Budget

[motorbiking]

So you want to pay them as little as possible. Whether it's enough to live on , or not.

You actively support lower wages.

You'll be able to quote me then.

or are you redefining the word exactly, as well as profit, margin, costs and overheads.

so that will be a no then. A new definition of exactly it is then.

Exactly = something completely different according to Carman. No wonder some of the jobs he hand picks aren't profitable.

 

[motorbiking]

People trapped in rent on low wages can’t develop more skills

which is why they need a bit of help.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

That was the last lot; good to see that you still hold them accountable

But Labour are supposed to be above all that.

 

[denso13]

But Labour are supposed to be above all that.

So far, so good, keep the faith comrade...

 

[JohnD]

But Labour are supposed to be above all that.

Not as crooked as Johnson, you mean?

Even Tories ought to be better than that.

Not Bra Baronesses, obviously.

 

[JohnD]

You made my point perfectly.

It took 30 mins to get around Reeves’ tax grab. One teams call and everyone said - yes.

I look forward to you stopping your whining.

 

[ajohn]

to a point... until you realise we compete on a global scale.

So do nothing? The global aspect can not be avoided. All that can be done overall is to look at similar countries and compare us with how they are doing and then look for solutions to boost our productivity. In real terms that needs many billions of investment in more productive jobs in the UK.

Starmer's £64b sounds a lot but as a % of GDP it isn't. Better than 0 though.

 

[motorbiking]

Not as crooked as Johnson, you mean?

Even Tories ought to be better than that.

Not Bra Baronesses, obviously.

or Punchy Mike, Racist Dawn, Free Gear Kier, "economist" Rachel

 

[aveatry]

Without a vaccine, the govt had no choice but to try and dampen infection rates.

Sadly the govt made the major error of not locking down soon enough, so had to keep things in place longer

Non pharmaceutical interventions were the only option available at the time


Other countries like South Korea made extensive use of test and trace to limit infection spread.

U.K. had a govt which put greed first, so it waited for private labs to be test up to do testing despite NHS lab network being available.

You see you can reply to posts in a civilised manner without fffing and jeffing

 

[motorbiking]

Without a vaccine, the govt had no choice but to try and dampen infection rates.

Sadly the govt made the major error of not locking down soon enough, so had to keep things in place longer

Non pharmaceutical interventions were the only option available at the time


Other countries like South Korea made extensive use of test and trace to limit infection spread.

U.K. had a govt which put greed first, so it waited for private labs to be test up to do testing despite NHS lab network being available.

The UKs vaccine strategy was ballsy. probably saved 500,000 lives. I actually think (with the benefit of hindsight) that the lock down strategy was wrong. As we now know, we could have applied restrictions based on risk demographic. The vast majority of under 40s could have kept away from the over 60s and there was no need to keep kids away from schools for so long.