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Post by phileetin on Aug 16, 2024 13:57:21 GMT
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Post by phileetin on Aug 16, 2024 13:59:50 GMT
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Post by oggyoggy on Aug 16, 2024 14:00:40 GMT
ASLEF and RMT strikes cost the British economy £1 billion over the past two years.
The deal reached with ASLEF (which will hopefully be accepted by its member) costs around £100m.
Seems like a good deal for the tax payer to end the strikes.
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Post by Clayton Wood on Aug 16, 2024 14:01:46 GMT
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Post by oggyoggy on Aug 16, 2024 14:30:09 GMT
The teachers and border force have both already been on strike. It is what happens if you fail to pay people properly for years.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Aug 16, 2024 14:31:49 GMT
this time next year inflation will be through the roof . same old labour , tax , spend and inflation. IMF here we come Is it Labour in general you're not keen on. Or this version of Labour in particular?
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Post by elystokie on Aug 16, 2024 14:41:57 GMT
this time next year inflation will be through the roof . same old labour , tax , spend and inflation. IMF here we come Is it Labour in general you're not keen on. Or this version of Labour in particular? I think more to the point it's the Mail and Express he IS keen on
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 16, 2024 14:42:15 GMT
You obviously don't remember the days of British Railways, the gas board, the electricity board, the NCB, power cuts, roads always dug up, and above all huge amounts of tax payers money poured into nationalised industries that were repeatedly on strike. You should be careful what you wish for. As for the government running the railways, they already are: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9le7vdw91oI remember all of the above. In fact I worked for the gas board for a year or so. Is there any good (and above all independent) evidence to support the view that the consumer/customer/taxpayer gets a more cost-effective service from those industries under private ownership than they did pre-privatisation? There may well be. I've just not seen it. You were lucky to work for the gas board who were one of the best nationalised industries. To answer your question: hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1995-01-12/debates/617e73bc-297a-4779-a054-b2449129fa71/FormerNationalisedIndustriesComparisonsI worked for the British Steel Corporation which haemorrhaged tax payers money in the 1970s. Nationalised industries are under the control of the unions who know they can hold the country to ransom particularly when Labour is in power. It wasn't just unions though, management were just as bad. Few cared about customers, health and safety, environment, etc. The rivers are clean today relative to their condition in the 60s and 70s but that is largely due to the destruction of heavy industry. The gas board, water board, electricity board used to dig up the roads at will and leave them for weeks till they got round to finishing the job. Then next week another lot would dig the road up. Above all in nationalised industries few cared about customers, or efficiency, or losses picked up by the tax payers. Regrettably there seems to be many who have forgotten how bad nationalised industry was. Government is far worse at managing business than business men, as shown by today's strike announcement by ASLEF at the government run LNER. ASLEF obviously think they have to push and the Labour government will roll over and retain work practices that are as out of date as their name. PS www.reed.com/articles/train-driver-salary-benefits
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Post by phileetin on Aug 16, 2024 14:57:28 GMT
ASLEF and RMT strikes cost the British economy £1 billion over the past two years. The deal reached with ASLEF (which will hopefully be accepted by its member) costs around £100m. Seems like a good deal for the tax payer to end the strikes. these are new strikes and demands
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Post by oggyoggy on Aug 16, 2024 15:00:26 GMT
ASLEF and RMT strikes cost the British economy £1 billion over the past two years. The deal reached with ASLEF (which will hopefully be accepted by its member) costs around £100m. Seems like a good deal for the tax payer to end the strikes. these are new strikes and demands These are new strikes that haven’t before been announced. But if they accept the pay deal offered, which I understand has been accepted by the negotiating team and will be recommended to be accepted by its members when put to a vote, that will put an end to them and they won’t go ahead. They cannot take the pay deal and strike. What would you prefer: no negotiations and endless strikes in multiple sectors like we had pre new government, or deals being made and an end to strikes, as this government has tried to do? You cannot end the strikes without upping their pay/working conditions.
