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It's over simplistic for you to keep saying people are shouting ban them! Labour have said they want to ban 'exploitative' versions of the contracts. Vince Cable wants to reform the laws about them. You said they need revised / altered or regulated in some way. So why do you keep on like...

I tell you what, I've never taken a job where I didn't commit to doing a certain number of hours. The very notion of taking a job not to commit to do any hours is rather perverse don't you think?

I worked for the university library so had a contract with them that had a basic wage and hours, but that could be varied with a stipulated notice period. Suited me quite well as I could manage the hours around my studio work. Worked in a pub too, did sign a contract but have no idea what that...

I was a student 20 years ago, and worked various bar and service jobs, in similar flexible terms but none were on zero hour contracts.

So where have I said ban them? You've just said they need altering and safe guards - why do they need those if you're seemingly so happy with them?

No, clearly the rise of these contracts is a relatively new thing and the statistics and surveys are still lagging behind. So the information we have is forming a picture of what actually these contracts are about, but the picture is by no means definitive. My 'think' is no more doubtful than...

I think you are looking at this through rose tinted glasses. In a lot of cases, you either turn up for work when asked, or you're out. This notion of you being able to turn around and say 'actually, I don't fancy working this week' is a notion that I don't think exists in the vase majority of...

I think the confusion is that people see ZHC as the only option for a flexible working contract. Of course it isn't the only option for those wanting to vary their hours or have flexibility in their employment. Completely agree with you, a ZHC only really suits one party to the contract, the...

The updated ONS figures now have that as 700,000 workers, given some of those have more than one contract it is some 1.5m contracts. This is now over 2.3% of the employed work force.

:lolol: I knew you wouldn't be able to accept what so many people were telling you! Didn't even read your own article fully...

Don't forget the hedge fund managers, bankers, trust fund managers, currency speculators, stock brokers... all of whom understand you have to spend within your means! :lolol:

Thankfully I didn't think you meant me, although knowing my professional background you'll know I'm either a totalitarian fascist or Marxist socialist - there is no middle ground!

No not at all. In fact neither party shines in any particular way - hence the comment to Mr Giraffe. In fact the electorate seemed to realise the financial collapse wasn't all Labour's fault in 2010, hence no landslide for the Tories, and similarly now recognise the country is stable, the...

You'd have thought they wouldn't have needed the Libs last time given the nonsense they took over! :lolol:

They'd pay £10,000 in IHT and gain a house that grew in value because of the economy we all contribute to. Why shouldn't they pay for that gain? Even someone buying their own house pays stamp duty, a tax on money they've already earned. A £350,000 house I could purchase tomorrow I'd pay £7500...

You cannot simply take a 5 year period of Labour rule to '79, without having recourse to Ted Heath's own government prior to that. You couldn't argue the the state of the country inherited in '79 was any worse than that left in '74. You cannot then judge 18 years of power by saying the balance...

Really? I'm 41 this year, and I don't remember the Tories managing the economy through the 80's and early 90's any better than Labour did from late 90's to 2010. I think this whole Labour can't manage the economy is a complete fallacy, because frankly neither party has managed the economy that...

It is more like a million contracts, around 3%. Vince Cable has already proposed rule changes for these contracts, so certainly not just a 'red ed' agenda item. Suits the employment figures not to dwell on it right now though leading up to an election I guess, but then that would be a Devious...

The bull:shit: budget.

The average UK house price is £179k. For a semi detached house its £171k, for a detached house its £282k. I was about to type the same thing, the vast majority of hardworking people will not have accumulated enough for their beneficiaries to need to pay IHT.