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RMT has announced 3 train strikes for end of May. Great timing and now will frame in peoples mind Labours manifesto with strikes, they really should have waited a few days.
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kustomkarkommando posted:I'm sure Khan is probably spitting bullets about the expansion of stamp duty into derivatives. I mean you could wait for "the right time" & quickly realise that the vested interests will ensure the right time never comes around. Or you could do it and hope that others follow your lead. Obviously it'd be better if we were still in the EU, but you can say that about most things.
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ukle posted:RMT has announced 3 train strikes for end of May. Great timing and now will frame in peoples mind Labours manifesto with strikes, they really should have waited a few days.
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May 16, 2017 16:00
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The strikes are happening under the current government, not Labour.
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May 16, 2017 16:01
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forkboy84 posted:I mean you could wait for "the right time" & quickly realise that the vested interests will ensure the right time never comes around. Or you could do it and hope that others follow your lead. Its just pushing through a more aggressive financial transaction tax at a time when you are actively trying to hold onto financial services, which a large chunk of economy requires, who are actively being poached by near neighbours with access to a larger market might not be great. It might not feel great but its one of those Brexit economic calculations you have to make
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May 16, 2017 16:04
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Irony Be My Shield posted:The strikes are happening under the current government, not Labour. Labour mayor though
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May 16, 2017 16:10
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ronya posted:Labour mayor though One of the strikes is on Merseyrail and another is Arriva Rail North.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:The strikes are happening under the current government, not Labour. Ewan fucked around with this message at 16:25 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 16:22
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kustomkarkommando posted:Its just pushing through a more aggressive financial transaction tax at a time when you are actively trying to hold onto financial services, which a large chunk of economy requires, who are actively being poached by near neighbours with access to a larger market might not be great. Are we trying to hold onto financial services? Should we be?
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May 16, 2017 16:24
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forkboy84 posted:Are we trying to hold onto financial services? Should we be? Don't they prop up our economy?
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May 16, 2017 16:25
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Regarde Aduck posted:Don't they prop up our economy? massively. kustomkarkommando posted:Its just pushing through a more aggressive financial transaction tax at a time when you are actively trying to hold onto financial services, which a large chunk of economy requires, who are actively being poached by near neighbours with access to a larger market might not be great. Alternatively they'll do what they always do; gently caress off for six months and come crawling back when they can't get good cocaine anymore e; having said that this isn't a problem in France
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May 16, 2017 16:29
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Spangly A posted:Alternatively they'll do what they always do; gently caress off for six months and come crawling back when they can't get good cocaine anymore lol if you don't think you can get good coke in Europe e: yeah that's more like it
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May 16, 2017 16:31
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forkboy84 posted:Are we trying to hold onto financial services? Should we be? Even if the sector is one of the worst for lining the pockets of the rich and only a small part of the wealth "trickles down" - it is such an important chunk of the UK economy that losing it would be bad.
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May 16, 2017 16:31
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Julio Cruz posted:lol if you don't think you can get good coke in Europe depends where. Some of the banks *did* move to Switzerland, and they *did* come crawling back citing difficulty holding employees for "lifestyle reasons". Like I say in Paris or Berlin this is a non-issue but bankers tend to be tax greedy by definition. If they pick Ireland/Switzerland again, the cycle will repeat.
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May 16, 2017 16:33
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forkboy84 posted:Are we trying to hold onto financial services? Should we be? who's this 'we', kemosabe Edinburgh also has financial center aspirations
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May 16, 2017 16:33
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Regarde Aduck posted:Don't they prop up our economy? "Prop up" would suggest they are the strength that everything else leans on, rather than the glossy paint on top that covers up the cracks. Our economy is in the poo poo which is why wages and investment are so stagnant, but as long as the housing bubble doesn't burst and nobody looks too closely at what the banks are doing there's enough to fudge the numbers with and shout "strong economy" about. Thing is, nobody has done anything to reduce the risk of another financial crisis, and the housing bubble can't last forever. I think that's the most depressing part of this election - not just that the Tories are unlikely to be ousted, but even if by some miracle Corbyn wins there's a good chance another financial crisis will come along that the Tories can then blame on Labour for another decade or two. And if that crisis hits during a Tory government instead, they'll just use it as an excuse to cut back even more cruelly than they already have.
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May 16, 2017 16:33
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forkboy84 posted:Are we trying to hold onto financial services? Should we be? 51% say no
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May 16, 2017 16:51
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ronya posted:who's this 'we', kemosabe Another thing Edinburgh has in common with London is it's awful.
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May 16, 2017 16:54
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http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2017/05/16/what-the-hell-is-labour-s-brexit-policy-part-1-467quote:In truth, Corbyn's Brexit proposals are even more misleading than May's. At least the prime minister is now willing to say clearly and plainly that she's not staying in, even if did take her months. Corbyn is still playing this infuriating softly-softly approach where he refuses to actually say what his policy is.
