Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:31 pm
by Nibble
Moggy wrote:
twitter.com/rik_chin/status/1539006160023560195
This needs to happen far more often.
Chris Philp has the comportment of a man whose plot to smuggle a couple of aliens through quarantine for the bioweapons division has just been uncovered.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 5:42 pm
by captain red dog
Just saw a poll that shows the majority of adults support the RMT strikes. As you would expect, the support changes once you hit the exact Gammon line.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 5:46 pm
by Rex Kramer
Things that cause inflation: low paid workers getting single digit pay increases
Things that don't cause inflation: uncapped multi million pound bonuses for the city
twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/1539195376309256193
I've a sneaking suspicion that the reason capped bonuses were brought in was because bankers bonuses did cost the country an absolute fuckton of money.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:01 pm
by Mafro
twitter.com/AngryScotland/status/1539278814609608705
EDIT: in fact, that whole thread is gold.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:06 pm
by Mafro
What the strawberry float is that Burley interview? She's trying to be smart but just ends up rattling herself
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:44 pm
by captain red dog
Mick Lynch, from the interviews I have seen, seems to be just a normal working class guy fighting for workers rights. It's brilliant when someone like him can show up the Westminster political bubble fools. However, his time on air is limited beyond belief because even the BBC have a nasty allergy to anyone working class.
Does anyone know what the offer is from the rail companies and what the RMT is asking for? I've looked high and low, but all the articles on mainstream media don't go into details aside from current pay levels for some drivers and talking about disruption.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:09 pm
by Moggy
twitter.com/emmaggarland/status/1539202963213889537
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:12 pm
by Lagamorph
captain red dog wrote:Mick Lynch, from the interviews I have seen, seems to be just a normal working class guy fighting for workers rights. It's brilliant when someone like him can show up the Westminster political bubble fools. However, his time on air is limited beyond belief because even the BBC have a nasty allergy to anyone working class.
Does anyone know what the offer is from the rail companies and what the RMT is asking for? I've looked high and low, but all the articles on mainstream media don't go into details aside from current pay levels for some drivers and talking about disruption.
From what I understand the RMT are offering a 3% pay rise (So 7% below inflation) but it comes with redundancies as well.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:21 pm
by KK
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:25 pm
by andretmzt
Not impacted by strikes and generally oppose getting rid of manned ticket offices.
Strongly oppose strikes. Stupid old strawberry floats.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:29 pm
by Return_of_the_STAR
andretmzt wrote:Not impacted by strikes and generally oppose getting rid of manned ticket offices.
Strongly oppose strikes. Stupid old strawberry floats.
That's what I thought. They basically have zero idea what the strikes are actually about and have just been told by the Tories that they are being lazy and greedy.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:03 pm
by Saint of Killers
twitter.com/Peston/status/1539331244143661056
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:14 pm
by Tomous
Return_of_the_STAR wrote:andretmzt wrote:Not impacted by strikes and generally oppose getting rid of manned ticket offices.
Strongly oppose strikes. Stupid old strawberry floats.
That's what I thought. They basically have zero idea what the strikes are actually about and have just been told by the Tories that they are being lazy and greedy.
They basically have zero idea about X and have just been told by the Tories Y sums up a depressingly large amount of voters.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:05 am
by Squinty
As predicted, here we go with the attempt on yanking away human rights from everyone.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:31 am
by Grumpy David
Even for the DM this is brazen.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:58 am
by Moggy
Grumpy David wrote:Even for the DM this is brazen.
I see the Mail desperation and raise you Piers Morgan's desperation.
twitter.com/piersuncensored/status/1537516158944935938
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:08 am
by KK
Damn you, Labour government.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:20 am
by poshrule_uk
So it's labour who have secretly been running the country. Who would have known.
Re: Politics Thread 6
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:34 am
by Tomous
Grumpy David wrote:Even for the DM this is brazen.
Very normal headline in a very normal country
