Fazzer 7 Posted 24 August 2022 Share Posted 24 August 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, kenny said: People on benefits and taking their pension will in the main not be in a union. Why would the TUC give a crap about them? Exactly. But their members will be hit by rising prices also. Edited 24 August 2022 by Fazzer 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted 24 August 2022 Share Posted 24 August 2022 7 minutes ago, Fazzer 7 said: Exactly. But their members will be hit by rising prices also. Then they will need a raise above minimum wage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 24 August 2022 Share Posted 24 August 2022 2 hours ago, FoxesDeb said: If the minimum wage is increased to 15 pounds an hour, over a 40 hour week that's just over 31k a year. What then happens to everyone's salaries that currently earn above that, do their salaries increase by over 60% too? Fvcking hope so 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 24 August 2022 Share Posted 24 August 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxesDeb Posted 24 August 2022 Share Posted 24 August 2022 49 minutes ago, StanSP said: Fvcking hope so But surely everything just rises in price to match the wages increase? Lots of small businesses would go under, people would lose their jobs, pensioners and those on benefits would become even poorer than they are now... I can't see who would benefit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted 24 August 2022 Share Posted 24 August 2022 Just now, FoxesDeb said: But surely everything just rises in price to match the wages increase? Lots of small businesses would go under, people would lose their jobs, pensioners and those on benefits would become even poorer than they are now... I can't see who would benefit? The TUC? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazzer 7 Posted 24 August 2022 Share Posted 24 August 2022 1 hour ago, kenny said: Then they will need a raise above minimum wage? One drives the other it's a vicious circle. 15 an hour would close a lot of businesses, hospitality for example. moderation is needed at times like these. I do however believe government need to step in and take some more action against those profiteering out of energy. Freezing the price cap has been mentioned by Starmer, but I'm unsure of the implications of such a move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 14 hours ago, Fazzer 7 said: One drives the other it's a vicious circle. 15 an hour would close a lot of businesses, hospitality for example. moderation is needed at times like these. I do however believe government need to step in and take some more action against those profiteering out of energy. Freezing the price cap has been mentioned by Starmer, but I'm unsure of the implications of such a move. Absolutely no chance of that happening until after at least 6 months of Starmer demanding it and the government sneering at him before U turning with similar but much less effective policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 Emily Maitlis pulling no punches in her speech yesterday. This is a strange time, by any measure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zear0 Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 15 hours ago, Fazzer 7 said: One drives the other it's a vicious circle. 15 an hour would close a lot of businesses, hospitality for example. moderation is needed at times like these. I do however believe government need to step in and take some more action against those profiteering out of energy. Freezing the price cap has been mentioned by Starmer, but I'm unsure of the implications of such a move. Bloody socialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazzer 7 Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 16 minutes ago, Zear0 said: Bloody socialist. Lol. Far from it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Fox Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 45 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said: Emily Maitlis pulling no punches in her speech yesterday. This is a strange time, by any measure And the best bit was the BBC implicitly backing up what she said by not featuring the bit she said about Gibb's influence at the BBC in their online write up (unless it's been edited since). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yorkie1999 Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 On 23/08/2022 at 22:31, urban.spaceman said: That ain't gonna happen, same wage as a newly qualified nurse after 3 years at university, may as well wotk on the checkouts at tesco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 8 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said: That ain't gonna happen, same wage as a newly qualified nurse after 3 years at university, may as well wotk on the checkouts at tesco If it did happen it would only fuel inflation further as all wages would increase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie1999 Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 1 minute ago, Otis said: If it did happen it would only fuel inflation further as all wages would increase. Bit of a shitter for all these going on strike, they may as well not bother and wait for the 15 quid an hour minimum wage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigstonWanderer Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 This’ll teach those damn European foreigners! A nice dose of good old British crap. They don’t like it up em! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/25/uk-sewage-in-channel-waters-unacceptable-say-french-meps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 3 hours ago, Brizzle Fox said: And the best bit was the BBC implicitly backing up what she said by not featuring the bit she said about Gibb's influence at the BBC in their online write up (unless it's been edited since). It's incredible isn't it? The issues she was talking about undoubtedly predate his appointment, but surely by far the most newsworthy part of it was what she said about him. It's the most direct accusation of political interference in the BBC I've heard in a long while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pSinatra Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend_in_blue Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 36 minutes ago, pSinatra said: What's happening with the 40 new hospitals Boris? She's not wrong. Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Fox Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 45 minutes ago, pSinatra said: I'm more impressed that someone recognised Steve Barclay.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parafox Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 54 minutes ago, pSinatra said: Brave woman and spot on with her heckling. Throw the truth back at these people and they don't like it. Hot air and rhetoric aplenty. Actual effective action...? Nah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellend Sebastian Posted 25 August 2022 Share Posted 25 August 2022 1 hour ago, pSinatra said: Imagine if the mask had slipped and he'd been honest in his response. "Well Madam, this really isn't our problem. The modern Conservative Party's sole purpose is to serve the needs of capital, which it actually does very well. Where we've f**ked up has rather less to do with ambulances and whether you can pay your gas bill, and more that some people have simply started to notice the above" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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