands.
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JJpool
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Amazing how little debate there is on all this, yet the focus on about 1% of Reforms local election low level Councillors who might have resigned is worthy of many pages of debate.
Threepeaksphil
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ADVERT wanted someone with a sound knowledge of economics to run countries finances, please note we will check all parts of your cv applicants to start NOW
voyeur
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See, you're falling for Farage's line, hook line and sinker. Wake up man.
voyeur
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Who would apply to an illiterate job advert?
Goldfinger
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I have a major role in a programme to ensure nutrition is available across across the UK.
(I am a milkman)
JJpool
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No im not, youre the one living in a bubble. Labour are failing and their ideas don't work.
voyeur
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Starmer is too scared to do what needs to be done, pandering to Reform nonsense. Reform would be worse.
seasideone
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So what should Starmer do?
Threepeaksphil
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at 76 I have lived through various labour governments and EVERYONE has left our country in a financial mess
JJpool
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Nah.
voyeur
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Well for starters he's in an incredibly difficult position. The combined forces of Brexit, the pandemic, Truss and Boris can send havoc, and the waste of astronomical amounts of money, and the neglect of key aspects of society.
Immigration: the vast majority of immigration is legal and caused by a) international students who pay to be here b) people coming to work in industries that need them. Stopping the boats has become an obsession for some people, although only around 37000 people came by boat in 2024. Not brilliant, but not the country's biggest issue by a long way. More progress required in terms of working with other countries. Migration is inevitable in the world we live in. 83% of male immigrants of working age are in employment. Others will be self employment. But should we need so many, it's climbed hugely since 2021? Legal immigration has escalated.
Housing: I'd stop multiple house ownership and private rental I think. There is enough housing, it's just not regulated.
The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis
Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism
www.theguardian.com
Climate/Environment: I would want the water companies taken out of private control, where profits are not sufficiently invested in infrastructure. If want to tighten regulations on the use of chemicals in agriculture. I'd want policies to reduce fossil fuel consumption. For me this stuff is critical.
Health: we seem massively over dependent on drugs. A good example is the recent adoption of injections for weight loss. I understand it but it's also absurd. The food industry is making and marketing crap. It needs dealing with like other harmful substances. Doctors need to stop peddling drugs, and we need to examine what treatments are affordable, necessary and cost effective. It's another difficult area, a lot of people don't look after themselves. I'm sure better off people are opting for private health care, but it doesn't seem to be easing the burden. Maybe we get a range of people to asses where we are at, and suggest a way forward.
Tax and spending: we need more spent all over the place. NHS, defence, local councils. I'm a very frugal guy and I'm self sufficient and I believe the nation should not throw money at everything and just borrow and raise taxes to fund it. I believe we do need to redistribute wealth. The distribution of wealth is becoming more and more extreme, I can't understand why anyone would be ok with that. There are some suggestions for increasing tax revenues here...
How to raise £60 billion for public services: our ten tax reforms
The UK’s super-rich have accumulated record levels of wealth in recent years, while our public services have been decimated and inequality has soared.
taxjustice.uk
- a 2% tax on assets over £10 million, to raise up to £24 billion a year
- Reform the Capital Gains Tax system through increasing rates and closing loopholes, to raise around £12 billion a year.
- Properly tax income from wealth, by applying National Insurance to investment income, raising up to £10.2 billion a year
- End and redirect fossil fuel subsidies for oil and gas companies to raise £2.2 billion per year
- Properly fund and resource HMRC to tackle tax abuse and end unfair reliefs. The government’s commitment to increase investment in HMRC is very welcome. This is forecast to raise £6.5 billion in 2029-2030.
- Stop rich multinational corporations evading tax by mandating they declare profits wherever they operate, to raise just under £15 billion a year
Tangerinenick
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I would say that conservatives have also been pretty poor as well
seasideone
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Are you aware of how many millionaires are already leaving the country and the percentage of total tax take they already (or did) pay.Well for starters he's in an incredibly difficult position. The combined forces of Brexit, the pandemic, Truss and Boris can send havoc, and the waste of astronomical amounts of money, and the neglect of key aspects of society.
