Yes bringing out the old Victorian Values.
Of course they did their best and liberalised.
But Jesus this is 2017!
Yes bringing out the old Victorian Values.Radical right wing politics is now considered centrism
She was terrible on Marr this morning. Problem is how many people watch that?
Marr quoted Royal College of Nursing figures showing nurses have had a 14% pay cut since 2010 and they are using food banks in order to eat. Her answer was to basically say nurses needing to use food banks was nothing to do with the government.
ESA introducedEditI beg your pardon?
Labour abolished Incapacity Benefit at the end of October 2008 and replaced it with Employment Support Allowance which is paid at a lower rate. At the same time they also introduced the Work Capability Assessment which disqualified many people from claiming ESA even if they had an incurable illness and were terminal.
Employment and Support Allowance - Wikipedia
Try doing some research before calling me a liar.
So even the link you included showed more people claimed than lessESA introducedEdit
In October 2008, ESA and its eligibility test, the Work Capability Assessment, were introduced for new claims.[36] Reformers were disappointed to find that the total number of people on sickness and incapacity benefits went up, largely as a result of the financial crisis of 2008 and the consequent rise in background unemployment.
Plans were made to tighten up the eligibility criteria still further - something that would set the Incapacity Benefit reassessment programme back by two years. The Welfare Secretary wrote that these and other planned changes would ensure that "only those who are genuinely incapable of work" would get full ESA - other sickness benefit recipients would have to comply with plans drawn up with the DWP's private partners to get them back to work.[37]
You said something like labour slashed welfare. They didn't
They genuinely wanted to direct the need rather than the shit the tories peddled from. 2010 onwards
Mmmmmm interestingYeah right!
They not only slashed the rate at which sickness compensation was paid they also paved the way for the Tories to slash it even further.
The Labour government also phased out Pension Credit at the same time plunging millions of over-60s on low incomes into dire poverty.
Which are the Conservative policies that make them undeniably the best on offer?Conservative party are undeniably the best on offer
You just don't know how much England has moved right until you have left the place. I put the blame very firmly in the lap of New Labour, who sold out the soul of the party, and left so many disinfranchised with politics because they had no one to vote for.
Its why you have seen the rise of the SNP and UKIP. Looking for an alternative whatever that may bring.
We don't need simple minded idiots like Owen Smith at the helm!
Yeah right!
They not only slashed the rate at which sickness compensation was paid they also paved the way for the Tories to slash it even further.
The Labour government also phased out Pension Credit at the same time plunging millions of over-60s on low incomes into dire poverty.
Band 5 on the NHS is 21K...band 6 is 26k. Good luck surviving on 21 grand as a young single person where you can expect to pay around 600 to 700 a month for a one bed flat before you've even paid bills.
Don't be silly, if you can't afford something you find an alternative, a house share is much cheaper.
You're still looking at around 500quid for a house share.
Rubbish a house is £800-900/m, shared between 3 or 4.
I am talking about the south of England.
The salaries apply across the UK.
Why should nurses working long hours and on shifts have to house share to be able to afford to live anywhere?
And of course thanks to the changes the government have made to bursaries and fees they now enter employment with an average of £68K in debt to repay.
Pension Credit is only paid to those 20% with the lowest incomes so they are unlikely to own their own homes. In addition to that since Labour changed the qualifying rules those aged between 60 and 66 can simply no longer afford to retire whether they own their own home or not. A knock on effect has been that those between 60 and 66 with the lowest incomes who are forced to rent now also have to pay the bedroom tax and those who 'own' a flat or maisonette can no longer claim for ground rent or maintenance charges.That's why, for the first time, homeowners who are retired are better off than those who work.
"there are many complex reasons why people use food banks"
no there's not, it's because they can't afford food.
"the way out of poverty is through work"
most of the people using food banks are from working families.
She's a fucking cow, in fact it's worse, she's a fucking useless cow.
The thing that bugs me is the politicians (all parties) comfortably & smugly parry questions about their own pay. If you want to attract the best people for the job, you have to pay the going rate to attract them...that kind of argument. Well the same goes for teachers, nurses, police & all other public servants...not just the political civil servant mandarins & politicians.
If you want the best care for the sick...you employ the best carers...but you have to make them feel good & appreciated about what they're doing. Generally my dealing with the health care professionals I deal with - none of them feel anything approaching either except from the patients they treat
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I'd rather not...Oh dear, anyone listened to Diane Abbot's interview today?
Oh dear, anyone listened to Diane Abbot's interview today?
She's made a fuck up there is no doubt - and you can see the media all over it.
However it would be nice to see the fuck ups made by May since she announced the election (and there are shitloads of them) in the media - for fairness and all that.
Totally agree with this. Abbot is a nightmare and she's messed this interview up royally but it gives a prime example of the issues with bias in the media. The interview in question was preceded by 6 others where she correctly quoted the figures as this plan has been fully costed.She's made a fuck up there is no doubt - and you can see the media all over it.
However it would be nice to see the fuck ups made by May since she announced the election (and there are shitloads of them) in the media - for fairness and all that.
Maybe if Labour just told everyone to go around parroting 'strong and stable leadership' we'd be better off. May even gave that answer to a question about Cornwall's health,social care and education sector today!Theresa May has arrived at the Water ma Trout industrial estate in Helston - but we are not allowed to show her arriving.
We've been told by the PM's press team that we were not allowed to stand outsite to see Theresa May arrive.
The prime minister is behind this door - but we can't show you. Her press team has said print journalists are not allowed to see her visiting the company.
Having covered several high-profile politicians' and royal visits over the years, the level of media control here is far and above anything I've seen before. We're not even allowed to show you her visiting the building.
Here is another example of the tight media control over the visit: All journalists are only allowed two questions for Mrs May, and we are not allowed to film her answering our questions.
We've been allowed to ask our questions to the prime minister (although we are forbidden to film or photograph her answering them).
We were given at most three minutes and were refused to be allowed to ask why we were not allowed to film her.
Mrs may managed to get the words 'strong' and 'leadership' into her second sentence.
Totally agree with this. Abbot is a nightmare and she's messed this interview up royally but it gives a prime example of the issues with bias in the media. The interview in question was preceded by 6 others where she correctly quoted the figures as this plan has been fully costed.
Hear hear!!!Every public service worker I've ever known has wanted to do a decent job. Be given the tools for the job and trusted to get on with it. And be paid enough to support their family (like anyone else).
Right wingers have a very blinkered view of the world. I saw it when Bob Edmiston took over Woodway Park as Grace Academy. He thought you needed a cut throat environment and pay incentives for teachers to do their job, but that shows a complete misunderstanding of public sector work. Just like many lefties don't fully understand finance for example, the right really don't get working for something other than a pay cheque. The idea of collaboration is just alien to them.
Carers are the ones that really get me. Look after the most vulnerable yet paid peanuts and treated like shit.
My kingdom for a nationalised social care system.
Radical right wing politics is now considered centrism
Well, economic policy is pretty 'radical and right wing' compared to a 70s political landscape, where Ted Heath would have made Blair seem right wing!Can you give an example? Just interested as to what radical right wing politics you believe is considered central.
Can you give an example? Just interested as to what radical right wing politics you believe is considered central.
I would have said having a bit of pride and a sprinkle of nationalism seems to get thrown around as far right these days...
Well, economic policy is pretty 'radical and right wing' compared to a 70s political landscape, where Ted Heath would have made Blair seem right wing!
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