"We are the party of labour"

Titanic · Oct 5, 2015

Gorgeous George smashes it out of the park at #cpc15

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34440479

"Some people stand on the sidelines. Some want to knock things down. We are the builders."

Tom Hark Preston Park · Oct 5, 2015

Titanic said:
Gorgeous George smashes it out of the park at #cpc15

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34440479

"Some people stand on the sidelines. Some want to knock things down. We are the builders."

Shameful. Utterly shameful. The party of zero-hours contracts more like.

Machiavelli · Oct 5, 2015

Tom Hark said:
Shameful. Utterly shameful. The party of zero-hours contracts more like.

They're far more the party of -- or that create -- the self-employed, the majority of whom are struggling to stay afloat.

Thunder Bolt · Oct 5, 2015

Tom Hark said:
Shameful. Utterly shameful. The party of zero-hours contracts more like.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...are-they-are-bad-as-we-are-told-10229040.html

Moshe Gariani · Oct 5, 2015

That known Tory-basher Andrew Neil put a hapless delegate on the spot during the Daily Politics this afternoon...

"If you really are the party of labour then why are you cutting tax credits for low paid workers and at the same time giving Inheritance Tax cuts to the comparatively well off on money that they do not have to work for?"
"If money for government to do things is limited, and hard choices have to be made, why on earth would you do that?"

Bold Seagull · Oct 5, 2015

Did Lord Adonis own the bar on Hove seafront next to the tennis courts?

Tom Hark Preston Park · Oct 5, 2015

It's pitiful. Like hiring 'Lord' Adonis will change anything. Oh, they said 'labour', let's all defect from Labour to the Tories. Like that's ever going to happen. Osborne doesn't seem to twig that traditional Labour voters aren't going anywhere, because they finally got their party back thanks to Jeremy Corbyn. New Labour voters will defect to the Greens, if they've any sense, or to the Lib Dems, if they don't have any sense. Nobody's going to be falling over themselves to suddenly switch allegiance to The Nasty Party.

deletebeepbeepbeep · Oct 5, 2015

Didn't mention the cut to tax credits once, utterly shameful.

Hotchilidog · Oct 5, 2015

deletebeepbeepbeep said:
Didn't mention the cut to tax credits once, utterly shameful.

Jeremy Hunt did though. Apparently they are great because people will work as hard as the Chinese and Americans. Unbelievable stuff. The mask has well and truly slipped from them at this conference.

glasfryn · Oct 5, 2015

Tom Hark said:
It's pitiful. Like hiring 'Lord' Adonis will change anything. Oh, they said 'labour', let's all defect from Labour to the Tories. Like that's ever going to happen. Osborne doesn't seem to twig that traditional Labour voters aren't going anywhere, because they finally got their party back thanks to Jeremy Corbyn. New Labour voters will defect to the Greens, if they've any sense, or to the Lib Dems, if they don't have any sense. Nobody's going to be falling over themselves to suddenly switch allegiance to The Nasty Party.

Adonis has belonged to every party there is

Surf's Up · Oct 5, 2015

Cheer up guys, only another 20 odd years to put up with this!!!

Tom Hark Preston Park · Oct 5, 2015

Thunder Bolt said:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...are-they-are-bad-as-we-are-told-10229040.html

Would you want your son or daughter being forced to work under such a contract, if the only other option was not working at all? I know I wouldn't.

Thunder Bolt · Oct 5, 2015

Tom Hark said:
Would you want your son or daughter being forced to work under such a contract, if the only other option was not working at all? I know I wouldn't.

Some people prefer the flexible working. There are two sides to every story.

hans kraay fan club · Oct 5, 2015

Thunder Bolt said:
Some people prefer the flexible working.

And a lot don't have a choice.

Ernest · Oct 5, 2015

hans kraay fan club said:
And a lot don't have a choice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34178412

hans kraay fan club · Oct 5, 2015

Moshe Gariani said:
That known Tory-basher Andrew Neil put a hapless delegate on the spot during the Daily Politics this afternoon...

"If you really are the party of labour then why are you cutting tax credits for low paid workers and at the same time giving Inheritance Tax cuts to the comparatively well off on money that they do not have to work for?"
"If money for government to do things is limited, and hard choices have to be made, why on earth would you do that?"

Because they simply don't CARE. They will do what is best for them. Their big win at the polls has left them feeling untouchable - completely unafraid of bad publicity and immune to public opinion.

After weeks of toffs / privelage / silver spoon / Bullingdon Club headlines a party with any self-awareness would have given this kind of stuff some thought. Instead, they put up the Eton-educated son of a billionaire financier as the London Mayoral candidate (against Labour's son of a bus driver). They just don't care. **** the proles.

hans kraay fan club · Oct 5, 2015

Ernest said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34178412

Clearly they all just love the 'flexibility' (to drag themselves into work sick, for fear of losing their jobs).

Thunder Bolt · Oct 5, 2015

hans kraay fan club said:
Clearly they all just love the 'flexibility' (to drag themselves into work sick, for fear of losing their jobs).

I've had that problem working with a proper full time job contract. It doesn't give you any more protection.

Our catering staff at the Amex will be on zero hours contracts. Should we boycott the kiosks?

Biscuit Barrel · Oct 5, 2015

Tom Hark said:
Shameful. Utterly shameful. The party of zero-hours contracts more like.

In the lead up to the last election a survey was carried out on people who have zero hours contracts. It was reported that around 70% of people on zero hours contracts were happy with them.

The firm I work for has a few employees on zero hour contracts. It is the staff who dictate the hours they work and certainly not the company.

hans kraay fan club · Oct 5, 2015

Thunder Bolt said:
I've had that problem working with a proper full time job contract. It doesn't give you any more protection.

Of course it does. Don't be ridiculous.

Thunder Bolt said:
Our catering staff at the Amex will be on zero hours contracts. Should we boycott the kiosks?

Quite possibly.

I'm not really concerned about the contractual situation of students working a four hour shift, fortnightly for pocket-money. There are bigger issues to take care of.

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