Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Sky News" channel.

  1. When a Tory says "we need to think of the Taxpayer" they mean their CEO mates, not people on salaries. Always remember that!
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  2. ​@victo6755 I expect everyone who has compared Mick Lynch to Stalin to be packing their desk then
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  3. "Who is Liz Truss?" Maybe they should have tried to answer this before making her Prime Minister? 🤔
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  4. Shame that we'll never get one
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  5. The government needs to stop cosplaying Thatcher and listen to this man!
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  6. Can we have immediate justice for Liz Truss, and make Truss and Kwarteng clean up the mess they made?
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  7.  @keith4518  Boring No There's a big red "find out more" button on the homepage of the Labour website
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  8.  @Jase29  who was telling us what?
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  9. She wants more money in certain peoples pockets...
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  10. ​ @pzee9732  ...said Mussolini
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  11.  @rjkmusicmedia  when holding a piece of paper is illegal protest, illegal industrial action isn't violence
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  12. Shame his own minister says none of the proposed laws would make any difference to this dispute 🤣
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  13. Florence grew up in a family with four houses in three different countries. Can't imagine she was having to choose between heating and eating!
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  14.  @neyson220293  When will this magical wage rocket happen? They've had more than a decade now, still waiting!
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  15. Let's have a look at all the subcontracted services being run by private companies. I bet most of them would be more efficient if brought back into the NHS!
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  16.  @jake751  They put us here, but we all need to dig ourselves out!
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  17.  @raymondellis9955  ...if we are lucky
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  18. It wasn't furlough that tanked the Pound, the tanking was a reaction to a 100% Tory mini budget
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  19. Wonder if this interview was planned, or if it was a reaction to Zahawi name checking Campbell? If so, summoning Campbell by speaking his name was a colossal own goal!
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  20.  @acptelford1307  Learn from the RMT rather than drag them down! Don't let bosses push everyone down to the lowest rung
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  21. That was started by the Conservative Chancellor Reginald Maudling back in 1964 That's a tradition nobody will continue now, thanks to the Conservatives
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  22.  @Anglo_Browza  The EU aren't messing with us, they are giving us everything we freely chose
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  23. The only explanation I can come up with is this They thought they could get away with it
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  24.  @abazely2743  what about the rest of the board, and all the shareholders? The money is there, and his line about leading from the front is nonsense. He's not in the same boat as everyone else. He's not even on the same planet as everyone else!
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  25.  @ThesocialmuteHD  well, Tory Transport Minister no 4 isn't going to look after working people. I trust Mick 🙂
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  26. Nonsense
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  27.  @Anglo_Browza  if they didn't have a job, we could always send them back. That was always possible
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  28.  @wilnerolivier7971  I am ready for the first female Chancellor 😉
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  29.  @alwayspooh1588  I agree Rishi would be bad. I also agree Liz is even worse
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  30. Today's "did they really say that?" moment - apparently we need to give tax cuts because otherwise people won't work hard This is a tax cut for people on 150k and higher. The IEA just straight up said 150k earners are lazy, but will be less lazy if we give them lower taxes 🙄
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  31. @D C Not everyone - people on 80k can cope with a pay freeze for a bit, people on 500k could cope on a pay cut I'm no commie demanding everyone gets the same, but is a CEO really over 150 times more important than a nurse?
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  32. Apparently the railway is struggling so much that it can't afford higher wages Yet they had no problem finding money to pay dividends to shareholders 🤔
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  33.  @seroxen1  we do need to look back to learn from history. We should take notes on what not to do!
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  34. Great British Energy sounds like a fantastic plan! Let's start there 🙂
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  35. @Bevrinton  "the nation comes first" - what does "coming first" look like? Shouldn't a winning nation be able to pay it's key workers properly?
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  36. It bounced a bit before it settled at the current low, but it's far below recovered!
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  37. She's used to dealing with waffling idiots, and can't cope when she tries to interrogate someone who actually knows their job!
