Zorral Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) It rather seems the plan, doesn't it? Only those who can pay privately for all these services can have them. Terrific way to hold all power and wealth and never be challenged anywhere by anyone. As in ye good old golden age days, laws -- and taxes!!!!!! -- applied only these inferiors but not us lords. Edited December 11, 2022 by Zorral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 We all know that happens, eventually, when govt becomes of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. It always ends up with revolution, the only question is the amount of violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 13 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: I agree with the overall point you're making, but this specifically happens all the time. To this day I believe I coined the phrase "policy mandate inflation," intending it to sound as bad as I could. Clarify please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Reminder on why Terfs are terrible. It’s an abomination that the LGBA association whose primary goal is to fear monger about trans people is allowed to be a charity while charities that actually help people is under threat. The Anti-Targ, Which Tyler, Zorral and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Does anything in Tory Britain actually work? Despite all the official weather warnings, I have yet to see any evidence of gritters having been deployed on our roads. While there is plenty of evidence to the contrary. This is the busiest motorway in the country last night, after just a couple of hours worth of snow: Edited December 12, 2022 by Spockydog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 8 hours ago, Spockydog said: Does anything in Tory Britain actually work? Despite all the official weather warnings, I have yet to see any evidence of gritters having been deployed on our roads. While there is plenty of evidence to the contrary. This is the busiest motorway in the country last night, after just a couple of hours worth of snow: Our bypass had a visit from the gritter around 4.00 this afternoon. Only 48 hours late then; but better that than never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenaExMachina Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 We've always been pretty good up here for gritting the roads. Where I live now hasn't had issues so far County Durham on the other hand...it was almost comical when I lived with my parents, you could see where the border for County Durham started when it got snow-y or icy because they so rarely gritted the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 12/11/2022 at 5:26 PM, mormont said: It's part of a wider picture in public services over the last two decades Yes. Would really recommend people watching this video with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine's vice president regarding the situation in emergency departments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 The report ordered by the DHSC by the King's Fund states essentially what everyone in healthcare already knows Quote “The sporadic injections of cash during the austerity years after 2010 were at best meant to cover [the service’s] day-to-day running costs. This dearth of long-term investment has led to a health and care system hamstrung by a lack of staff and equipment and crumbling buildings. These critical challenges have been obvious for years. The report pinpoints Cameron’s decision to reduce the NHS’s annual budget increases from Labour’s 3.6% to an average of just 1.5% as the key reason for the service’s loss of capacity. The service’s performance against a number of waiting time targets that Labour introduced began spiralling downwards in 2015 and has worsened every year since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) Here's that well known left wing rag, the Financial Times, on the government's public sector pay policy: https://www.ft.com/content/ca81509b-e929-487f-8975-49d75dc4f78d Quote One might argue that control over public sector wages is an effective way to prevent a wage-price spiral, that government cannot afford to pay public sector workers any more, or that inflation is an opportunity to reduce excessive levels of public sector pay, especially when one takes perks, notably generous pensions, into account. None of these arguments has merit. Quote On the second, the decision by government not to raise pay in line with wages in the private sector is not because it cannot afford to do so. Taxes could be raised if the will were there. It is in effect a political decision to make public sector employees pay for the government’s unfunded promises. Quote As Chris Cook argues, the government should ask whether public sector pay is at a level that will sustain delivery of needed services. The country’s social fabric is fraying. In particular, ill health is damaging labour supply. If the government is not prepared to raise the required taxes, it should be honest about that. Letting inflation reduce real pay, while expecting services to be maintained, let alone improve, is plainly dishonest. Edited December 13, 2022 by mormont horangi and ants 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Richard Madely ranting away rether than letting Mick Lynch answer the question. Lord of Oop North 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 38 minutes ago, Derfel Cadarn said: Richard Madely ranting away rether than letting Mick Lynch answer the question. Was there ever such a mismatch in ability? maarsen, Derfel Cadarn and dog-days 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said: Was there ever such a mismatch in ability? Liz Truss and... any interviewer? ants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Which Tyler said: Liz Truss and... any interviewer? She got beat by a lettuce, so there's that. Derfel Cadarn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Think Richard M. should see a doctor about his anger problems. Mick Lynch looked like a mastiff being charged by a rabid Yorkshire terrier. The female presenter just looked excruciatingly embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 25 minutes ago, dog-days said: Think Richard M. should see a doctor about his anger problems. Mick Lynch looked like a mastiff being charged by a rabid Yorkshire terrier. The female presenter just looked excruciatingly embarrassed. Maybe the strike meant he had to get a bus to the studio ? dog-days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Once a mighty empire, but still relied on keeping the vast majority poor and desperate to serve the interests of the wealthy few. Zorral 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Another spoof broadcast by Jonathan Pie, about the strikes Which Tyler, Sophelia and Poobah 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 She and her husband have to go to prison. Derfel Cadarn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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