Off Topic Politics Thread

wrong thread

 

Wrong thread : There is no such thing as politics anymore, only commerce

 

Well, commerce and conflict.

Or finance and romance. That's the human experience right there.

 

I would like to retract this statement, it appears he is an egomaniac who doesn't care if he pulls the Labour party apart.

 

I am Labour through & Through , Don't want corbyn as Leader . However , I am with him on this . See the article DTLW posted .

 

I'm no fan of Corbyn. But the press are really doing a number on him here.

Would a spat between Richard Branson and Theresa May elicit this sort of coverage? Doubt it.

 

I am a fan of Jeremy Corbyn and you're right.

 

The Human Rights Act will be scrapped in favour of a British Bill of Rights by the new Government, the Justice Secretary has pledged.

A new British Bill of Rights will be introduced, Liz Truss has insisted, dismissing speculation that the Government is planning to scrap the manifesto pledge.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...rights-will-not-be-scrapped-insists-liz-trus/

 

Corbyn handled himself well there I thought.

The press are splitting hairs over the CCTV footage -
real question is: is there a problem with overcrowding and ticketing on trains?
Answer: absolutely yes.

Now Mr Branson, what are you going to do about that whilst continuing to be a tax exile?

 

Hoping this won't pass - Labour will oppose it, and hopefully some Tories too.

 

Do I agree there is overcrowding on trains? - Yes. Was there on this one? - No. What he should have done to make his point was get on a rush hour train with no seats. He wants to be PM so he needs to be credible and should make sure that he doesn't leave himself open like this. His point is being lost because of his actions.

 

Ed Balls has actually said something worthy for once. Corbyn does live in a bubble much like other socialists of his ilk. The Labour leader's political ideology is dangerous. I admire his stance against the EU but the last thing Britain needs is a man prepared to plunge it into the idiocicies of socialism.

 

Some socialists can spell idiocies though...

 

The leave vote was quite enough idiocy to be going on with. The last thing Britain needed was a smug tory leader gambling the country's future on a referendum designed to appease the head bangers in his own party.

 

Good. The Human Rights Act isn't really fit for purpose.

 

Depends what they change it to tbh. It could get even worse, so I will wait and see.

 

It will be interesting to see what changes are applied to employment law, following Brexit.
As I understand it, it is only under EU employment laws that employees have the right to annual leave.

 

I heard they are going to make us work six 12 hour days a week with Sunday off for church. The small kids will be sent up the chimneys as sweeps . No holidays.

Seriously though workers had paid holidays from about 1920 so long before the EU. It's just increased as the years have passed mainly down to unions I think. We are not going to suddenly have terrible employment laws because we have left the EU. MP's want us to vote for them at the end of the day.

 

So you think zero hours contracts were commonplace a generation ago???? It's already started..