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

  1. I thought Thatcher destroyed British industry when she decided we were all going to be bankers now?
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  2.  @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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  3. Trussonomics would be just as stupid if it was a Larry Truss behind the policy
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  4. We don't need to import one, we've had a homegrown one all along 🙁
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  5. Sadly for us, definitely UK gov ☹️
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  6. 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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  7.  @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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  8.  @jonathantravels  if profits go to shareholders, it really isn't nationalised
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  9. 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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  10.    well, if Hartlepool are so proud of their Tory food banks, they can keep voting Tory!
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  11. @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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  12. I can offer one small consolation - once she sees her TODO list that smile won't last long...
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  13. 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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  14.  @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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  15. 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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  16. Because they don't? 🤔
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  17. 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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  18.  @josephjefferson9346  that's fair, but totally affordable, so they'll probably still move
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  19.  @josephjefferson9346  that's really going to encourage people to sign up for nurse training 😳
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  20.  @stevec6427  yep, the strikes have a stronger democratic mandate than our Prime Minister does!
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  21.  @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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  22. Lots of Tory chums own hotels. Wonder why the government is so eager to fill all the hotels up?
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  23. It's the Tories who won't come to the table. Union leaders are there, waiting!
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  24. ​ @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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  25. If they can afford agency rates, why not just pay full-time staff more instead?
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  26.  @theyoutubeguy1  and nobody's going to be interested in qualifying if this is what they have to look forward to 🙁
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  27.  @barneymagee3285  I have less than zero faith in the Tories
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  28. No, they mean what they say. They are on strike til it's settled. If the government don't settle...
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  29.  @TheCrimsonAvenger  that's his hobby 😋
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  30.  @Jase29  there is no sane future where the EU gets rid of national parliaments!
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  31. @james bolem  why would a Union take the side of management?
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  32. @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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  33.  @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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  34. and vote for MPs who will raise the minimum wage!
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  35.  @CreatureOTNight  The Tories said that in 1998 when the minimum wage was introduced. It didn't happen 🙂
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  36.  @tfive24  I don't want them pumping raw turds into the NHS!
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  37. 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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  38.  @colin9839  That's more of a Truss future
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  39. Lots of levelling, just none of it up...
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  40. She used to be unknown before she became unpopular 😆
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  41. ​ @martynjones8560  he was unelectable, but his policies are hugely popular!
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  42. National rail and power isn't capitalist! Public companies for the public benefit 😁
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  43.  @TurinTuramber  Yes, different problems. Different, smaller problems 🙂
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  44. Can we do swapsies? One refugee in, one Tory MP out Hancock is already trialling the idea it seems 😁
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  45. 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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  46. @Helpm'boab help me out, I am not seeing how!
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  47. Reform talk about penises a lot, which is a bit creepy, but definitely different from same old same old!
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  48. 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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  49. Random Internet People are making me very happy and approving in this comment section 🙂
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  50. I would have thought Moggy would be all for rule by decree just as much as crushing unions!
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