Westminster Politics

Vidyoyo said:
It does seem like employers have become more ideologically short-sighted over the past decade. I've seen it happen myself across the charity / higher education sectors with constant cutbacks and vanity projects leading the way. The people running these organisations are usually well up for change but resistant to the reality of training and improving working conditions. Interestingly they've become increasingly good at talking the right game, which is all that seems to matter now.

I can't say what it's like for other industries but I think a lot of grunt staff can see it happening a mile off. I wouldn't be shocked if overall stress levels have skyrocketed with worse real-term pay and covering about three jobs being the norm.
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You're quite right about them being ideological. I work in HR and have come across way too many founders and CEOs who are like that, and I've explained to them that it doesn't matter if they ideologically do not care about diversity and being a good employer, it is a great investment for them to implement both in their workplaces because it will make them money. By the numbers, high employee turnover, low productivity, and missing out on good talent is going to cost you way more than actually being a good employer, with respectable salaries, employees with good productivity, a wider and better talent pool, and a good reputation. Goes in from one ear, comes out of the other. I've given up on jobs because of this shit.
 
it is appropriate that a party that has long ceased any attempt at serious government is tearing itself apart over a completely unserious “policy” like Rwanda.
 
Paul the Wolf said:
The Tories are desperate for the UK to become a 4th world country and if they try to circumvent international law, to lose their international trade agreements too.
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Just been watching Channel 4 news and a senior Tory MP was saying that the only way to stop the small boats was to depot people who came on small boats is to send them to Rwanda..... the only way.
There is clearly not an only way and to say it is is ridiculous in the extreme.

In all my long days I have never seen a government so fixated on one issue. And they are tearing themselves apart pretending that Rwanda is a safe place.
Nothing else now seems to matter to them.
 
Buster15 said:
Just been watching Channel 4 news and a senior Tory MP was saying that the only way to stop the small boats was to depot people who came on small boats is to send them to Rwanda..... the only way.
There is clearly not an only way and to say it is is ridiculous in the extreme.

In all my long days I have never seen a government so fixated on one issue. And they are tearing themselves apart pretending that Rwanda is a safe place.
Nothing else now seems to matter to them.
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They have convinced themselves that this will win them the election. There's nothing else left. They've completely trashed the country on everything. The government is filled with incompetent fools who should never be anywhere close to power. That is another legacy of Johnson who surrounded himself with people that were even more incompetent than himself.
 
How long before the votes of no confidence begin to come in? I'd be surprised if Sunak survives till the end of January.
 
F-Red said:
How long before the votes of no confidence begin to come in? I'd be surprised if Sunak survives till the end of January.
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Listening to the current situation, it appears that despite a great deal of disunity within the Tories, there isn't even a consensus. The right think the Rwanda Bill doesn't go far enough while others don't think it will work.

The disunity is disunited.
 
Following yet another resignation, the simple fact is that the whole Rwanda fiasco has become such a shambolic mess that even if it happened, it would hardly benefit the government popularity before the next GE.

It is fiddling while Rome burns.
 
Sunak has called a surprise press conference. Is it time?

Edit: It was not time.
 
Fecker couldn't call his backbenchers' bluff.
 
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Mart1974 said:
It is a bollocks stat, but remained unchallenged so now it will be trotted out by the right as true.
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In the notice under the video it states: Even in London, only 47.6% of the social housing stock is headed by a foreign-born household head, not over 50%.

If accurate, that’s a pretty incredible statistic.
 
Kinsella said:
In the notice under the video it states: Even in London, only 47.6% of the social housing stock is headed by a foreign-born household head, not over 50%.

If accurate, that’s a pretty incredible statistic.
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47% isn't more than 50% and London isn't Britain.
 
Mart1974 said:
47% isn't more than 50% and London isn't Britain.
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If your quarrel is with the phrasing of the tweet then that’s fair. The person in the video mentioned London specifically so whoever posted that tweet is culpable for ‘summarising’ his claim in that way.

Leaving the tweet aside, 47.6% (effectively half) is still a remarkably high figure.
 
Fergies Gum said:
Reckon we are heading for a May election.
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I suspect it depends on how quickly the Tories can develop their 'scorched earth' retreat position. They know they can't win and have only one aim now that is to stop a significant Labour majority. When the Tories think they are in a position to do that, and in what time frame, this is what will determine the date for the GE.
 
Mart1974 said:
Suspect this is at the latest. If the 1912 committee gets enough letters I think Sunak will pull the trigger.
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Possibly.
But I would be very surprised if there is a strong appetite for yet another leadership challenge.
 
TheGame said:
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The trick to race baiting is to just stop short of the moment where it becomes undeniable. Racists and anti-semites know that art very well. It's called the dog whistle.
 
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