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May 16, 2017 17:00
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forkboy84 posted:Another thing Edinburgh has in common with London is it's awful. drat that's some biting commentary right there
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May 16, 2017 17:00
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fridge corn posted:drat that's some biting commentary right there It's also wrong. I much prefer London to Edinburgh.
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May 16, 2017 17:05
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forkboy84 posted:Another thing Edinburgh has in common with London is it's awful. And another thing the SNP have in common with the Tories is they want to become a tax haven after they break away.
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May 16, 2017 17:16
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Jedit posted:And another thing the SNP have in common with the Tories is they want to become a tax haven after they break away. it is, to be fair, pretty dang meaningless for a small open economy of 4-5 million people to pretend it has substantive macroprudential authority
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May 16, 2017 17:21
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Emily Thornberry dealing very well with Eddie Maire on PM right now, he's grilling her on all the manifesto detail plus JC's benefits freeze gaff (or whatever it is). She's actually getting better and better at these, I'm a lot more impressed with her now than I was a year or so ago. She's had to deal with a lot of lovely interviews and I think she's got to the point where she is basically unflappable. Wish I was still in her constituency!
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May 16, 2017 17:23
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Jedit posted:And another thing the SNP have in common with the Tories is they want to become a tax haven after they break away. Gosh hadn't realised that SNP government was the only outcome of independence
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May 16, 2017 17:43
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I just got off a Southern train that had a big exterior bit of one of the offside doors hanging loose and flapping around everwhere. No conductor on board (i checked) and no guards at the station i changed at, so gently caress it lol. I certainly feel like safety is Southern's #1 priority.
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May 16, 2017 17:48
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Labour manifesto is really good and so far has been pitched just about perfectly as well.
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May 16, 2017 17:57
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forkboy84 posted:Gosh hadn't realised that SNP government was the only outcome of independence
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May 16, 2017 18:00
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quote:Thing is, nobody has done anything to reduce the risk of another financial crisis, and the housing bubble can't last forever. I think that's the most depressing part of this election - not just that the Tories are unlikely to be ousted, but even if by some miracle Corbyn wins there's a good chance another financial crisis will come along that the Tories can then blame on Labour for another decade or two. And if that crisis hits during a Tory government instead, they'll just use it as an excuse to cut back even more cruelly than they already have.
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May 16, 2017 18:04
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Guavanaut posted:The SSP will rise again. I'm hoping that was deliberate, what the SSP electoral pact with RISE at the last Holyrood election. But nah, at this point the hope of the Scottish left is the Greens. Who aren't perfect but are still better than all the other alternatives with a chance of actually winning seats.
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May 16, 2017 18:16
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Jesus Christ if true. https://twitter.com/sirpauljenkins/status/864243464883625984
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May 16, 2017 18:28
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15 years ago I made the first big politically motivated act of my life by joining the protests against the invasion of Iraq. Yesterday I made the second - I went canvassing with the red team round a fairly rough part of town in the pissing rain. It was actually not that bad. I thought it'd be more argumentative but it was mainly about saying hi to the supporters and showing a bit of presence. There was one scary bodybuilding type whose eyes seemed to pop out of his head when I asked him if he wanted a flyer, but he didn't mash me into the doorstep so I count that as a win. Mainly though, people were either nice, not voting, or pretending to not be at home. It's worth doing, it's not difficult, it only lasts a couple of hours and it's happening near you right now. Give it a try.
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May 16, 2017 18:28
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I did door to door for years and never got poo poo. People are generally nice face to face. On the phone half the uk told me to gently caress off though and the internet is the internet.
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May 16, 2017 18:31
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Fans posted:I did door to door for years and never got poo poo. People are generally nice face to face. On the phone half the uk told me to gently caress off though and the internet is the internet. gently caress OFF
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May 16, 2017 18:34
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Gonzo McFee posted:Jesus Christ if true. Here is Sir Henry's blog where he explains it - https://sirhenrybrooke.me/2017/05/15/mandatory-reconsiderations-and-the-rule-of-law/ quote:New statistics have shown that in 87% of these mandatory reconsiderations the original decision is upheld. Now we have learned, through the response to a Freedom of Information request, that one of the DWP’s Key Performance Indicators – a management device through which the relevant civil servants’ achievements and promotion prospects are measured – is that the decisions in at least 80% of these cases should be upheld in the department’s favour following mandatory reconsideration. If we had anything like the press we had even 10 years ago this could bring a government down, but expect it to be largely ignored. In plain terms this is corruption, and their might be a slim chance it is falling foul of a law. ukle fucked around with this message at 18:43 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 18:40
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I'm loving the Tory response to the Labour manifesto, because it's so cliched and loving predictable. They're probably worried because the very people they've been protecting from taxation might have to bite a loving bullet.
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May 16, 2017 18:43
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I don't think they're that worried.
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May 16, 2017 18:45
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The most favorable way I can read that is that if >20% of your decisions are overturned at reconsideration then you go into the low performing group i.e. it's a measure for the original assessor, not the person doing the reconsideration.
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May 16, 2017 18:45
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Looke posted:gently caress OFF But I love you all 
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Looke posted:gently caress OFF rude
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