You’re missing the point, why pick that number when you, I and anyone associated with education know that’s it’s a spurious and ultimately meaningless amount that won’t touch the sides in fixing the problem. It wouldn’t even cover a quarter of the loss to the profession each year.
It’s got ‘Ed Stone’ vibes, but i’m sure everyone will lap it up….
I don’t know about day one but I know they’ve pledged to repeal the laws that the tories bought in to try and prevent workers having the ability to strike in the first 100 days. Things like the minimum service bill. This is important for all workers because unlike other countries the right to strike isn’t enshrined into UK law so the ability to strike in the UK is easily blocked by suppressive laws such as the Tories minimum service bill.
@skybluetony176I don’t know about day one but I know they’ve pledged to repeal the laws that the tories bought in to try and prevent workers having the ability to strike in the first 100 days. Things like the minimum service bill. This is important for all workers because unlike other countries the right to strike isn’t enshrined into UK law so the ability to strike in the UK is easily blocked by suppressive laws such as the Tories minimum service bill.
They’re also going to stop paying hundreds of millions of pounds to Rwanda for a failed publicity stunt on day one. Let’s stop sending millions to Rwanda let’s fund the NHS instead would be a good slogan
Bringing the Rail Service back into public ownership when franchises run out is a good one. Won’t happen on day one but that should mostly happen by the end of that parliament.
I like the idea of Great British Energy. It’s all a bit word salad at the moment but the current system is broken, we’re too reliant on the international market for oil and gas allowing multinationals to make record profits of the back of the cost of living crisis. The proposal as I understand it is to increase the threshold for windfall tax to pay for publicly owned renewables. At the moment the French government owns about 50% of UK offshore whereas the British government own FA. The french are basically subsidising energy bills in France of the back of profits from UK customers. Taking back control would be a good slogan
Remember kids, you’re not allowed to expect more of the person trying to become Prime Minister… you just have to be grateful he exists.
That’s fair, but then I’m disappointed in your assertions so we are about square now.
I mean I’ve just rattled four things off the top of my head, three of which are very distinctively left wing socialist policies. You might not think that the whole package is left wing or socialist enough and you might despise Starmer but what’s the alternative? Not vote risking enabling a Tory to get in? No thanks. I’d rather suck it up and vote for Starmer and at least change some of the direction of travel because the tories aren’t going to renationalise railways, set up a nationalised energy firm, repeal laws designed to stop workers striking.
I didn't think France was that much of a dump, but they do all seem keen to leave by whatever means.
Yes these 3 policies do look distinctively left wing, dig a little deeper and you’ll see that Great British Energy is PFI Mk 2 for example.
Oh good more strikes, where do I sign up? Only a soundbite keep the unions onside as they won't strike under Labour now (yes I'm aware of 78!)
Cheaper rail tickets and scrapping HS2 are opposing moves. HS2 increases capacity which increases volume and should theoretically increase supply vs demand.Oh good more strikes, where do I sign up? Only a soundbite keep the unions onside as they won't strike under Labour now (yes I'm aware of 78!)
Fwiw I selfishly want things that nobody is really pledging.
More help with tax breaks for neglected middle earners, subsidised rail, scrapping HS rail, investment in British industry, cutting taxes, affordable housing, skilled immigration, tighter borders, xcrap tv licence, more police, less admin waste on public services with budget moving to front line staff, less spent on defence overseas, give up the Falklands, Gibraltar and Northern Ireland, spend the money at home.
Will await the manifestos but assume I'm not really aligned to anything! No issues with nationalisation either, quite happy with a single rail network, electric, gas and water too, just not top of my agenda, but not precious on them remaining private.
Politically homeless but certainly not ready to nail my colours to Starmer although he'll get in with a landslide regardless so fairly pointless. Even he can't fail, Labour will win in spite of him and not because of him.
Don't panic, fully aware most won't agree, no mention of education or much substance on law or environmental policy, just my ramblings for Tony to pull apart
Theoretically yes, but you know they'll be at a premium on HS2 and the amount of traffic that standard network reduces by, they'll remove more carriages and / or services. The prices we pay for overcrowded, dirty, late and low quality service is ridiculous. At weekends for football it's even worse than commuting. That's a consistent failing. It was poor when it was national and got progressively worse under private. Not sure renationalisation will fix it as so inefficient and poor it will cost billions to bring it up to scratch. So Much better and cheaper across Europe. Should've spent the HS2 money on upgrading the current service and I can't blame Tory or Labour government for that, it was cross party and all been a shitshow imo
Weirdly that quote is for a holiday on my birthday, hmmm
They are sick of their country being invaded by hoards of childless males hanging around streets and town centres doing nothing and being paid for by the workers of the country.
It’s not going to be selling direct to us as the consumer, is it being funded from the public purse, and if so who’s distributing it?
