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‘ More holes than a Swiss cheese’ Looks to me that the Starmer crew need a rethink before the unions breach below the plimsole line !!! Fight night seems to have a different set of opponents this week

Seems Starmer is in a flap again with our Sharon : What is Labour's plan for workers' rights?

Harry Farley

Political correspondent, reporting from West Midlands

Here in Stafford, where Sir Keir Starmer has been campaigning throughout the day, I asked him earlier about his plan for workers' rights.

That is because there has been a row going on about Labour’s policies on things like zero-hours contracts, parental leave and sick pay. Many unions have accused Labour of watering down their proposals.

And then earlier this morning, Labour re-branded their plans from a "New Deal for Working People" to "Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay".

For the general secretary of Unite, one of the largest trade unions in the UK, she put her reaction bluntly: “The again revised New Deal for Working People has more holes in it than Swiss cheese.”

When I put this to Sir Keir Starmer, he denied Labour had watered down their plans.

“We have come to an agreement with the trade unions on the new deal for working people,” he tells me.

“There’s been no watering down. This is the most significant set of protections for a generation.

It’s also something which I think employers and good businesses would say, ‘looking at the detail of it, this is what we’re doing in good businesses’," he says.

Starmer adds that he believes, at its core, “we need is to make sure everybody is protected".

"That is about the basic dignity of people at work which really matters."

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R , an interesting listen !!! Sharon says that Labour are ‘ A party for workers ‘ mmm not sure Stammer sees it that way !!! She’s got the pitbull teeth well n truly in the butt of ED and with Unite & GMB needed to get the manifesto over the line her comment on JC was well interesting !!! Looks like lots of white smoke due at labour central … voters will not notice but the RMT and Doctors likely rubbin their hands … can’t wait till the teachers come out in March … energy will be long forgotten

Mis-type Unite and Sharon … DOH!

R , much is afoot but one thing 4 sure is the labour Starmer mood music will be as bland as 70s Musac … Sadly our children seem to have less nouse , believe whatever is being placed before them and leave others to the hard questions ( sweeping know but imho). The result however is the HERD that Starmer CRAVES & Election success! Our Where’s Ed will be deployed to the green belt to campaign & then will be despatched into the long grass once Starmer gets real !!!yes enquest have a glimmer of hope as SVT is a green conversion story that AB has seemingly placed front and centre as Enquest being the ‘Transition energy company’ of the NS Seems the GmB campaign may be a double edge sword for Labour !!! Said our Susan was clever one didn’t I

I’m surprised there’s a willing seller … TBO someone must still think AB is going to take on more debt and with wants out or thinks lower later ….

R , back to your friends answer on Ed being humoured , the same is said for MS Grahams intervention : RELEVANCE … As I posted earlier in the week what do the unions need to do to regain power ? We’ll first wait for a Labour government and second Spring a real trap to ensure populous relevance ( hence the heavy nod to the miners demise) !! The levelled North ( that’s the defunct mining , Steel & heavy industry of our powerful past are union first immigration second !!! Graham is probably smarter than Starmer just not a politicians favourite so positioning for power with the people !!! Hats off to her that’s what I say !!!!!!

The simple answer is to put 2/3 p tax on all corporations making £1bn + profit! A corporate wealth tax

Will AB consider: https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/chevron-uk-north-sea-exit/?cf-view

Miliband is toast if he roasts jobs and Starmer doesn’t have enough £ to do his good works …. T to he unions will demand higher pay and Starmer will increase Taxes … Wealth Tax of some sort will appease the unions imho so ABs approach to invite the unions onboard is a shrew move imho : https://www.economicsobservatory.com/can-uk-trade-unions-recover-their-post-war-power

Here’s a story :https://open.substack.com/pub/mliebreich/p/climate-change-and-the-danger-of?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxOTM0NDE2NDMsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0NDQ2NDcwOCwiaWF0IjoxNzE1OTAwODM1LCJleHAiOjE3MTg0OTI4MzUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMDczNTE3Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.tlGw-KEAbldjm_SvqeZZosVKlRyfXCXQl1yDN0mX6pY

R, the statement has a big hole which is measurable ( cut bills for good!) err with gas UP, wind subsidies UP, inflation UP, wages UP, Transmission network costs UP & nuclear UP ( a creek) its likely in 2029 well see bills UP ! Even the £10bn wft as direct payments won't work ( unless it's means tested with child benefit ,pension credits etc)

Looks like Ed’s breadcrumbs are being eaten and he’s lost his way … Starmer now just going to set up GB energy !!! Costs about £12 @ last count … not even a round in spoons for the fab free :-)

Here’s something for Ed to aspire too: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/75-Billion-Bipartisan-Investment-Nets-Only-7-EV-Charging-Stations.html

When two octagenarians start chiselling at the Magna Carta…. Cited by JSO as a protest on the withdrawal of freedoms … and thus actions carried out in JSO’s name … in other parts of society these individual are / would be regarded as possibly ‘ Vulnerable’ ( fca compliance stuff/& other legislation ) yet their wellbeing perhaps has been …. Well … overlooked ?

Same could be said for many other supporters who are ‘ On the spectrum ‘! For some a place of great opportunity yet for many others a place of despair awaiting peace !!!!!!! JSO should be brought to book imho as should many other such opportunists taking advantage of others

Top draw !! Wonder what Ed will say in his speech

Https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2024/05/08/labour-announces-election-candidate/

Recon with the cons doing so badly in the polls they are glad of Milliband continuing outbursts!! No doubt in the final weeks we’ll see plenty of mud slinging but Milliband will no doubt be the butt of sowing doubt in voters minds.. All to nought as Sunak is Sunk but Milliband is a UXB waiting to go off imho

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R , the more I look at it I feel AB isn’t up for merger … he’s more acquisition imho … seems to be placing his team for gaining producing barrels @ great efficiency … Veri energy is the political foil… imagine if he decided to relist Veri on Nasdaq and leave Enquest on LSE… just musing over croissant and sunshine :-)