Where do you get the idea that he doesn't do well overseas? Miliband has taught economics at Harvard. He's got a better international grounding than Cameron. I'm sure most European leaders would prefer a pro-Europe PM as well.
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Where do you get the idea that he doesn't do well overseas? Miliband has taught economics at Harvard. He's got a better international grounding than Cameron. I'm sure most European leaders would prefer a pro-Europe PM as well.
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...and what a startling good job he did in his role in charge of long term economic planning, well done Ed!
I wonder what civil servants classify as "long term" in that context. Must be decades surely?
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Slightly off topic but over the last few days whenever I hear Nick Clegg or the Lib Dems respond to questions they sound like a party of Government not the loons their policies would have you believe. I must say it almost seems unfair that their vote has collapsed because they have been a far better coalition partner than I would have suspected. They still threw teddy out the pram on a few occasions but generally solid.
I'm getting soft in my old age.
I'm getting soft in my old age.
Lib dems aren't loons at all, I don't think I agree with any of their policies except for their drugs policies but they aren't loons. When looking at actual policies Greens are the biggest fruit loops out of the lot by a significant margin
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I was being harsh for emphasis, they are like a martini just a twist of lemon not true fruity-ness. The greens on the other hand are nutty as squirrel guano.
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Vote Labour and you will get the SNP running England, god help us.
There's no evidence that past increases in the minimum wage have caused problems with inflation. These days hardly any companies use the cost-plus pricing methodology, they use value based pricing instead - which means they won't raise the price just because their costs go up, they have to wait until the market will permit it.
Haven't all the previous minimum wage increases been recommended with this desire in mind though?
Setting a floor price on labour always has the potential to either raise prices or reduce workforce input, as evidenced by the youth unemployment rate...
Probably, non of the anti minimum wage increases issues ever pan out just like simply having a minimum wage didn't put 3 million on the dole, it's just hot air opinions and lies by people who don't like the concept.
Not if enough people vote labour to give a Labour majority.
Vote UKIP and you will also get the SNP.
Mistrust - I quite like their politics but their history, certainly under Salmond, is one of mischief making between Scotland and the rest of the UK and I've no doubt they'll continue with that strategy as it's been enormously successful for them.
Scots, scots everywhere.
On OCUK Scots are frankly disliked to say the least. As one I'm sick of the endless threads of barely hidden bigotry tolerated by mods but then an outspoken Scot on here will turn up and I'll think, yeah if I thought we were all like him I'd think we were a bunch of ***** too.
Hey ho, welcome to OC(mostly)UK.
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The problem I have with a minimum wage increase is the impact on relative wealth at the lower levels (of which I'm in).
I had a flyer through the door from some independant "anti-austerity" party whose number one demand was an immediate £10 an hour minimum wage.
Despite having a degree, I've always struggled with drive and refuse to play the corporate game of sycophancy, hence I'm now on slightly less than average wage. However in 2007 I was earning £16.5k and now on nearly £25k and I'm proud of this increase mainly due to promotions and recognition pay rises. This means I'm on about £12.90 an hour.
So why should 80% of my hard work be made pointless by bumping everyone else below me up to slightly less than me? A rise in minimum wage will NOT include a general rise in everyone's wages relative to increase in the minimum. Those below it will be raised up to it and everyone above will stay where they are.
The problem with wealth inequality is not between people like me and the unskilled and low educated; it is between the bottom 50% and the top 1% and a rise in minimum wage does almost nothing to that relative gap, but massively affects those at 'just above' the bottom.
It is nothing but communism for low earners, capitalism for higher earners.
I had a flyer through the door from some independant "anti-austerity" party whose number one demand was an immediate £10 an hour minimum wage.
Despite having a degree, I've always struggled with drive and refuse to play the corporate game of sycophancy, hence I'm now on slightly less than average wage. However in 2007 I was earning £16.5k and now on nearly £25k and I'm proud of this increase mainly due to promotions and recognition pay rises. This means I'm on about £12.90 an hour.
So why should 80% of my hard work be made pointless by bumping everyone else below me up to slightly less than me? A rise in minimum wage will NOT include a general rise in everyone's wages relative to increase in the minimum. Those below it will be raised up to it and everyone above will stay where they are.
The problem with wealth inequality is not between people like me and the unskilled and low educated; it is between the bottom 50% and the top 1% and a rise in minimum wage does almost nothing to that relative gap, but massively affects those at 'just above' the bottom.
It is nothing but communism for low earners, capitalism for higher earners.
I hate their stance on independence but their policies are mostly decent
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