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  38. Beth Rigby: Here are lots of policies that are popular with the British public Liz Truss: They are all lefty ideas The conclusion is left wing politics are popular right now. Even the Tories say so!
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  39.  @perolagrande  If the Tories went on strike, would we notice the difference?
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  40. I don't want a 1k bill if I need an ambulance!
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  41. CEOs have managed to find the money for inflation busting pay rises - for themselves 🤔
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  42. It is reducing a bit against the very strong Dollar Only the pound plummeted
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  43. Yep, pure sour grapes. He's pretending he's taking a stand when really nobody but Boris would ever give him a job!
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  44. She's definitely sharp. What I am less clear on is where she sees us. Is she growing the economy for our benefit, or are we just meat to be fed into the economic grinder? I worry it's the latter...
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  45.  @Nikki-wy8wo  this is the most necessary time for government spending. Too much UK wealth is stagnant property investments. We need to put money in productive businesses and people's pockets to get money moving We tried austerity back in 2008. It didn't work, and that's how we ended up where we are now
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  46. ​ @growlerthe2nd712  Yep! Restraint is needed on capital gains, not wages!
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  47. Go to med school then!
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  48.  @petertyrrell1847  I haven't forgotten, because it was never true
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  49. And we all know that either way, corrupt or incompetent, they shouldn't be anywhere near government!
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  50.  @lukaszpawlowski6078  although at least we are back to the slow puncture failure, rather than the off-a-cliff failure, so that's better than it was last month...
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  51. He can promise to start the process, even if it won't be finished in one term
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  52.  @danielwebb8402  win an election? Fantastic idea! Let's have one as soon as possible!
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  53. A weak effort, but I like this better than allcaps hatespeech, so 2/10
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  54. @Bevrinton  water - privatised, terrible Power - privatised, most expensive in Europe Rail - privatised, poor and still heavily subsidised NHS - heavily subcontracted to private firms. Delivering poorer results despite increasing funding as a result I feel I've missed one or two, but the pattern is clear - privatisation delivers worse results at higher cost
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  55. @Future Classics  we don't have to guess whether public or private works best, we have the evidence in front of us The Tories have been subcontracting more and more out privately. Has it got better or worse in the last ten years as a result?
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  56. Yep. The shareholder Christmas must be protected In his world posties don't get to have Christmas 🙁
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  57. Labour will be better - every Labour government has been better than the Tory alternative!
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  58.  @niblet112  So like Norman said, bring in Proportional Representation, change the system!
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  59. As long as he sits on the passenger side so no innocent driver gets hurt
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  60. Gordon Brown stuck to the manifesto that Labour were elected on - anyone think Sunak will actually do any leveling up?
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  61. She's already claimed that as her campaign slogan!
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  62. because he doesn't put himself forward. If he did, then he will succeed or fail as the public sees fit
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  63. This is definitely a "whoever wins, we all lose" scenario!
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  64. But didn't the Tories Take Back Control in the last General Election?
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  65. Often in hotels owned by Tory donors 🤔
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  66. ​ @bowantoia8536  nationalisation improves efficiency, as it cuts a layer of management and saves on shareholder dividends 😁
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  67. @TheCrimsonAvenger  I agree his business dealings are dodgy, but I doubt he was doing any of that today. Strictly handshakes and polite smiles here
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  68. Can't be any worse than where we are now!
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  69. The big question to ask - which puts patients most at risk, a few days of carefully planned strike action, or a catastrophic failure to recruit and retain doctors and nurses?
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  70. @ashley W  There is always another option! If there's money to funnel to private companies, then there's money we can spend on a public NHS instead
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  71.  @ashleyw6728  then we need someone else in government, who will!