Immigration: the vast majority of immigration is legal and caused by a) international students who pay to be here b) people coming to work in industries that need them. Stopping the boats has become an obsession for some people, although only around 37000 people came by boat in 2024. Not brilliant, but not the country's biggest issue by a long way. More progress required in terms of working with other countries. Migration is inevitable in the world we live in. 83% of male immigrants of working age are in employment. Others will be self employment. But should we need so many, it's climbed hugely since 2021? Legal immigration has escalated.
Housing: I'd stop multiple house ownership and private rental I think. There is enough housing, it's just not regulated.
The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis
Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism
Climate/Environment: I would want the water companies taken out of private control, where profits are not sufficiently invested in infrastructure. If want to tighten regulations on the use of chemicals in agriculture. I'd want policies to reduce fossil fuel consumption. For me this stuff is critical.
Health: we seem massively over dependent on drugs. A good example is the recent adoption of injections for weight loss. I understand it but it's also absurd. The food industry is making and marketing crap. It needs dealing with like other harmful substances. Doctors need to stop peddling drugs, and we need to examine what treatments are affordable, necessary and cost effective. It's another difficult area, a lot of people don't look after themselves. I'm sure better off people are opting for private health care, but it doesn't seem to be easing the burden. Maybe we get a range of people to asses where we are at, and suggest a way forward.
Tax and spending: we need more spent all over the place. NHS, defence, local councils. I'm a very frugal guy and I'm self sufficient and I believe the nation should not throw money at everything and just borrow and raise taxes to fund it. I believe we do need to redistribute wealth. The distribution of wealth is becoming more and more extreme, I can't understand why anyone would be ok with that. There are some suggestions for increasing tax revenues here...
How to raise £60 billion for public services: our ten tax reforms
The UK’s super-rich have accumulated record levels of wealth in recent years, while our public services have been decimated and inequality has soared.
- a 2% tax on assets over £10 million, to raise up to £24 billion a year
- Reform the Capital Gains Tax system through increasing rates and closing loopholes, to raise around £12 billion a year.
- Properly tax income from wealth, by applying National Insurance to investment income, raising up to £10.2 billion a year
- End and redirect fossil fuel subsidies for oil and gas companies to raise £2.2 billion per year
- Properly fund and resource HMRC to tackle tax abuse and end unfair reliefs. The government’s commitment to increase investment in HMRC is very welcome. This is forecast to raise £6.5 billion in 2029-2030.
- Stop rich multinational corporations evading tax by mandating they declare profits wherever they operate, to raise just under £15 billion a year
The problem with most leftest policies is that it is about dogma and not pragmatic.
The more you try and raise from the rich, the more they leave and the more the working person has to pay.
You cannot also change the global company business tax system to benefit the UK - it’s a much bigger issue than that!!!
My views on immigration are simple, if you come legally and contribute that’s fine and welcomed, if you come illegally you should be put in a tent on a bleak Scottish Island until you are deported.
Also, any genuine asylum claim is fine - but the p taking is beyond reasonable.
Anyone who is deported or fails an asylum claim should be deported immediately with their biometrics logged and if they ever come back - they go back straight away as well.
I also noticed you didn’t mention a reduction in the benefit system specifically - which is also out of control / no surprise really!!!
I could go on!!!!!!
voyeur
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We could all go on.
seasideone
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Yes - with Labour just spending more and more and taxing loads of people so they leave.
The real issues are how much the government waste (especially the NHS), the benefits bill, the business support structure of UC (should not be allowed) and the lack of work ethic of many these days.
…but Labour haven’t got the gonads to deal with it as they back down and turn on everything as soon as it gets a bit sticky for them.
Still waiting for your actual opinions on what I put on the previous post.
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seasideone
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Any thoughts on what I put - like I did on yours?
I’ll assume you agree deep down if you don’t
voyeur
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No time at the minute, be patient.
voyeur
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Ok.
Boris spent more and more did he not? Public spending went out of control under a Tory government. You're making out it's a Labour thing for some reason. The Tories did nothing about benefits either. Starmer in fact has tried to reduce spending on benefits, and has partially succeeded, despite the dissent in his party reducing the intended measures. So after 14 years of Tory government it was actually Starmer who had the cojones to do something, despite the unpopularity in his own party.