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Post by phileetin on Aug 16, 2024 15:10:37 GMT
these are new strikes and demands These are new strikes that haven’t before been announced. But if they accept the pay deal offered, which I understand has been accepted by the negotiating team and will be recommended to be accepted by its members when put to a vote, that will put an end to them and they won’t go ahead. They cannot take the pay deal and strike.What would you prefer: no negotiations and endless strikes in multiple sectors like we had pre new government, or deals being made and an end to strikes, as this government has tried to do? You cannot end the strikes without upping their pay/working conditions. why ?
apparently the councils are balloting their members as well , no rubbish collections soon , unless another whopping pay rise is given.
country will be in a worse state than katie price under starmer.
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Post by phileetin on Aug 16, 2024 15:13:51 GMT
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Post by wannabee on Aug 16, 2024 15:44:16 GMT
You obviously don't remember the days of British Railways, the gas board, the electricity board, the NCB, power cuts, roads always dug up, and above all huge amounts of tax payers money poured into nationalised industries that were repeatedly on strike. You should be careful what you wish for. As for the government running the railways, they already are: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9le7vdw91oI remember all of the above. In fact I worked for the gas board for a year or so. Is there any good (and above all independent) evidence to support the view that the consumer/customer/taxpayer gets a more cost-effective service from those industries under private ownership than they did pre-privatisation? There may well be. I've just not seen it. As far as I'm aware the most comprehensive study was done by David Parker at the request of Government. He published two books on his findings Here is a summary www.themontrealreview.com/2009/The-Official-History-of-Privatisation.phpBasically his conclusions are that it was botched without proper planning and sold off too cheaply As it was undertaken a few years ago I expect if it were updated now it would be even more damning particularly towards Water and Railways and the Energy sell off is inexplicable when you contrast how Norway went about things
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Post by oggyoggy on Aug 16, 2024 16:07:37 GMT
These are new strikes that haven’t before been announced. But if they accept the pay deal offered, which I understand has been accepted by the negotiating team and will be recommended to be accepted by its members when put to a vote, that will put an end to them and they won’t go ahead. They cannot take the pay deal and strike.What would you prefer: no negotiations and endless strikes in multiple sectors like we had pre new government, or deals being made and an end to strikes, as this government has tried to do? You cannot end the strikes without upping their pay/working conditions. why ? apparently the councils are balloting their members as well , no rubbish collections soon , unless another whopping pay rise is given. country will be in a worse state than katie price under starmer.
You don’t understand the laws governing the right to strike at all. If the members accept the pay deal, strikes are off. I suspect if they don’t accept a deal that their union representatives are recommending they do accept, the public will lose all sympathy for the striking staff. Again, what would you prefer: no negotiations and endless strikes in multiple sectors like we had pre new government, or deals being made and an end to strikes, as this government has tried to do? You cannot end the strikes without upping their pay/working conditions.
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Post by desman2 on Aug 16, 2024 18:11:01 GMT
why ? apparently the councils are balloting their members as well , no rubbish collections soon , unless another whopping pay rise is given. country will be in a worse state than katie price under starmer.
You don’t understand the laws governing the right to strike at all. If the members accept the pay deal, strikes are off. I suspect if they don’t accept a deal that their union representatives are recommending they do accept, the public will lose all sympathy for the striking staff. Again, what would you prefer: no negotiations and endless strikes in multiple sectors like we had pre new government, or deals being made and an end to strikes, as this government has tried to do? You cannot end the strikes without upping their pay/working conditions. Junior Doctors have just accepted but are threatening to strike again from next spring.
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Post by oggyoggy on Aug 16, 2024 18:41:22 GMT
You don’t understand the laws governing the right to strike at all. If the members accept the pay deal, strikes are off. I suspect if they don’t accept a deal that their union representatives are recommending they do accept, the public will lose all sympathy for the striking staff. Again, what would you prefer: no negotiations and endless strikes in multiple sectors like we had pre new government, or deals being made and an end to strikes, as this government has tried to do? You cannot end the strikes without upping their pay/working conditions. Junior Doctors have just accepted but are threatening to strike again from next spring. Twats. What will they strike over?
