Politician Bashing: Fair is fair after all. First the conservative party with their ability to reduce this country to a pale ghost of what it could have been. Their pockets are full - Austerity worked hurrah 😎no need to govern us anymore. Sit on the sidelines and taunt the government now in office.
The Socialists, (who are not very good socialists by the way) now have the upper hand and have been dressing themselves in finery due to the largesse of a wealthy donor. But they have promised not to do it again. Then there is Rachel Reeves throwing out all paintings of men in the state room and only hanging paintings by women or of women. Well maybe a clever trick but hardly something to get one's ire up.
On the sidelines we have the right wing Reform Party, up and away, voted in by those who are indignant at various things that have brought this country down!! But probably are those in poverty with no way of getting out. There are many bleak towns out there with people claiming benefits that just don't pay the bills.
I read yesterday that crime is down and giggled at the prisoners who were released early, moaning about the fact that they had not got the ankle locks which gives their location - very needy.
Home news is much happier, when my daughter messaged Lillie after her first week in London for a chat she was told too busy to talk. Off to Scout's meeting in London, she also has a job in a bar come coffee place (barista skills are handy) and was also starting Uni that day. So she seems to have settled in well, her brother and sister are keeping an eye on her but all good so far.
I am glad we are going to renationalise the trains and build more houses by the way and trust the Labour government will keep to its promises.
As for more pay for train drivers, so a person who has hundreds of lives under his care is not allowed a decent wage - think about it....
My daughter at the moment can spend three hours travelling one way to Manchester because of the disruption of taking a bridge down on the motorway. Her travel is synchronized by the rail line with a coach but of course with the burden of heavy traffic the coaches often miss the trains departure from Rochdale.
The clothing gifts have annoyed people, but donor supporters can give what they want to give. Sadly, many voters judge politician (and their other halves) on appearance, and the makeovers were probably worth a lot of votes. It was overdone - some of them look a bit too slick now.
ReplyDeleteI expect the question is of course what the donor wants in return Tasker. But I would put money behind the political party of my choice. Though it has done me little good it being the Green Party!
DeleteIt is all about perception and it seems Sir Keef Stammer has already blotted his copybook, him not being able to afford to buy his wife a pretty frock.
ReplyDeleteI agree about train drivers, but bus drivers do some hard yards too with much responsibility. Not as much, but still significant and they have to deal with traffic.
That's not good about what your daughter has to put up with, hopefully not for long.
Starmer is going to get a rough ride, so one can feel sorry for him and looking good is not actually a sin, and his wife gets to get some nice clothes. True about bus drivers as well, though their services can be a bit rotten for lack of money.
DeleteIn her defence, I don't think I could live with a portrait of Margaret Thatcher looking down on me either.
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DeleteWell she is the departed leader of the Conservative, therefore allow her to rule in their term of government but the labour party can stick whatever they want on the walls Tom.
But, do trains drivers deserve to earn more than nurses or doctors? Discuss.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that is a difficult one but doctors, nurses, teachers and train drivers are doing skilled jobs therefore should be paid a fair wage/salary for work done. I don't think there is one type of work, whether it be doctor or teacher be judged against what is 'seen' as more manual work, both are ultimately necessary for society to run amicably.
DeleteI think it is whether the CEOs and sports stars and celebrities and such deserve the millions they get when the important people who make the cities run are being paid less than they might need to live.
DeleteThat of course is a truth Ellen, letting people take millions of pounds for just kicking a ball around is ridiculous but then I am not a football fan. But a more fairer distribution of money will have the conservatives sobbing.
DeleteOn the subject of fair pay, Next has just lost a court case over pay differentials between warehouse and checkout staff on the highly dubious grounds of "sex discrimination". So, the ability to pay more to get staff to do a less appealing job takes a hit in this twisted world of ours.
DeleteOf course the conservatives never received free handouts or image advice; the fuel allowance will be means tested ( albeit unnecessarily complicated..no doubt). I too would get rid of the Thatcher portrait..or id chuck paint on it! Starmer warned us some decisions would be unpopular...I'll wait & see, but predictably the mainstream press are launching in..their hypocrisy & bias can be infuriating. Not sure that what could be perceived as kangaroo courts for the rioters was ok, but I don't really care about racists ( simplistic I know.) I wonder if he predicted this reaction & that necessitated a " clampdown " I synch with you Thelma about so much..maybe it's the stones! Carol.
DeleteHi Will, at one time women were paid less because they were not seen as the main breadwinner. Times have changed now, so equality in pay irrespective of gender has to be factored in. The BBC says this
Delete"The tribunal accepted that the difference in pay rates between the jobs was not down to "direct discrimination", including the "conscious or subconscious influence of gender" on pay decisions, but was caused by efforts to "reduce cost and enhance profit".
It seems the judgement was made on undercutting wages to woman so that profit could be paid out to the company.
Of course Starmer laid himself wide open but then I'm a Corbynite...preferring intelligence, truth & morality over much anything else..but he will never stand a chance with this press. Does this mean I'm a juvenile like the youth vote Corbyn recieved? Well good. I'll join with his next party.
ReplyDeleteHi Carol, yes it is surprising how people are so happy to forget the last government's abject failures, or forgetting the way they helped themselves from the coffers. Though I think Johnson never had a personal assistant for his wardrobe he always looked so untidy - but that I suppose was image making.
ReplyDeleteI think £80,000 a year is a good wage and it is only greed that makes train drivers think they need more. Try asking a nurse what they think of the train drivers wage. As a teaching assistant it would take me 7 years to earn that amount of money even though I was working with the future of this country and under Labour I will be paying more tax so that more and more people can claim benefits and not work at all. Why should I pay for someone else to have more than two children when I had to earn the money I need to bring up my 3 children. You choose to have children so it is your responsibility to work for what they need.If you can't afford a holiday so be it and what children need more than anything else is love and time which cost nothing.
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Hi Jane, A bit of a whinge there. Perhaps the train drivers shouldn't get more money but often there are not enough trains running here because of lack of drivers. They are a necessity as are teachers, nurses and doctors. Again there are not enough of these people with doctors leaving the country to find jobs elsewhere. So do you pay them more?
ReplyDeletePeople who sit on their backsides having children, well that is an old grouch. There are also single parents looking after children desperate for a job in a town that has been wiped of its industry.
Basically life isn't fair, and I only put it up as a question about pay for train drivers.