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  72. Let's look at that productivity graph - clearly shows austerity kills productivity Yet the Tories want to try austerity to fix low productivity 🤔
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  73.  @ronnieince4568  turns out people don't want to spend every hour of every day making someone else's life better. Share the rewards fairly, and work ethics will follow
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  74.  @veganpicks3510  sadly, a lot of our public sector isn't truly public anymore 🙁
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  75. But we are selling the licence. Once the licence is sold we buy the oil back at global market rate. No benefits for us ordinary folk
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  76.  @bhupindertube  we see a bit of money from the licence, but we'd see even more if we kept it nationally owned. It's classic Tory short term profiteering for a long-term loss
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  77. Greens and LibDems are getting a bit sick of being taken for granted though. Labour gain so much more from tactical voting than the other parties A promise to change the electoral system would fix that! The current begrudging support would be energised and enthusiastic instead
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  78. Tories are bad for everyone except their Eton chums!
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  79. They have their fantasy of following in Thatcher's footsteps. Very different times now though, it's not going to play out how they are dreaming it will!
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  80. I also want to add that the rolling stock companies are making substantial money. Definitely room there for more competition/regulation without anyone going bankrupt!
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  81. I guess bilionaires will always be uncomfortable with the left. To be fair, I'm uncomfortable with the ludicrous cost of living that's making them even wealthier, so that divide is hard to avoid!
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  82. Price caps not handouts!
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  83. Absolutely! Actually, on second thoughts I may hold back on the clapping 😉
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  84. ​@jo because the only difference between Sunak and Truss is that Sunak is bleeding the country slowly rather than crashing it in an instant 🙁
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  85. He also holds democratic mandates sacred, but allows the DUP minority to hold the rest of Stormont hostage
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  86. @trainman665  what's the difference between re-tendering a poorly performing private contract, and sacking poorly performing management in a publicly owned network?
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  87. Taxes are only at record highs for ordinary people. A few are enjoying very low rates!
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  88.  @vincentblack7467  if the transport secretary changed position, Mick would have something new to say 😉
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  89. It is! They should ask for matching inflation, minimum 😁
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  90. Windfall tax, invest in wind and solar and house insulation, stop giving tax breaks to people and companies who disappear their money into tax havens rather than invest it in the nation There's a few for starters!
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  91. Labour are on the right track. Fix the assessment process, get legitimate asylum seekers settled, get undeserving immigrants deported as soon as possible Hopefully they'll consider setting up centres overseas, so legitimate cases can travel here safely, and the rest never make it here at all
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  92. Spot on! Socialism for the rich in action...
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  93.  @Bevrinton  we have privatised almost everything already. Which one improved?
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  94.  @Bevrinton  who or what did the Tories swear allegiance to? It clearly wasn't the nation or the people!
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  95.  @bw6316  that wouldn't be new, MPs already get excessive pay rises. During supposed "austerity", they've gained 28% while most public sector pay went up around 12%...
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  96. The civil service tried to warn him so they fired people until the warnings stopped Slow clap for Captain Kamikwasi...
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  97. The cravenly pathetic "but your plan only covers 6 months" while the alternative plan is to do smeg all. The bias is showing!
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  98. "The value of your investment can go down as well as up" - that's what all the adverts for shares say, isn't it?
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  99. Tory Ministers are driving this agenda
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  100. This started months ago. The Posties didn't start this for Christmas, the owners let it drag on til Christmas
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  101. Maybe mini referred to how much money we'll have left once they're done?
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  102. Lots have reduced a bit, but only one had a spectacular drop!
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  103.  @undoisitreidezero5242  somewhere with similar pay, but shorter hours and less stress?
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  104.  @garyfitzpatrick3562  anyone who rents or who has tried to get on the property ladder knows where the countries wealth has gone - to a handful of people with vast property portfolios
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  105. When will the Democratic Unionist Party start feeling embarrassed about their refusal to participate in democracy?
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  106. I think someone already has
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  107. Penny Mordaunt still seems desperate to have a go, there should be time to squeeze in another Prime Minister before the next general election!