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Post by wannabee on Aug 16, 2024 21:21:31 GMT
You don’t understand the laws governing the right to strike at all. If the members accept the pay deal, strikes are off. I suspect if they don’t accept a deal that their union representatives are recommending they do accept, the public will lose all sympathy for the striking staff. Again, what would you prefer: no negotiations and endless strikes in multiple sectors like we had pre new government, or deals being made and an end to strikes, as this government has tried to do? You cannot end the strikes without upping their pay/working conditions. Junior Doctors have just accepted but are threatening to strike again from next spring. Of course they are if Government don't follow through on the commitments they made to resolve the Strike. If you came to an agreement with your employer and they subsequently reneged on it would you just accept it? www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/bma-to-put-pay-offer-to-junior-doctors-in-englandIncluded in the deal are commitments from the Government to work with the BMA to streamline the way in which junior doctors report when they have worked additional hours to ensure they are paid for the work they do, and to reform the current system of junior doctor training and rotational placements, taking into account training bottlenecks. The BMA and DHSC have also agreed to change the name of “junior doctors” to “resident doctors” from September of this year to better reflect their expertise.
As part of the deal the Government says it “acknowledges concerns raised by the BMA and other parties that the medical profession is not as attractive a career prospect as it once was” and asks the DDRB to consider in its annual recommendations the overall reward package and career progression for junior doctors “to ensure that medicine is an attractive and rewarding career choice to deliver our consultants and GPs of the future”.
The BMA’s junior doctors committee (JDC) has chosen to recommend that members accept it. JDC co-chairs Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi said:
“We are announcing that almost two years into our dispute we have received an offer from the Government that our committee thinks merits consideration by our membership. It should never have taken so long to get here, but this offer shows what can be achieved when both parties enter negotiations in a constructive spirit.
“This offer does not go all the way to restoring the pay lost by junior doctors over the last decade and a half. However, we have always said that we did not expect to get there in one go. This offer, combined with the recommendation of the pay review body today, changes the current trajectory of our pay, even though there is further to go yet.
“We are recommending that members vote for the deal. We believe that this is the best offer available at this moment in time and that the inclusion of the additional reforms make the package a good step forward for our profession, acknowledging there is still more work to be done in the future.
“We recognise the speed and effort put into this round of negotiations which we believe shows the beginning of a Government that is learning to treat doctors with more respect. There is a catastrophic NHS workforce crisis that needs addressing and they at least appear to recognise that fixing pay must be part of the solution. “The last 20 months have shown what happens when a Government refuses to engage with the reality of real-terms pay cuts. That has to stop now. This deal is a start: it means we can begin to restore our value and return to a strong workforce and high quality patient care. There is still a way to go but this Government has shown it can learn from mistakes of the past. We recommend members vote yes.”
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Post by wannabee on Aug 16, 2024 21:22:26 GMT
Junior Doctors have just accepted but are threatening to strike again from next spring. Twats. What will they strike over? Fake News Oggy
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Post by foghornsgleghorn on Aug 16, 2024 21:45:21 GMT
Junior Doctors have just accepted but are threatening to strike again from next spring. Of course they are if Government don't follow through on the commitments they made to resolve the Strike. If you came to an agreement with your employer and they subsequently reneged on it would you just accept it? www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/bma-to-put-pay-offer-to-junior-doctors-in-englandIncluded in the deal are commitments from the Government to work with the BMA to streamline the way in which junior doctors report when they have worked additional hours to ensure they are paid for the work they do, and to reform the current system of junior doctor training and rotational placements, taking into account training bottlenecks. The BMA and DHSC have also agreed to change the name of “junior doctors” to “resident doctors” from September of this year to better reflect their expertise.
As part of the deal the Government says it “acknowledges concerns raised by the BMA and other parties that the medical profession is not as attractive a career prospect as it once was” and asks the DDRB to consider in its annual recommendations the overall reward package and career progression for junior doctors “to ensure that medicine is an attractive and rewarding career choice to deliver our consultants and GPs of the future”.
The BMA’s junior doctors committee (JDC) has chosen to recommend that members accept it. JDC co-chairs Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi said:
“We are announcing that almost two years into our dispute we have received an offer from the Government that our committee thinks merits consideration by our membership. It should never have taken so long to get here, but this offer shows what can be achieved when both parties enter negotiations in a constructive spirit.
“This offer does not go all the way to restoring the pay lost by junior doctors over the last decade and a half. However, we have always said that we did not expect to get there in one go. This offer, combined with the recommendation of the pay review body today, changes the current trajectory of our pay, even though there is further to go yet.
“We are recommending that members vote for the deal. We believe that this is the best offer available at this moment in time and that the inclusion of the additional reforms make the package a good step forward for our profession, acknowledging there is still more work to be done in the future.
