Also not sure it is completely correct to spin it as Corbyn’s first victory either. There was significant cross-post concern about it, and I believe that it was a Lib Dem motion in The Lords that has sent it back to The Commons. I’m sure it will (and perhaps should) be spun as a Corbyn victory though.
Ironically, if the vote had passed it would have been more damaging to the Tories; making the hard working poor, poorer. But as much as I’d like to see the Tories out of power, I’ve got to welcome something that will stop people from worrying about how to pay bills.
The current proposals go too far in the sense that there should be some sort of transitional process - You can’t just turn off the tap.
All changes to the tax credit system were going to be unpopular - it the tories had watered them down from the off, they would still face opposition. Maybe they went for the worst possible scenario knowing that they had room to gve a bit and still get what they wanted whilst taken a bit of flak now.
Labour should have been murdering the Tories over this - I think they have given the Tories an easier ride than the tories could ever have hoped for.
The current proposals go too far in the sense that there should be some sort of transitional process - You can’t just turn off the tap.
Quite. If they can phase in or limit policy because it helps business ( e.g. minimum wage increases ), then they should be doing the same for people.
All changes to the tax credit system were going to be unpopular - it the tories had watered them down from the off, they would still face opposition. Maybe they went for the worst possible scenario knowing that they had room to gve a bit and still get what they wanted whilst taken a bit of flak now.
I don’t agree with the principle of Tax Credits. Employers should pay a full living wage to anyone 18 and over. What we’ve got is a gutless government that has had its policy rejected by many of its own members.
Labour should have been murdering the Tories over this - I think they have given the Tories an easier ride than the tories could ever have hoped for.
What else should they have done that they didn’t do? The issue has been campaigned for since it was raise. The Tories just lost.
Best looiking girl at the bar maybe Cherts, but as we know, the best loking are to often leave you dissapointedm as they tend to be a narcistic, self absorbed and generaly the beauty is superficial, often with a vacuous or mean-spirited core…
Sickening and I hate the bastards, whilst benefits should not subsidise cheap labour there is no gaurantee that the market will pick up the difference, in fact why would they when the economy is shrinking, labour fucked up but these bastards are doing it for ideological reasons, utter cunts.
“Growth” in and of itself is misleading. You can ramp your GDP up massively if you start selling things off to the private sector. Is that a good thing? The “growth” there is just growth in revenue, helped by not having things like “democracy” to worry about.
Given the zeal and level of privatisation, and the costs associated with turning public sector businesses into private sector ones, you’d expect “growth” to be through the roof.