DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived post-Murdoch era

assume this is the old "leak Libertarian nutbar plan that we know will never get thru parliament then hit up parliament with some 'moderate' reductions in worker rights that sail straight thru" shuffle

“While this is sad I believe it is a price worth paying for all the benefits that would result from the change”, he says.

I thought the Government was going to abolish benefits.

the job-creators can only create jobs if they can get rid of jobs

assume this is the old "leak Libertarian nutbar plan that we know will never get thru parliament then hit up parliament with some 'moderate' reductions in worker rights that sail straight thru" shuffle

^this

If anyone out there seriously believes this will only affect 'unproductive' workers then they'll believe any old shit. You can sack unproductive workers already if you can prove they're unproductive.

I'd have been sacked from my current job if this legislation was already on the books.

I found it interesting that the Eurosceptics being interviewed on R4 earlier this week used as their first argument the idea that EU regulations were stifling growth. Of all the things they might object to, workers' rights are top of the list. These, of course, being the same people who spent the past three decades arguing for less and less regulation on, say, the financial industry, which worked out brilliantly.

assume this is the old "leak Libertarian nutbar plan that we know will never get thru parliament then hit up parliament with some 'moderate' reductions in worker rights that sail straight thru" shuffle

http://cache.dealbreaker.com/uploads/2010/11/drudge-siren1.gif Attention, this overton window is shifting. Attention, this overton window is shifting. http://cache.dealbreaker.com/uploads/2010/11/drudge-siren1.gif

Yeah it's nonsense, they're not even thinking, it's just either ideological blinkers or just pure cynicism. The thing that's stifling growth is lack of demand and/or confidence and making it easier to sack people won't do anything to change that.

And, y'know, a global financial crisis.

I reckon blinkers... and pigheaded stupidity (xp)

I was leaning towards pure cynicism myself but hey.

You know how you find out about kids, not by what they own and play with, but what they have on their List for Santa?

that.

huh, weird, the thing I've liked about SecretSundaze the few times I've gone is that the crowd being older means less

assume this is the old "leak Libertarian nutbar plan that we know will never get thru parliament then hit up parliament with some 'moderate' reductions in worker rights that sail straight thru" shuffle

ding ding ding ding ding

haha what the hell happened to that post

I think it got interrupted by a fire alarm.

Prime Minister David Cameron will not be going to the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil next year despite his pledge to lead the "greenest ever government".

The meeting will mark 20 years since the seminal Earth Summit of 1992, and is regarded as a chance for leaders to put humanity on a sustainable track.

But the June date clashes with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Fox on the Run

SIR – Your letters on the EU are really arguing for a revolution right now: dumping the Coalition Government, parking David Cameron in the Tower, and taking back power by the people.

I would be pleased to lead this movement if nobody else better qualified can be found – which should not be hard, since I am on the cusp of my 88th year and spend most of my time in my garden.

Lord Walsingham
Merton, Norfolk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/8850755/The-logic-of-the-euro-crisis-is-the-forging-of-a-single-European-state.html

is this the most daily telegraph-y daily telegraph letter ever?

:D

<3

No, this is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/relationships/8078323/Can-I-date-a-girl-who-embodies-everything-I-thought-I-hated.html

OMG surely not real

"yours, j. rees-mogg"

Chap calling for end to employment rights doles out high-interest loans to the poor:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-donors-bid-to-curb-job-security-provokes-lib-dem-anger-2376461.html

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has claimed £535,000 of taxpayers' money over the last five years, government records have shown.

Baroness Thatcher, 86, who makes rare public appearances and suffers poor health, was paid from the public duties cost allowance available to ex-PMs.

ebay handbag binge

We're all in this together

pay equality -> doing it wrong

http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/10/cameron-reduce-executive-pay-by-appointing-more-women/#axzz1c4xbPPF3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/noodle_vague/gaycam.png

i like how my isp decided to run this story alongside a pic of Cam getting a blow job

"putting the pressure on" = not giving them a discount for cash on water cannons.

Prince Charles getting to review laws that could affect his interests, then. That makes sense. Good job, lawmakers.

i don't suppose he has his name on any hospitals he could ringfence, no

http://i.imgur.com/D2DbX.png

"Hooray! Hooray! The cat lives! The cat lives! Long live the cat!"

".. kicked around and stabbed!"

(sorry, John Cooper Clarke reference)

xps
"Communications between the prince or his household and the government are confidential under a long-standing convention that protects the heir to the throne's right to be instructed in the business of government in preparation for his future role as monarch,"
wtf?

"Dear Lord Berkeley...The marine navigation bill that you introduced on 5 July would affect the Prince of Wales' interests and so will require the Prince of Wales' consent for its consideration by parliament … "
I say again, wtf?

Vote Liberal Democrat

man

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/oct/31/abused-women-suffer-legal-aid-cuts

'The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has said he wants to get rid of the "compensation culture" that flourished under the Labour government.'

is that the compensation culture that blossomed when solicitors were able to aggressively chase "no win no fee" cases through advertising after the laws allowing solicitors to advertise on TV were changed by the Major government?

Yes, like everything else:

Wheelybins, 2 weekly collections, and fines for 'too much stuff' or 'not enough recycling' is all due to the outsourcing of council bin collections to private companies who insist, rightly, on having 'service level requirement' statements so they can stay profitable.

hope something really old testament happens to mr clarke

"... and bring here the fatted Clarke, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry"

(sorry, that's New Testament)

why does the BBC claim that St Paul's has been "forced" to close by the Occupy Rag Week posse?

Is that the same Ken Clarke who was once a director of British American Tobacco, against who the Nigerian government began a $42 billion claim for compensation during his time there as a director? xp

Poor guy is the only man in Britain to receive an email from a mysterious Nigerian minister asking for his money back.

Right, that'll be on "Have I got news for you" then.