Today, the leader of the Labour Party said he supports the idea of a maximum earnings cap and wants the Labour Party to seriously consider the idea. It's not the first time he has raised it; it was part of his 2015 Leadership manifesto campaign.
This coming from a career politician from Islington, and a man who has never done a day's work in the private sector in his life, quite literally.
I genuinely hope they adopt such a ludicrous idea. As business, entertainment and sporting talent queue up to leave the UK, it will once and for all kill off the Labour Party for good.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38568116
Jeremy Corbyn hammers final nail into Labour coffin
Corbynites complain that he doesn't get enough media coverage, fuck knows why.
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http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/ ... 0110119962
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/ ... 0110119962
My posts are just jokes, maybe they're rude, offensive, and politically incorrect. They're not my opinion, viewpoint, idea, or judgement, but they're just fucking jokes so lighten up.
The simplest way to explain this is the premier league. In 2014 alone it generated 6.4 billion pounds in economic revenue , added 3.4 billion pounds to GDP , 2.4billion in taxes and supported 100,000 jobs. Put a salary cap on it and watch the stars disappear and la liga rub its hands with glee. And poor old Mrs Bransthwistle lose her pie franchise at Sunderland and with it the five employees she supports.
The same is true for every business I'm afraid.
Salary cap = financial suicide
UKIP put it best 'a load of flannel'
But yeah go Corbyn lets bury this joke of a war criminal , gold selling fuck up of a party once and for all (and quick before more candidates lose their deposits).
The same is true for every business I'm afraid.
Salary cap = financial suicide
UKIP put it best 'a load of flannel'
But yeah go Corbyn lets bury this joke of a war criminal , gold selling fuck up of a party once and for all (and quick before more candidates lose their deposits).
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Whilst I don't disagree with you on Corbyn, for the sake of perspective and balance perhaps you'd like to post the real world business credentials of the dynamic duo of Eton Rifles that preached austerity on the nation for the last 8 years. A career path of arse licking to the class that went before them doesn't count.scobienz wrote:
This coming from a career politician from Islington, and a man who has never done a day's work in the private sector in his life, quite literally
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38568116
Are they back from their gap year and assumed their entitled positions in the city or have they relocated overseas yet. Failed miserably in their economic policies, Brexit was a wonderful get out opportunity for dumb and dumber.
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rl66 wrote:
Whilst I don't disagree with you on Corbyn, for the sake of perspective and balance perhaps you'd like to post the real world business credentials of the dynamic duo of Eton Rifles that preached austerity on the nation for the last 8 years. A career path of arse licking to the class that went before them doesn't count.
Are they back from their gap year and assumed their entitled positions in the city or have they relocated overseas yet. Failed miserably in their economic policies, Brexit was a wonderful get out opportunity for dumb and dumber.
I guess the difference is neither of them ever pretended to be men of the people, nor did they come up with farcical policies such as maximum wage caps, only to have his own MPs and advisors shoot them down as ridiculous the same day.
I'm not convinced their economic policies failed. They inherited a complete fuck up from Brown and Balls, and they took office in the maelstrom of the financial crisis. The UK's economy is now one of the strongest in the industrialised world. If that's a failed economic policy, so be it. I agree though that Brexit will lead to more economic troubles ahead.
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Let's face it the best time to inherit the economy is always after a couple of terms of a Labour government, The Only Way is Up. However when your own successors on day one immediately kitchen sink the main tenet of your fiscal policy for the last 8 years of Reducing public debt and balancing the books that's a failure to me. Stabbed in the back by your closest allies when the time is right rather than face a term's public approval at the balllot box has always been the Tory way.
My impression of the UK last month when I visited was of a country primed for a winter of discontent on several fronts, public services struggling, and a record number of people employed on zero hours insecure work contracts. On the bright side the FTSE's hitting record highs daily, so clearly I was wrong and it's happy days for everyone. Alan Sugar for the next PM and we're sorted.