“We recognise the speed and effort put into this round of negotiations which we believe shows the beginning of a Government that is learning to treat doctors with more respect. There is a catastrophic NHS workforce crisis that needs addressing and they at least appear to recognise that fixing pay must be part of the solution. “The last 20 months have shown what happens when a Government refuses to engage with the reality of real-terms pay cuts. That has to stop now. This deal is a start: it means we can begin to restore our value and return to a strong workforce and high quality patient care. There is still a way to go but this Government has shown it can learn from mistakes of the past. We recommend members vote yes.”
Interesting to see the latest UK growth was driven by the services sector , but the Junior Doctors strike alone in June was enough to drag that back. Seems clear that Labour have decided that if the UK is going to achieve growth it cannot do that with doctors on strike , NHS resources not utilised and thousands sick waiting for medical treatment.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Aug 17, 2024 0:07:48 GMT
Labour have caved in to ASLEF the train drivers union. Unions hailing 15% with no conditions. I think the 'no conditions' is the big problem, we won't have a modern railway until this is fixed. But the idea of a modern railway has been kicked in to the long grass for the next government to fix. In the end for now it means higher ticket prices and a role for the taxpayer. Anyone wanting a modern railway would do well to spend a few minutes listening to this on the HS2 NAO report (from 7 mins 57) ,and the appalling undermining of the UK's future transport needs by Sunak www.greensignals.org/podcast/hs2-2bn-write-off-reversing-beeching-cancelled-royal-mail-train-alternative/This is like listening to an episode from the Fast Show! They're actually going to still build four platforms in Birmingham to serve Manchester, even though phase two has been cancelled and they already know, that those platforms won't EVER be used? And these imbeciles have been running the entire country for the last fourteen years! 🤦♂️
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Post by foghornsgleghorn on Aug 17, 2024 7:32:08 GMT
This is like listening to an episode from the Fast Show! They're actually going to still build four platforms in Birmingham to serve Manchester, even though phase two has been cancelled and they already know, that those platforms won't EVER be used? And these imbeciles have been running the entire country for the last fourteen years! 🤦♂️ Yes whatever peoples' thoughts on whether HS2 was the right project to pursue , the way Sunak and his appalling government went about last year's cuts to the project was an appalling act for cheap, political gain. Interesting to note that the report also says that fares may have to increase to manage demand north of Birmingham.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Aug 17, 2024 7:39:28 GMT
I remember all of the above. In fact I worked for the gas board for a year or so. Is there any good (and above all independent) evidence to support the view that the consumer/customer/taxpayer gets a more cost-effective service from those industries under private ownership than they did pre-privatisation? There may well be. I've just not seen it. You were lucky to work for the gas board who were one of the best nationalised industries. To answer your question: hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1995-01-12/debates/617e73bc-297a-4779-a054-b2449129fa71/FormerNationalisedIndustriesComparisonsI worked for the British Steel Corporation which haemorrhaged tax payers money in the 1970s. Nationalised industries are under the control of the unions who know they can hold the country to ransom particularly when Labour is in power. It wasn't just unions though, management were just as bad. Few cared about customers, health and safety, environment, etc. The rivers are clean today relative to their condition in the 60s and 70s but that is largely due to the destruction of heavy industry. The gas board, water board, electricity board used to dig up the roads at will and leave them for weeks till they got round to finishing the job. Then next week another lot would dig the road up. Above all in nationalised industries few cared about customers, or efficiency, or losses picked up by the tax payers. Regrettably there seems to be many who have forgotten how bad nationalised industry was. Government is far worse at managing business than business men, as shown by today's strike announcement by ASLEF at the government run LNER. ASLEF obviously think they have to push and the Labour government will roll over and retain work practices that are as out of date as their name. PS www.reed.com/articles/train-driver-salary-benefitsBlimey an (almost certainly heavily choreographed) HoL debate from 30 years ago. You evidently have a different view from me as to what constitutes good (and above all independent) evidence. "Government is far worse at managing business than businessmen." That's a rather sweeping statement. Presumably that would apply to all businesses/services?