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  108.  @babycharliebrown  yet she'll just nod along with a Tory deflecting and dodging questions 🤔
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  109.  @bowantoia8536  I was playing on the Tories love of efficiency - so I told them how they get to be more efficient by nationalising! Think they'll take up my suggestion?
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  110. The government has had months to settle this. Blame the government for dragging it out!
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  111. It's nothing special, it's just getting back to normal pay after over a decade of broken austerity
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  112. That's his job - greet international dignitaries, and summon the butler to serve posh sarnies and tea
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  113. There's a few people like that in the comments here, too!
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  114. The "independent" body is only independent within parameters set by the government 🤔
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  115. Once licences are sold we have to buy it back at global prices. This makes some tory chums richer, but does nothing for us
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  116. @Be Real  she could be sharp, and looking out for herself If that's who she is, it explains why she isn't talking straight about what she's planning!
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  117.  @asmith9140  yeah, the mouldy ones only went up by 99%. Tragic news for slumlords! /s
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  118. It's not really a pay rise if it merely matches inflation though. That's break even
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  119. Rishi would have been selfishly competent. He'd have taken the biggest slice of the cake for him and his, but made sure the cake was good overall Liz is busy incinerating the cake
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  120. Who should we trust? The financial Times or the minister for the 18th century? 🤔
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  121. When did good manners and respectfulness stop being British values? 🙁
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  122.  @bossman1905  In the south, and the big cities, that's not a decent wage
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  123. I agree, and would go further. He's just wrapped his car round a tree, and is now stumbling around in denial. Accidents only happen to bad drivers, so how could this happen to him ? Will he learn, or is he going to be that guy who spends the rest of his life sitting on his own in the corner of a pub, ranting about how he was cheated out of the rightful rewards that someone of his genius and talent obviously deserves?
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  124. The Tories talk nonsense, and the companies won't talk in public at all!
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  125. Are all their candidates going to stand this time?
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  126.  @Lolo-lm5xx  Getting ill people back to work is good for revenue too! Huge waiting lists full of people signed off work til they are better is not good for the country
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  127. Mostly in hotels owned by Tory donors 🤔
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  128. He does care, he's doing his best to purge government of both
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  129. What we need is a more democratic democracy. The current one only just scrapes over the bar
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  130. @James Pope  That as well, but given the current system creates an elected dictatorship from only 40% of the vote, maybe the two are related? A more accountable government would care more about doing a good job!
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  131.  @thefifthdoctor6780  I remember the Blair years. Definitely better than the last twelve years have been
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  132. This started ages ago. Blame the owners for dragging it out so long
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  133. I am commenting as I listen, and I have to call this out too. Apparently we have a strong economy with almost no unemployment, the ideal time to justify higher wages, yet we can't afford higher wages One of those two things is a lie. Which one is it?
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  134. Good idea, but we need longer than one year!
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  135.  @mpgnz73  the government owns the contracts and has final say on industrial disputes The Tory government are the ones responsible here. Look at Scotland and Wales - where the contract isn't controlled by the Tories, no problems!
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  136. We don't need wild, untested ideas to fix the NHS. We lay less per head than most European countries If we want to be like those health systems across the channel that everyone says we should copy? Start by putting in as much money as those countries do!
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  137. Nobody else does letters. If Royal Mail closes, who will deliver Christmas cards?
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  138.  @YouTubeSupportTeams  Is it greedy to want to pay the rent/mortgage, bills and feed your family without needing a food bank?
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  139. Which country has a good service on less spend per head?
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  140. It's not artificial manipulation, just the natural consequences of trade barriers
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  141. I don't like the price of everything growing faster than my wages do 🙁 The Tories have broken everything!
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  142.  @jlhuz  they are leaving! That's why wards are short staffed
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  143. Only another 44 years to wait!
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  144. We could be like Australia and pay nurses about twice as much as they are currently paid in the UK!