But I don't believe in our political system to be honest, it's not working for us, whoever is in government, and it won't change with a change of government following an election. I don't like our way of life, consumerism. I don't like greed. If very rich people don't want to live here, that is their decision. How many is it, you haven't said?
I honestly don't know how we turn around a society that is ingrained in such an unhealthy and distorted way of life tbh. The nation hasn't always been like this.
The global tax system actually is changing, with the introduction of a global minimum corporate tax.
"The global minimum corporate tax rate, or simply the global minimum tax (abbreviated GMCT or GMCTR), is a minimum rate of tax on corporate income internationally agreed upon and accepted by individual jurisdictions under "Pillar Two" in the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework. In July 2023, 138 countries agreed to move forward with the reform and committed to sign the multilateral convention in the same year. The convention is expected to enter into force in 2025."
When it comes to immigration, the Red Cross gas heavily criticised the camps that immigrants are detained in, in large numbers. So that's kind of what you want I think?
The dark truths of immigration detention | British Red Cross
The dark truths of immigration detention: first hand experience of the mental impact being held in an immigration detention has on refugees and asylum seekers.
www.redcross.org.uk
voyeur
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I agree with what this fella says, just seen this ...
www.bbc.co.uk
Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting, its sequel and modern-day malaise
The Scottish author speaks to the BBC ahead of the launch of his new book, Men in Love.
www.bbc.co.uk
Wizaard
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Paid holidays
Safe working conditions
A decent wage
Speaking of injections for fatties, I got a Facebook feed from someone I know who has been prescribed the injection.Well for starters he's in an incredibly difficult position. The combined forces of Brexit, the pandemic, Truss and Boris can send havoc, and the waste of astronomical amounts of money, and the neglect of key aspects of society.
Immigration: the vast majority of immigration is legal and caused by a) international students who pay to be here b) people coming to work in industries that need them. Stopping the boats has become an obsession for some people, although only around 37000 people came by boat in 2024. Not brilliant, but not the country's biggest issue by a long way. More progress required in terms of working with other countries. Migration is inevitable in the world we live in. 83% of male immigrants of working age are in employment. Others will be self employment. But should we need so many, it's climbed hugely since 2021? Legal immigration has escalated.
Housing: I'd stop multiple house ownership and private rental I think. There is enough housing, it's just not regulated.
The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis
Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism
Climate/Environment: I would want the water companies taken out of private control, where profits are not sufficiently invested in infrastructure. If want to tighten regulations on the use of chemicals in agriculture. I'd want policies to reduce fossil fuel consumption. For me this stuff is critical.
Health: we seem massively over dependent on drugs. A good example is the recent adoption of injections for weight loss. I understand it but it's also absurd. The food industry is making and marketing crap. It needs dealing with like other harmful substances. Doctors need to stop peddling drugs, and we need to examine what treatments are affordable, necessary and cost effective. It's another difficult area, a lot of people don't look after themselves. I'm sure better off people are opting for private health care, but it doesn't seem to be easing the burden. Maybe we get a range of people to asses where we are at, and suggest a way forward.
Tax and spending: we need more spent all over the place. NHS, defence, local councils. I'm a very frugal guy and I'm self sufficient and I believe the nation should not throw money at everything and just borrow and raise taxes to fund it. I believe we do need to redistribute wealth. The distribution of wealth is becoming more and more extreme, I can't understand why anyone would be ok with that. There are some suggestions for increasing tax revenues here...
How to raise £60 billion for public services: our ten tax reforms
The UK’s super-rich have accumulated record levels of wealth in recent years, while our public services have been decimated and inequality has soared.
- a 2% tax on assets over £10 million, to raise up to £24 billion a year
- Reform the Capital Gains Tax system through increasing rates and closing loopholes, to raise around £12 billion a year.
- Properly tax income from wealth, by applying National Insurance to investment income, raising up to £10.2 billion a year
- End and redirect fossil fuel subsidies for oil and gas companies to raise £2.2 billion per year
- Properly fund and resource HMRC to tackle tax abuse and end unfair reliefs. The government’s commitment to increase investment in HMRC is very welcome. This is forecast to raise £6.5 billion in 2029-2030.
