Yes, as much as I like a lot of their policies I can't vote to make him PM for his views on a United Ireland
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Is Corbyn the reason you won't vote Labour?
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Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
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Originally posted by meridian View PostDon’t be ridiculous, nobody’s suggesting that power will stop.
My question is that there are certain things within a country - strategic infrastructure - that the entire country is dependent on; are you happy for that infrastructure to be owned by an overseas holding company?
If so, and you are happy for that to happen, does it then matter where the overseas holding company is based? (EU, Switzerland, Panama, China, Iran, etc...)
However it is the 21st Century we need to move towards a more global society.
Biggest problem is that half of the words net worth belongs to 1% of the population so it is those people who really dictate who gets what and who does not..Comment
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostYes, as much as I like a lot of their policies I can't vote to make him PM for his views on a United IrelandComment
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Originally posted by meridian View PostIs that a rational argument? His views on whether Ireland should be united or not is largely irrelevant - the only views that count in that regard are those of the people on the island of Ireland, as laid out in the GFA.
Broadly I'm a centrist, I like little bits of both sides, BoJo is a moron, but at least he is committed to what he wants while Komrade Korbyn wants to sit on the fence.Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.Comment
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Corbyn is not the only reason I won't vote Labour. Although he is at least 50% of the reason.
The other problem is their policies. The aims I can broadly agree with, it's the proposed implementation that suck. Take the one on worker ownership for example:
We will give workers a stake in the companies they work for – and a share
of the profits they help create – by requiring large companies to set up
Inclusive Ownership Funds (IOFs). Up to 10% of a company will be owned
collectively by employees, with dividend payments distributed equally
among all, capped at £500 a year, and the rest being used to top up the Climate Apprenticeship Fund.
Some of the flaws in this policy as I see them are:
It applies to workers of "large" companies only. So a teacher, nurse, council worker or any public sector worker get nothing out of it.
Most people actually work for small companies. In fact around 80% of private-sector workers. So again, the majority of people will get zero from it.
Big companies come in different shapes and sizes. Tesco is a big PLC. It could be forced to push 10% of its shares into a fund. Aldi ( and Lidl ) are big companies ... both are privately held by rich German families. They don't have publicly tradeable shares. Can the UK government really force foreign, privately-owned companies to give up 10%? Not without a big fight, I'd say.
So basically it is a catchy sounding policy but would in reality only benefit a very small percentage of the workforce, put UK listed companies at a potential disadvantage and probably be illegal if it was rolled out wider.
A simpler method would be to extend the existing incentives around share-ownership that already exist and/or give all workers the chance to push money into a generic FTSE350 tracker that they could build up over their working lives and access the income & capital from that as required.Comment
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Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
Wider share-ownership of companies is a good thing but this is a sham-policy. It's not really designed to give much control or extra funds to the workers ... it's a way of pumping private money into HMRC without saying "We've raised corp. tax".
Seriously how labour can see this as anything other than a way to pay a 'worker' less is beyond me.
The concept that it will make people loyal is also an absolute joke - because no company is loyal to anything but their own bottom line.Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostThe biggest flaw in the policy is that instead of 'money' in return for my services I now get a piece of paper potentially entitling me to some 'money' at an undetermined future date - assuming the muppet at the top does not piss it all against a wall and a few hookers, bankrupting the company and making my 'pieces of paper instead of money' absolutely worthless.
Seriously how labour can see this as anything other than a way to pay a 'worker' less is beyond me.
The concept that it will make people loyal is also an absolute joke - because no company is loyal to anything but their own bottom line.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostAnd when push comes to shove do you want a man who will "fight" to keep the union (Scotland as well) or one who will surrender to the SF or SNP and back the breakup
Broadly I'm a centrist, I like little bits of both sides, BoJo is a moron, but at least he is committed to what he wants while Komrade Korbyn wants to sit on the fence.
Your position appears to be that those regions cannot make their own minds about whether they want to continue to be part of the Union or not. Slightly patronising, no?Comment
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostYes, as much as I like a lot of their policies I can't vote to make him PM for his views on a United Ireland
My father remembered the time when families of two adults and one child were told by Tory governments to sell the fourth chair in the dining room suite before they could claim benefits. The bedroom tax is just a different example of this. Tories are generally not compassionate and Labour try to be, but make the mistake of taxing ordinary people too much to fund their dogma.Comment
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Originally posted by tomtomagain View PostCorbyn is not the only reason I won't vote Labour. Although he is at least 50% of the reason.
The other problem is their policies. The aims I can broadly agree with, it's the proposed implementation that suck. Take the one on worker ownership for example:
Wider share-ownership of companies is a good thing but this is a sham-policy. It's not really designed to give much control or extra funds to the workers ... it's a way of pumping private money into HMRC without saying "We've raised corp. tax".
Some of the flaws in this policy as I see them are:
It applies to workers of "large" companies only. So a teacher, nurse, council worker or any public sector worker get nothing out of it.
Most people actually work for small companies. In fact around 80% of private-sector workers. So again, the majority of people will get zero from it.
Big companies come in different shapes and sizes. Tesco is a big PLC. It could be forced to push 10% of its shares into a fund. Aldi ( and Lidl ) are big companies ... both are privately held by rich German families. They don't have publicly tradeable shares. Can the UK government really force foreign, privately-owned companies to give up 10%? Not without a big fight, I'd say.
So basically it is a catchy sounding policy but would in reality only benefit a very small percentage of the workforce, put UK listed companies at a potential disadvantage and probably be illegal if it was rolled out wider.
A simpler method would be to extend the existing incentives around share-ownership that already exist and/or give all workers the chance to push money into a generic FTSE350 tracker that they could build up over their working lives and access the income & capital from that as required.Comment
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