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  145. Short answer is Labour would handle it. The Tories only managed to deal with 4% of applications. The massive backlog is why they are now having to book hotels Get the checks done and deported can be deported rather than stay in hotels. Sometimes the solution is that obvious
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  146.  @RaRa-eu9mw  so true. The real cost is corrupt cronies at the top - talentless numpties who's only qualification is going to school with other corrupt talentless numpties Sack them all - there's no shortage of hard working people who will happily do those jobs for less!
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  147. @Bessie Hillum I am sure he'd love to talk to people who understand how money works, but sadly he's stuck talking to our Tory government instead
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  148. Only Tory members. Normal people don't trust him
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  149.  @neyson220293  I guess the damage she is doing to the Tory brand is some small consolation for the damage she is doing to the nation
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  150.  @Haflafbaf  but that's exactly the plan with the bonfire of regulations bill!
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  151. Well, I hope they heard the response!
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  152.  @Funintherain13  something needs to change. If wages can't go up, then the cost of living, especially the cost of housing, needs to come down!
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  153. Why not? There's good jobs available maintaining them, and it brings down electricity bills
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  154.  @Movies4evaa  maybe executive wages and share dividends need to be trimmed a bit? Had to claim that everything is running well so they deserve it...
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  155. The USA pulls the IMF strings, not the EU
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  156. If they continue with austerity we aren't going to be growing
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  157. ​ @williamproffitt6688  Mistakes happen most when people are overworked and tired They are striking in part to improve recruitment and retention, so they are not so overworked and tired Paying better wages saves lives
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  158.  @williamproffitt6688  the market disagrees, and staff are voting with their feet
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  159.  @pavelowpower  they wouldn't be striking because the recruitment and retention problem would be solved
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  160. Wonder when he'll reapply for that green card? Not much left here for a banker to stick around for
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  161.  @bw6316  In real terms, that returns pay to the levels paid under Labour If Labour can afford it, why can't the Tories?
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  162. Yeah, this is what taking back control really looks like!
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  163.  @georgewright9914  They aren't investing. Most of those profits are stashed in tax havens This lack of investment is why productivity is so poor
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  164. We are far from full. Without immigration the population would be falling
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  165. I could say takes one to know one, but Boris nailed it there
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  166. Lynch cares about ordinary people more than any Tory ever has
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  167. Got to give Minford credit - at least he's consistent in being wrong!
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  168. They didn't need Sky to tell them. They already knew
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  169. If it's losing money, I assume the current owners would be happy to give it back to national ownership for a low price? 😉
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  170. Maybe supermarket workers should!
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  171.  @Richard_Straker  but Great British Energy will achieve energy independence and decarbonisation - no tradeoff between energy security and climate security needed!
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  172.  @Richard_Straker  Green hydrogen is the long term solution, and in the short term every step towards decarbonisation means we can prioritise things like heavy industry with the remaining fossil fuel capacity and limit our exposure to international cost spikes
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  173.  @Richard_Straker  Solar and Wind aren't hypothetical. We can scale those up while we solve the rest Every kwh we generate from renewables is one less kwh we need to buy on the global market
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  174. If we want people healthy and working we should invest in the NHS!
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  175. Barrister's rates are more like a small business than a wage - it's not take home pay, it has to cover job expenses too Compare them to self employed plumbers or electricians for a fair comparison
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  176. We've been trusting "the rich" to create better jobs for four decades now. They've failed! Time to try taxing the rich instead 🙂
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  177.  @EliF-ge5bu  the NHS isn't supposed to make money. It keeps everyone healthy so we can go and make money!