My impression of the UK last month when I visited was of a country primed for a winter of discontent on several fronts, public services struggling, and a record number of people employed on zero hours insecure work contracts. On the bright side the FTSE's hitting record highs daily, so clearly I was wrong and it's happy days for everyone. Alan Sugar for the next PM and we're sorted.
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rl66 wrote:Let's face it the best time to inherit the economy is always after a couple of terms of a Labour government, The Only Way is Up. However when your own successors on day one immediately kitchen sink the main tenet of your fiscal policy for the last 8 years of Reducing public debt and balancing the books that's a failure to me. Stabbed in the back by your closest allies when the time is right rather than face a term's public approval at the balllot box has always been the Tory way.
My impression of the UK last month when I visited was of a country primed for a winter of discontent on several fronts, public services struggling, and a record number of people employed on zero hours insecure work contracts. On the bright side the FTSE's hitting record highs daily, so clearly I was wrong and it's happy days for everyone. Alan Sugar for the next PM and we're sorted.
I disagree with your first paragraph. They weren't stabbed in the back by their closest allies at all. The austerity policies and commitment to repay the debt were kept and were on target, until the Brexit debacle scuppered them. It was a terrible lack of judgement by Cameron, but once the vote was made Hammond rightfully set aside the austerity measures - or suspended them - because of the very likely economic downturn Brexit will bring on.
I'm in the UK at the moment. There is the annual wailing about the NHS that has appeared in the news every winter for the last four decades - that's nothing unusual. And the only people on zero hours contracts are unskilled workers - it is what it is.
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The fact that Poms are moaning about zero-hour contracts shows how spoilt their working class is. We've had them in Australia for years and few people have complained. I don't see the big issue anyway - they're good for people who need flexibility, such as students and housewives.
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I think there was an article in the FT that shows that CEO's and finance people in the UK are payed much more than there European counterparts, describing the UK as the ''premier league'' as far as pay go's. This also made me think that fears of a talent or brain drain on a Brexit might be overdone. Also heard some auto analyst on Bloomberg say that auto manufactures would have to move out of Germany if it wasn't for the weak Euro and BMW is the biggest exporter out of the U.S.
I've noticed over the last year that there is alot of anger in the UK on the web about renumeration of listed companies where investors have basically gotten fleeced by bosses of companies which make little profit. ''Theft'' is often the word used. I guess this is a sign that inequality is pretty wide and greed is rampant at the back end of the business cycle.
So if small companies are the lifeblood of the economy would Corbyn's views really be that unpopular? Dunno.
I've noticed over the last year that there is alot of anger in the UK on the web about renumeration of listed companies where investors have basically gotten fleeced by bosses of companies which make little profit. ''Theft'' is often the word used. I guess this is a sign that inequality is pretty wide and greed is rampant at the back end of the business cycle.
So if small companies are the lifeblood of the economy would Corbyn's views really be that unpopular? Dunno.
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[quote="Starving Pelican"]The fact that Poms are moaning about zero-hour contracts shows how spoilt their working class is. We've had them in Australia for years and few people have complained. I don't see the big issue anyway - they're good for people who need flexibility, such as students and housewives./quote]
The UK hasn't been riding a commodities boom with high rates of employment. Zero hours contracts are being issued to regular workers not just students looking for part-time gigs.
It appears most posters of fixated on the headline and failed to notice that Corbyn suggested this could be implemented voluntarily or by way of tax incentives.
It's also telling that the BBC attributes quotes to anonymous sources, "an idea one economist claimed was "lunatic", but later said it was hard to enforce." I guess some people who give flak are unable to take it.
The UK hasn't been riding a commodities boom with high rates of employment. Zero hours contracts are being issued to regular workers not just students looking for part-time gigs.
It appears most posters of fixated on the headline and failed to notice that Corbyn suggested this could be implemented voluntarily or by way of tax incentives.
It's also telling that the BBC attributes quotes to anonymous sources, "an idea one economist claimed was "lunatic", but later said it was hard to enforce." I guess some people who give flak are unable to take it.
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