If it helps, I'll tweak my comment to emphasise my meaning "Read. Reiterate my comment, if one can't pay oneself or ones employees a proper wage, maybe one is in the wrong business"
I'm not sure that does help though, and sounds a bit poncey.
Easy tiger, all I actually said regarding numbers was (and mentioned by several others) "Read. Reiterate my comment, if you can't pay yourself or your employees a proper wage, maybe you're in the wrong business", and I stand by that, entirely. You asked me what I thought was decent.......
I assume this libellous post will be treated accordingly, given that I've seen no suggestion that Ed made this call.
Note - If it truly did happen, it's despicable, but it is not typical of the Labour Party.
There are plenty, it's at the core of the nasties to not give a hoot about those in need. I don't buy any of the above, you could argue the same for slavery. At least they'll put a roof over your head and let you live off scraps? It's all I can afford guv, I've got my margins to think about.
What actually was said:-
Lord Freud's comments came during a fringe meeting at the Conservative conference last month when he was asked whether it was preferable for someone with a disability, who could not get a job, to be paid less than the minimum wage - and to have their income topped up...