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Post by prestwichpotter on Aug 17, 2024 8:49:39 GMT
You were lucky to work for the gas board who were one of the best nationalised industries. To answer your question: hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1995-01-12/debates/617e73bc-297a-4779-a054-b2449129fa71/FormerNationalisedIndustriesComparisonsI worked for the British Steel Corporation which haemorrhaged tax payers money in the 1970s. Nationalised industries are under the control of the unions who know they can hold the country to ransom particularly when Labour is in power. It wasn't just unions though, management were just as bad. Few cared about customers, health and safety, environment, etc. The rivers are clean today relative to their condition in the 60s and 70s but that is largely due to the destruction of heavy industry. The gas board, water board, electricity board used to dig up the roads at will and leave them for weeks till they got round to finishing the job. Then next week another lot would dig the road up. Above all in nationalised industries few cared about customers, or efficiency, or losses picked up by the tax payers. Regrettably there seems to be many who have forgotten how bad nationalised industry was. Government is far worse at managing business than business men, as shown by today's strike announcement by ASLEF at the government run LNER. ASLEF obviously think they have to push and the Labour government will roll over and retain work practices that are as out of date as their name. PS www.reed.com/articles/train-driver-salary-benefitsBlimey an (almost certainly heavily choreographed) HoL debate from 30 years ago. You evidently have a different view from me as to what constitutes good (and above all independent) evidence. "Government is far worse at managing business than businessmen." That's a rather sweeping statement. Presumably that would apply to all businesses/services? It’s also nonsense to suggest that the nationalisation of today would mirror the nationalisation of 30/40 years ago. The world has changed and we can also learn from mistakes of the past…….
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Post by str8outtahampton on Aug 17, 2024 8:59:07 GMT
Is it Labour in general you're not keen on. Or this version of Labour in particular? I think more to the point it's the Mail and Express he IS keen on Ha. I did wonder. Because my assumption (no more than that, I honestly don't know) is that he and others on here who seem to be implacably opposed to Labour probably do (or have done) more or less regular jobs. In fact I imagine that the number of contributors who were born into money is small. Exceptionally small. Of course not everyone that does a "regular" job enjoys benefits/protections like sick pay, holiday pay, a safe working environment and so on. But huge numbers do. And the fact that they do is down to the Labour movement fighting for those benefits/protections - in the teeth of opposition from wealthy capitalists. It's an exaggeration. I accept that. But if those wealthy capitalists had had their way unchecked, children would still be going up chimneys. It's a puzzler.
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 17, 2024 9:03:32 GMT
This is like listening to an episode from the Fast Show! They're actually going to still build four platforms in Birmingham to serve Manchester, even though phase two has been cancelled and they already know, that those platforms won't EVER be used? And these imbeciles have been running the entire country for the last fourteen years! 🤦♂️ I am not surprised. Don't let government (politicians and civil servants) anywhere near business. Their role is to regulate and prevent the excesses of capitalism like monopolies and extortionate profit, and punish poor service and performance such as river pollution. But there are still some people who think their government can provide their electricity, gas, water, railways, etc. Do they want the government to nationalise the farms and air we breath? How can you run a company where the "management" can change every 4 or 5 years? Or in the case of Tory government , every few months! Governments role is to control society not run it, with the condition that society can control government by putting them out of power. Politicians are primarily driven by what to do for them to win the next election and stay in power and in a job; they are not driven by what is best for the country. Labout nationalised steel in the 40s and 60s. The Tories privatised it in the 50s and 80s. Political ideology football. But in the 50s not all was private, some was still owned by the government and their was need to increase steelmaking capacity, but there was no way private enterprise could raise the capital to build a new steelworks. So MacMillan's government decided to do it, but instead of building one giant modern works where it was needed close to all the car factories in the Midlands, social needs dictated that they built a half size works in South Wales, Llanwern near Newport, and a half size works in Scotland at Ravenscar, near Motherwell. Neither works ever made significant profit and regularly lost tax payers money and both eventually stopped steel and making and closed, apart from some rolling mill capacity. Economic lunacy.
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Post by Gods on Aug 17, 2024 9:43:07 GMT
I wonder if Public Sector strikes may spiral out of control with Labour buying their way out of trouble on all the existing disputes.
ASLEF have their top boys out again only 48 hours after the settlement. Who else is agitating? Passport control officers are downing tools at Heathrow. GP surgeries, where are we with that?
They also still must find tens of billions of pounds from behind the sofa for all the compensation schemes. What have we got? Sub-postmasters, Windrush, and the mother of them all the 30,000 infected blood folks. WASPI women too perhaps.
