Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Strikes: Minister urges union leaders to 'give people a break this Christmas'" video.

  1. Absolutely! Actually, on second thoughts I may hold back on the clapping 😉
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  2. Good idea, but we need longer than one year!
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  3. So make people work against their will? We have a name for that, what is it?
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  4. 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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  5. It's the Tories who won't come to the table. Union leaders are there, waiting!
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  6.  @barneymagee3285  I have less than zero faith in the Tories
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  7. 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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  8.  @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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  9.  @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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