- Stop rich multinational corporations evading tax by mandating they declare profits wherever they operate, to raise just under £15 billion a year
It apparently doesn't agree with her so she's selling it on FB for £75, presumably after paying the NHS £9.90.
1. Is that legal?
2. Is it drug dealing?
I think you should be put in charge of the country you have all the answers.Well for starters he's in an incredibly difficult position. The combined forces of Brexit, the pandemic, Truss and Boris can send havoc, and the waste of astronomical amounts of money, and the neglect of key aspects of society.
Immigration: the vast majority of immigration is legal and caused by a) international students who pay to be here b) people coming to work in industries that need them. Stopping the boats has become an obsession for some people, although only around 37000 people came by boat in 2024. Not brilliant, but not the country's biggest issue by a long way. More progress required in terms of working with other countries. Migration is inevitable in the world we live in. 83% of male immigrants of working age are in employment. Others will be self employment. But should we need so many, it's climbed hugely since 2021? Legal immigration has escalated.
Housing: I'd stop multiple house ownership and private rental I think. There is enough housing, it's just not regulated.
The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis
Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism
Climate/Environment: I would want the water companies taken out of private control, where profits are not sufficiently invested in infrastructure. If want to tighten regulations on the use of chemicals in agriculture. I'd want policies to reduce fossil fuel consumption. For me this stuff is critical.
Health: we seem massively over dependent on drugs. A good example is the recent adoption of injections for weight loss. I understand it but it's also absurd. The food industry is making and marketing crap. It needs dealing with like other harmful substances. Doctors need to stop peddling drugs, and we need to examine what treatments are affordable, necessary and cost effective. It's another difficult area, a lot of people don't look after themselves. I'm sure better off people are opting for private health care, but it doesn't seem to be easing the burden. Maybe we get a range of people to asses where we are at, and suggest a way forward.
Tax and spending: we need more spent all over the place. NHS, defence, local councils. I'm a very frugal guy and I'm self sufficient and I believe the nation should not throw money at everything and just borrow and raise taxes to fund it. I believe we do need to redistribute wealth. The distribution of wealth is becoming more and more extreme, I can't understand why anyone would be ok with that. There are some suggestions for increasing tax revenues here...
How to raise £60 billion for public services: our ten tax reforms
The UK’s super-rich have accumulated record levels of wealth in recent years, while our public services have been decimated and inequality has soared.
- a 2% tax on assets over £10 million, to raise up to £24 billion a year
- Reform the Capital Gains Tax system through increasing rates and closing loopholes, to raise around £12 billion a year.
- Properly tax income from wealth, by applying National Insurance to investment income, raising up to £10.2 billion a year
- End and redirect fossil fuel subsidies for oil and gas companies to raise £2.2 billion per year
- Properly fund and resource HMRC to tackle tax abuse and end unfair reliefs. The government’s commitment to increase investment in HMRC is very welcome. This is forecast to raise £6.5 billion in 2029-2030.
- Stop rich multinational corporations evading tax by mandating they declare profits wherever they operate, to raise just under £15 billion a year
voyeur
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Report her and see what happens! Immoral at best.
voyeur
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The Tories have no right to lecture anybody, do they?
Lost Seasider
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Have you forgotten Covid?
I mean seriously? Boris spent most of his time as PM managing a global pandemic, and you're blaming him for "cost control"?
voyeur
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He lost control all over the place. He was absolutely chaotic and hopeless. His own party even understood that.
"Boris Johnson won his thumping majority on the back of a clear, easy-to-follow policy - Get Brexit Done.
But since then, his critics said, there was a lack of focus and ideas in Downing Street.
His ex-adviser turned chief critic, Dominic Cummings, repeatedly accused him of being an out-of-control shopping trolley, veering from position to position.
Others questioned the prime minister's philosophy - or, indeed, if he had one. In June, Conservative MP and former minister Jeremy Hunt accused Mr Johnson of lacking "integrity, competence, and vision".
Mr Hunt was speaking before a confidence vote, which Mr Johnson won - but the complaints were getting louder.
The by-election defeats kept coming. After the latest, Mr Johnson said he would not undergo a "psychological transformation".
But that, now, is not the concern of Conservative MPs. They have spoken, and the prime minister is going."