Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

if HS2 goes ahead as seems likely, with the work starting in the north as suggested, will it be of any political benefit, or is nothing at all scheduled to start until the next decade?

No talk of it here in Kirklees cyners cant say what the rest of the north is like.

BORISCONI THE BARBARIAN: Slave labour in City Hall

By John Ward
December 13, 2013

http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/borisconi-the-barbarian-slave-labour-in-city-hall/




Workers in London’s City Hall, including catering and security staff, are on zero-hours contracts. They get no holiday or sick pay, but can be fired for not turning up at short notice.

40 people working at London’s City Hall headquarters are employed on zero-hours contracts. The workers employed on the controversial contracts do not offer them guaranteed hours, but despite that they are required to ask permission before working elsewhere. And who knows – to be allowed to get married, have children, or commit suicide as a result of depression.

Mayor Johnson did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday. But a spokesperson said: “A small number of people employed by sub-contractors at City Hall are on zero-hours contracts, however we have no control over their contracts and their use is a matter of national policy rather than for City Hall.” He added that the GLA “does not generally use zero-hours contracts”. Except in this case if course, they did…but only revealed doing so because an FOI question was asked.

When asked about zero-hours contracts at the London assembly in January this year, he said, “If you can keep some labour market flexibility you will help to keep people in employment.” He said he believed most strongly in promoting the London Living Wage, which encourages businesses to pay a higher basic wage than the national legal minimum in order to cover ordinary people’s basic costs.

But then, having said that, he proceeded to do something much more pernicious and exploitative.

Quantitative Easing = free money for shareholders. Zirp = no money for pensioners. Labour market flexibility = slave labour.

A thought: let’s put BoJo’s salary onto a zero-hours daily judgement basis, and then vote online to say if we think he’s worth it. Surely what we need here is Mayor-market flexibility. After all, beyond Zirp there is negative interest; so we could have a situation one day not too far from now when the Mayor of London is paying us for the privilege of staying in office.

I mean, the markets must decide…surely? Isn’t that the mantra?

http://money.aol.co.uk/2013/12/14/eu-scraps-visa-rules-for-caribbean/

Fewer Think Ed Miliband Will Be Prime Minister

The number of Britons who think Ed Miliband is likely to be the prime minister after the next election has fallen dramatically, according to a poll.

Research by ComRes for the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror found 21% believed the Labour leader would be in No 10 after the next election, down 10 points since May.

Some 40% disagreed that Mr Miliband was likely to be prime minister

What did they say about Camerlot?

They chose him as a dinner guest

hmmmm Hays as usual being very selective with his posts. What he doesnt tell you is that George Osbourne had a disasterous poll and nearlly all the headings asked picked up negative marks.

Saturdays polls..........

electionista ‏@electionista
UK - ComRes poll: CON 29%, LAB 36%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 18%

electionista ‏@electionista
UK - Opinium/Observer poll: CON 30%, LAB 37%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 16%

A 7% lead for labour gives them a outright majority of 80 plus at next election.

Sorry hays.

GF.

No need to be sorry.

Rejoice!!!!!!!

For UKIPPERS and BNP party followers.

I hear that boat loads of Romanians and Bulgarians booking their passages for January 1st.

Forage, Cameron and Theresa May blowing their whistle are on point duty to direct them to the best hotels!

i see from ST that theresa may intends (is?) to fight brussels very hard to curtail open-door immigration from eu member countries

certainly it comes none too soon - and i care not which party it is who instigates same - but i wonder how quickly such a policy could be enforced ..... as in many things (like cutting prices), it's very easy to be generous but it can be damned difficult to reverse

Cameroon and co is just blowing smoke up your arse.

They don't want to do anything about mass immigration, if they did, they would have done it a lot sooner.

Two weeks before the balloon goes up...lol, distraction.

Manuel,

Just put Boadacea on the beaches.

God she is frightening.



Hear she is looking for 3rd generation Poles.

good to see my sensible question drawing imbecile answers

You don't like the (obvious) answers, so they are designated imbecile.


ok, whats your solution?

Update - Labour lead at 6
by YouGov in Politics
Sun December 15, 2013 6 a.m. GMT

Latest YouGov / Sunday Times results 13th December - Con 32%, Lab 38%, LD 9%, UKIP 13%;