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  178. Normal people don't spend their whole day worrying about penises
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  179. There are a lot of newspapers and TV journalists who cover for the Tories while giving Labour no slack. Labour are doing great, given the stacked deck
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  180.  @acthompson9983  Not sure what your point is. If the majority don't want the Tories, and we boot the Tories out, that is democracy
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  181. and yet the Tories pushed through a policy that experts warned would result in an interest rate hike 🤦‍♂️
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  182. and it's all planned, because it's what Liz Truss was promising all summer during the Leadership campaign. This was their goal the whole time
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  183. The train company contracts are with the government, and those contracts give the government control over certain things One of those things is negotiation with the Unions any deal has to be signed off by the Tories, and the Tories are blocking everything
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  184.  @FlashdogFul28  I have to acknowledge that the Tories and their chums have one he'll of a PR setup going on! Just a shame they don't put as much time, money and effort into making the country run better!
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  185.  @paulanderson7796  either way, the Tories need to go!
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  186. Inflation is external, and will be falling whatever we do The stagnation is government policy, and increasing wages will ease that
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  187. Just think of the thick walls and solid bars he'll be protected by! /s
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  188. So make people work against their will? We have a name for that, what is it?
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  189. Enough about MPs though, give nurses a pay rise!
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  190.  @danielwebb8402  so the railway is a utility then? In which case it should be nationalised and nobody should be profiting from it
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  191. Tory Members are certifiably loopy?
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  192.  @yiannismcaughrey1999  In Italy, a cabinet reshuffle counts as a new government. By that standard, how many changes has our FPTP strong and stable Tory government been through recently?
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  193.  @yiannismcaughrey1999  Perhaps some things are best not rushed? Maybe a bit more discussion and collaboration will prevent policy announcements which get abandoned 24 hours later!
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  194. Maybe she thinks we are as clever as she is? 🤣
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  195. 19% would get them back to the real terms pay nurses had under Labour If the Tories can't afford it, it's a confession that the economy was better under Labour
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  196.  @rashawnpatton7356  Let's hope Truss and pals can shake a few people out of their old habits!
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  197.  @mogznwaz  not everyone's taxes - just those who've been dodging taxes and reaping the benefits of society without properly contributing to society
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  198. So we got "jump off the cliff" done, what next?
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  199. @Helpm'boab still fits - China's economy is starting to look shaky
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  200. Wasn't the unions who put the son of a KGB officer in the House of Lords...
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  201. I thought Thatcher destroyed British industry when she decided we were all going to be bankers now?
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  202.  @startrooper690  that's a problem, as our financialised economy is starting to eat itself, and we could really do with some fallback options right now!
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  203. Trussonomics would be just as stupid if it was a Larry Truss behind the policy
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  204. We don't need to import one, we've had a homegrown one all along 🙁
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  205. Sadly for us, definitely UK gov ☹️
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  206. On balance warehouses in the Netherlands and farmers in New Zealand have gained, and the UK has lost That kind of balance?
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  207.  @nutyyyy  19% fixes all the pay freezes and gets them back to what they were paid under Labour. Labour could afford it, why can't the Tories?
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  208.  @jonathantravels  if profits go to shareholders, it really isn't nationalised
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  209. Labour will manage it properly. There will be immigration, but organised and official, unlike the clueless shambles of the current government!
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  210.    well, if Hartlepool are so proud of their Tory food banks, they can keep voting Tory!
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  211. @Mr Smith She doesn't need much controlling. She doesn't have many principles, but the one she has stuck to is to be a ultra Thatcherite determined to trash the infrastructure of the country 🙁
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  212. I can offer one small consolation - once she sees her TODO list that smile won't last long...
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  213. Odd how these free market champions never allow the free market near their job! I bet there's plenty of people could do as good or better for half what he's on
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  214.  @SlowhandGreg  A lot of rich people see press misdirection as an investment. Those tax cuts pay off! They can pay people to keep the deception alive with enough left over to stuff in the offshore tax haven
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  215. Where is voter responsibility here? There's always going to be a Party representing rich people who want to dodge taxes and responsibilities The question is, why do ordinary people vote for them?
