Labour isn't working - Thread 21

[TheNuthatch]

A chat thread for those who don't like this Labour government. 💙

We are bracing for the budget 😬

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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So many have come out against that rise, it will cause more unemployment for under 25s

Yep. Same.
Dh couldn't take on an apprentice as planned earlier in the year.
18 year olds NMW is going up by 8.5%.

The issue is, salaries have not kept pace with NMW. So all the broadest shoulders are now just people in bog standard professional roles. Why bother?

And then of course, they all become unemployed, lose their sense of worth, get depressed and claim benefits. The cycle continues. It is sheer madness. A land of zombies.

Yep, spot on.
Yet the left will clap like performing sealions because they have no fucking idea of the impact.

Words are cheap.

Raising NMW sounds good on paper until you realise it makes employment prohibitive combined with the rising NI.

How is this going to help employment?

The thought of young people out of work is really concerning. It’s already high. Not sure what’s happening with the day 1 rights.

Ik the two child benefit will likely change tomorrow. This is a big deal for many people, as a negative.

Loads of business leaders are saying it's madness and it's not the gov actually giving this rise it's stressed business and will unleash the law of unintended consequences

The employment rights bill is currently in ping pong with the lords.

I'm hitting the bottle of brandy tonight that I bought to feed the xmas cake. I haven't had any alcohol since March. God I despise them!

I notice that Peter Kyle didn't mention it when he addressed the CBI. He wouldn't have made it out alive.

@TheNuthatch no !! Don't let the bastards grind you down and turn you to drink.

Since march is incredible abstinence

Long time lurker, here.

God, I am sooooo glad I found this thread….

Since March, that’s incredible.

I feel like it’s getting towards crappy Covid times. Why can’t the state ie Labour give us a break from their shite. It’s relentless.

Welcome 👋

Re
The reduction in the pay gap

There was a report in the papers recently that graduates in some industries are getting paid min wage and it’s not worth doing a degree
As min wage closes the gap on graduate salaries it could easily affect industries and expertise.

I saw an article on graduate jobs worsening and wondered when it’ll translate into falling degree numbers - as a country we’ve lost all of our confidence in so many areas. It does feel as gloomy as the pandemic.

DH and I are both hoping that our kids want to do (and get) apprenticeships after school, instead of going to uni. No doubt that hope will be scuppered by Labour's NMW rise now though. 🙄

I think it's worse than the pandemic. You expect a pandemic to be shit. This is just self-created shit from incompetent government, not as a result of an outside influence.

I know this is Labour isn't working, but honourable mention to Jonathan Hinder tonight, whose outrage at the puberty blocker trial is palpable.
Streeting, on the other hand, is a fucking weasel.

A friend had their hours cut last time there was a NMW increase, and had already been told they will again….

Well done him 🫡

Good for him - can’t understand how we got back here so quickly on puberty blockers.

That’s great. Anyone opposed to that horrific trial is a good un

@TheNuthatchim not a drinker either ( a few at Christmas)
but spotted pineapple gin in Aldi and treated ourselves to it after a crap week already

it’s delicious

chinchin

Ooh I fancy that, thank you.
The brandy is going down nicely. Cheers everyone 🥃