The Politics Thread 3.0

[Squinty]

I should strawberry floating well learn to read.

[Denster]

My trust's budget is 40 million on its own.

[captain red dog]

Did anyone see her speech yesterday? She mentioned the "Tories" every single minute for 20 minutes straight. Sky News turned it into a compilation.

Sturgeon is basically Lois Griffin running for office and just repeating 9/11 over and over!

[KK]

McDonald's leading the way again when it comes to fast food restaurants:

McDonald's to offer all UK staff fixed hour contracts

Fast food chain McDonald's is to allow its UK staff a choice of working fixed hours or having zero-hours contracts.

There has been controversy about firms using zero-hours contracts but not allowing staff to work elsewhere.

McDonald's has been trialling the move in 23 company-owned and franchise outlets.

During the trial only around 20% of the staff chose to move to fixed hours contracts, the company said in a statement.

Paul Pomroy, McDonald's UK chief executive officer, said: "The vast majority of our employees are happy with their flexible contracts, but some have told us that more fixed hours would help them get better access to some financial products.

"Thanks to the support of our franchisees, we are able to respond to our people's needs, and will begin to roll out fixed hours' contracts, including new joiners, across the course of the year," he added.

McDonald's has a UK workforce of more than 115,000, the majority of which are on zero-hours contracts.

Paul Maloney, the GMB union's southern region secretary, said: "Workers at McDonald's should be offered up to 40 hours of work a week, and permanent contracts to include annual leave, sick pay and a pension scheme.

"The government has been examining possible changes to make precarious employment more secure."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39707429

[Rocsteady]

Pre-empting Labour's stunning victory and subsequent ZHC ban.

Good on them.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Banning zero hours contracts will be devasting for the nightlife industry. Although I think it will just lead to basic minimum hours contracts that will just guarantee one shift a week.

[Rocsteady]

Just to clarify I meant good on McDonald's, I don't think banning ZHC is a good idea. Although more regulation would be appropriate.

[Errkal]

Yeah they serve their place, they let the staff work flexibly around family or whatever, and let the business be more flexible about who they have when, used right they are good.

It is when they out everyone on them regardless of role because it is cheaper that it is wrong.

I don't think banning is the right idea, but there should probably be guidelines abpround their appropriate uses.

[Lex-Man]

I think having some guaranteed hours per week is probably a good move. Hopefully it'll allow people who want full time hours get what they need. I actually think it'll allow people to do more planning with their lives.

[Lex-Man]

Apperently the government is pushing for real time surveillance of the Internet.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39817300

[Irene Demova]

Apperently the government is pushing for real time surveillance of the Internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39817300

Reminder that the likes of the daily mail were outraged by the idea of ID cards but they're all for this

[Lex-Man]

Apperently the government is pushing for real time surveillance of the Internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39817300

Reminder that the likes of the daily mail were outraged by the idea of ID cards but they're all for this

It's fine when the tories do it, apparently.

[Lagamorph]

Apperently the government is pushing for real time surveillance of the Internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39817300

How are they expecting ISPs to be able to remove encryption if people are using VPNs and the like?
Can't imagine businesses will support this either as you're basically asking them to make their employees use unencrypted communication when working remotely.

[Lex-Man]

Apperently the government is pushing for real time surveillance of the Internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39817300

How are they expecting ISPs to be able to remove encryption if people are using VPNs and the like?
Can't imagine businesses will support this either as you're basically asking them to make their employees use unencrypted communication when working remotely.

It's not the isp's it's every company that does business in the UK. Not sure if there's much they can do with companies who are based outside the UK though.

[Cheeky Devlin]

Apperently the government is pushing for real time surveillance of the Internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39817300

How are they expecting ISPs to be able to remove encryption if people are using VPNs and the like?
Can't imagine businesses will support this either as you're basically asking them to make their employees use unencrypted communication when working remotely.

Yeah but think of all the terrorists they're going to catch now.

[Moggy]

Apperently the government is pushing for real time surveillance of the Internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39817300

How are they expecting ISPs to be able to remove encryption if people are using VPNs and the like?
Can't imagine businesses will support this either as you're basically asking them to make their employees use unencrypted communication when working remotely.

Businesses don't support a lot of things at the moment, but that won't stop the government.

[Lex-Man]

I wonder if they'll start going after programming software. I mean the default toolkits with python and Java support encryption. Surely they'd have to ban all that if they're really serious.

[Lagamorph]

Are they even suggesting that online banking will have to be unencrypted as well?

[Squinty]

Apperently the government is pushing for real time surveillance of the Internet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39817300

How are they expecting ISPs to be able to remove encryption if people are using VPNs and the like?
Can't imagine businesses will support this either as you're basically asking them to make their employees use unencrypted communication when working remotely.

Yeah, but they are pushing through Brexit. No one gives a gooseberry fool about their practices beyond that.

[satriales]

Are they even suggesting that online banking will have to be unencrypted as well?

I think they just don't have a clue about how technology works.