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  216. Because they don't? 🤔
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  217. The Tories don't want to fix it. They get endless headlines to distract from their incompetence, and their chums who own hotels get a captive audience at the taxpayer's expense
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  218.  @josephjefferson9346  that's fair, but totally affordable, so they'll probably still move
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  219.  @josephjefferson9346  that's really going to encourage people to sign up for nurse training 😳
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  220.  @stevec6427  yep, the strikes have a stronger democratic mandate than our Prime Minister does!
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  221.  @EdoardoArtero  the NHS is competing for staff. It's competing with all the other countries attracting nurses to move there because the pay is better
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  222. Lots of Tory chums own hotels. Wonder why the government is so eager to fill all the hotels up?
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  223. It's the Tories who won't come to the table. Union leaders are there, waiting!
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  224. ​ @jjefferyworboys8138  Italy has a wierd election system, nearly a wierd as the wierd election systems they had before. They change the system almost as often as the government... Trying to take lessons from Italian politics is hopeless, other than don't copy what they are doing! Look at Germany or the Netherlands for better examples
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  225. If they can afford agency rates, why not just pay full-time staff more instead?
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  226.  @theyoutubeguy1  and nobody's going to be interested in qualifying if this is what they have to look forward to 🙁
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  227.  @barneymagee3285  I have less than zero faith in the Tories
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  228. No, they mean what they say. They are on strike til it's settled. If the government don't settle...
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  229.  @TheCrimsonAvenger  that's his hobby 😋
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  230.  @Jase29  there is no sane future where the EU gets rid of national parliaments!
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  231. @james bolem  why would a Union take the side of management?
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  232. @james bolem  I am all for constructive and engaged negotiation, but ultimately a union rep is not representing management interests. ...and as for the Tories, they seem determined to make the stand-off existential. I suspect the Tories have forgotten that they could be the one that falls when they make wannabe-tough statements about "never giving in while they remain in power" - the Tories may yet regret the escalation!
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  233.  @twinwheels4717  it worked after ww2, when the top bands were 90% or more in various countries I don't know of an example where cutting it from at or near the current 45% rate increased tax revenue
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  234. and vote for MPs who will raise the minimum wage!
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  235.  @CreatureOTNight  The Tories said that in 1998 when the minimum wage was introduced. It didn't happen 🙂
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  236.  @tfive24  I don't want them pumping raw turds into the NHS!
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  237. How can the army enforce martial law if they're already busy driving ambulances, and fire engines, and checking paperwork at the border...
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  238.  @colin9839  That's more of a Truss future
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  239. Lots of levelling, just none of it up...
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  240. She used to be unknown before she became unpopular 😆
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  241. ​ @martynjones8560  he was unelectable, but his policies are hugely popular!
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  242. National rail and power isn't capitalist! Public companies for the public benefit 😁
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  243.  @TurinTuramber  Yes, different problems. Different, smaller problems 🙂
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  244. Can we do swapsies? One refugee in, one Tory MP out Hancock is already trialling the idea it seems 😁
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  245. I think the government are avoiding freedom of movement because skilled workers would then find it easier to leave the country They are hoping no freedom of movement will somewhat limit the brain drain
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  246. @Helpm'boab help me out, I am not seeing how!
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  247. Reform talk about penises a lot, which is a bit creepy, but definitely different from same old same old!
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  248. 19% gets them back to the real terms pay they had under Labour. The Labour government could afford it, why can't the Tories?
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  249. Random Internet People are making me very happy and approving in this comment section 🙂
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  250. I would have thought Moggy would be all for rule by decree just as much as crushing unions!
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  251.  @judyparsons1333  Tories run up bigger debts than Labour
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  252.  @alwayspooh1588  well, we've seen her in action as foreign secretary, and she spent the whole summer telling us what kind of PM she wants to be Maybe she'll surprise us, but the record so far doesn't give me much hope
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  253. The coalition of chaos is Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak!