Then you have Ukraine and we'll probably need another couple of thousand more prison places the rate they are banging up the protesters from 2 weeks ago.
It's easy to see how fast you can get deflected from quietly and professionally executing against your manifesto as you get battered by events around you and outside of your control.
I fancy Rachel Reeves October budget is going to be well worth a watch.
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Aug 17, 2024 9:46:34 GMT
I wonder if Public Sector strikes may spiral out of control with Labour buying their way out of trouble on all the existing disputes. ASLEF have their top boys out again only 48 hours after the settlement. Who else is agitating? Passport control officers are downing tools at Heathrow. GP surgeries, where are we with that? They also still must find tens of billions of pounds from behind the sofa for all the compensation schemes. What have we got? Sub-postmasters, Windrush, and the mother of them all the 30,000 infected blood folks. WASPI women too perhaps. Then you have Ukraine and we'll probably need another couple of thousand more prison places the rate they are banging up the protesters from 2 weeks ago. It's easy to see how fast you can get deflected from quietly and professionally executing against your manifesto as you get battered by events around you and outside of your control. I fancy Rachel Reeves October budget is going to be well worth a watch. The autumn budget is going to be a bloodbath for small and medium sized businesses i fear. Put it this way you can't get hold of a decent tax planner currently. They are very busy indeed...
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 17, 2024 10:37:42 GMT
I wonder if Public Sector strikes may spiral out of control with Labour buying their way out of trouble on all the existing disputes. ASLEF have their top boys out again only 48 hours after the settlement. Who else is agitating? Passport control officers are downing tools at Heathrow. GP surgeries, where are we with that? They also still must find tens of billions of pounds from behind the sofa for all the compensation schemes. What have we got? Sub-postmasters, Windrush, and the mother of them all the 30,000 infected blood folks. WASPI women too perhaps. Then you have Ukraine and we'll probably need another couple of thousand more prison places the rate they are banging up the protesters from 2 weeks ago. It's easy to see how fast you can get deflected from quietly and professionally executing against your manifesto as you get battered by events around you and outside of your control. I fancy Rachel Reeves October budget is going to be well worth a watch. I like your reference to "events" in your penultimate paragraph. quoteinvestigator.com/2020/08/31/events/?amp=1Unfortunately when faced with an event a politician is more likely to weigh what might damage their popularity against what is in the best interests of the country. They are more likely to address the tough decisions early in their period of office in anticipation of things improving by the time of the next election and the public will have forgotten.
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Post by foghornsgleghorn on Aug 17, 2024 10:59:44 GMT
This is like listening to an episode from the Fast Show! They're actually going to still build four platforms in Birmingham to serve Manchester, even though phase two has been cancelled and they already know, that those platforms won't EVER be used? And these imbeciles have been running the entire country for the last fourteen years! 🤦♂️ How can you run a company where the "management" can change every 4 or 5 years? I'm surprised you're not aware that Management , or even ownership , changes also occur quite frequently in the private sector. My current employment site is currently on its fifth 'company' in 20 years. And of course the East Coast mainline alone has had 3 failed private operators in 17 years- hardly a case of privatisation bringing stability.
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 17, 2024 11:04:01 GMT
This is like listening to an episode from the Fast Show! They're actually going to still build four platforms in Birmingham to serve Manchester, even though phase two has been cancelled and they already know, that those platforms won't EVER be used? And these imbeciles have been running the entire country for the last fourteen years! 🤦♂️ I've picked up on this: www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/08/railway-line-in-greater-manchester-to-be-closed-for-10-days.htmlI have a relative who works on railway development schemes; he is currently working on a major project at Cambridge. There is certainly a huge bow wave of rail developments throughout the country and wonder whether there is just not enough resources to tackle it all? I'm just speculating but: When Sunak was faced with making cuts and the overload of rail schemes (after decades of neglect), did he decide to cancel HS2 as a vote winner? But you say building is still proceeding, and the HS2 land purchased has not been returned or put up for sale and we are in budget deficit. So has HS2 actually been quietly postponed till more resources are available and other projects completed? Saying we will resume the scheme after 2030 would lose everyone's support. Just a thought I could ask what is Labour's policy on this, but they change policy as often as the wind changes direction.
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