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  254.  @James_08_07  if they are honest, the best they could promise is to rebuild relations, and that's already been promised 🙂
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  255.  @itz351IT  I do think the election after next will have "start the Rejoin process" as one of the key issues!
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  256. Did Sun readers not help him out in finding Brexit benefits?
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  257.  @moona1552  all the more reason he should apply his immediate justice plan to Liz and Kwazi then!
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  258.  @robertpollock2037  fair point, but even then the veneer of civilisation was valued, even if it was incredibly superficial!
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  259. It won't reduce prices, ever. If we've sold the licences to private interests we'll buy it back at the global rate 🙁
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  260. Problem is the Tories just don't care about anyone but their donor chums. They don't care about the homeless They only care about making headlines about asylum seekers (but can't run an asylum process if their lives depend on it) They don't understand how to run the economy They are wrecking the NHS The Tories need to go!
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  261.  @ronnieince4568  how much of that staffing is the UK having to now do a lot of things entirely in house that used to be shared across the EU?
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  262.  @ronnieince4568  I will look into that. Some of it doesn't fit with what I thought I knew about the German setup, but I will double check before I say anything definitive! I do know that on matters like customs, borders and standards testing we've created a lot of extra work for ourselves that just didn't exist before withdrawal
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  263.  @ronnieince4568  community and home care is something Labour plan to improve 🙂
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  264.  @bossman1905  that barely covers rent and essential bills in many parts of the country! We need to improve the average for everyone, not drag people down to that
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  265. @B T  make a lifestyle choice that will change your future! stop voting Tory
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  266. Wales did something, as did Scotland and London They got round the table and made a realistic offer!
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  267.  @tombartram7384  it's not about African wages, it's about American and Australian wages. If they are willing to move to another country, why would they choose the UK over countries with better pay and conditions?
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  268. The Tories have screwed up massively. They've put all of us on the "enemies" side, and left nobody on theirs 🤣
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  269.  @martinvickers7349  and it's Tory incompetence keeping the other 30% here
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  270. ​ @stevec6427  but the real Coalition of Chaos is Johnson and Truss!
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  271. They are jailing people for it! Have we jailed any corrupt politicians in the UK yet?
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  272.  @alternativelooney  ooh, Liz Truss isn't doing much right now - give her the job! If she negotiates with Nurses the same way she negotiates with Australia they'll have fair pay in no time!
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  273. I think many of his colleagues are putting up strong competition for that title!
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  274.  @raymondelf7520  It would be a betrayal if they don't! A repeat of the Brexit party dropout would destroy the credibility of Reform
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  275. What's wrong with having an opposition MP who specialises in opposing a specific Minister? It surely helps scrutinise government policy!
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  276. ​ @lobbyskids2 but people want money spent on hospitals!
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  277.  @lobbyskids2  what did the US government do? As generally, private insurance is cheapest in very interventionary, regulated models, like the Bismarkian health insurance model
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  278. Waiting lists have been growing under the Tories. This predates the strikes. This predates Covid The Tories have broken the NHS 🙁
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  279. Yep. Sorry they got caught, not sorry-sorry
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  280. Sadly, many places are so short staffed, 'strike' day cover is identical to day-to-day cover. The staffing situation is that bad already 🙁
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  281.  @firstname4865  why does the tax rise have to be on low band wages? Why not capital gains? Why not fix non-dom loopholes? Lots of options to raise tax without punishing ordinary workers
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  282.  @owencrompton3713  shirt off our backs - their shirts on their backs were preserved...
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  283.  @owencrompton3713  that's my point. The Tories never put themselves on the line, they volunteer us to take the rough while they hog the benefits 🙁
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  284. The Tories need to go!
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  285. Truckers could organise and bargain collectively. If it works for trains, why not for trucks too?
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  286.  @ThePierre58  Trains are doing better than many others, who are on minimum wage zero-hours contracts If they do even better, it just shows the power of sticking together and looking out for each other. I really hope this starts the ball rolling for a lot more people to get better pay!
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