tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post3502750307575364662..comments2023-11-02T07:54:22.317+00:00Comments on Unenlightened Commentary.: Labour Discovers Localism?Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-14824865721144140452012-02-05T19:41:01.185+00:002012-02-05T19:41:01.185+00:00Ahhh. You have eliminated the Russian spamm.
Pitt...Ahhh. You have eliminated the Russian spamm.<br /><br />Pitty. In a discussion regarding "labour" I thought it was a useful, if slightly ironic reminder, with whom we are dealing.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-14488062989145297392012-02-01T12:24:28.422+00:002012-02-01T12:24:28.422+00:00XX Labour have come up with one good idea over the...XX Labour have come up with one good idea over the benefits cap- the Shadow Work and Pensions secretary Liam Byrne has proposed setting local benefits caps to meet the needs of different regions with different costs of living. XX<br /><br />And how are they going to administer that, when you have 5 grand per month rents in one house, and next door is a white trash council semi, complete with rusting moggy minor on bricks in the front rubbish tip? (I believe they were once planned as gardens, but....)<br /><br />"Region splitting" is WAY to simplified.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-17185009015309609262012-01-30T18:17:56.827+00:002012-01-30T18:17:56.827+00:00Anything proposed by the govt or other side always...Anything proposed by the govt or other side always, always comes unstuck. Rule of thumb.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-27315068956220638022012-01-30T13:15:08.606+00:002012-01-30T13:15:08.606+00:00Anon & Grumpy- I take the point, but the princ...Anon & Grumpy- I take the point, but the principle of getting rid of national pay scales and benefit levels is important imo.Rosshttp://fountain.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-25405330746278371712012-01-30T12:56:26.646+00:002012-01-30T12:56:26.646+00:00I don't share your enthusiasm for Byrne's ...I don't share your enthusiasm for Byrne's proposal because it shows he's still clinging to the proposition that benefit claimants have more rights than those who work for a living. I could probably afford to live in something fairly palatial in Doncaster; in central London I couldn't afford a broom cupboard. C'est la vie. If the state were to subsidize me to live in central London it would merely drive up the cost of doing so still higher for the unsubsidized.Mr Grumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317128956060393033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-8479925872156062542012-01-30T11:10:44.067+00:002012-01-30T11:10:44.067+00:00"Labour have come up with one good idea over ..."Labour have come up with one good idea over the benefits cap- the Shadow Work and Pensions secretary Liam Byrne has proposed setting local benefits caps to meet the needs of different regions with different costs of living."<br />Oh no. The benefits cap means that we can get rid of the parasites from London and then workers can afford to live here again.<br />It will making working instead of being a pro single mum a good career choice for 16 year old girls!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-58253783152109496942012-01-30T07:56:45.043+00:002012-01-30T07:56:45.043+00:00"If taking account of the different costs of ...<i>"If taking account of the different costs of living is the right thing to do when setting a benefits limit- then surely it also makes sense to take different costs of living when setting pay scales for public sector workers. "</i><br /><br />Painted himself into a bit of a corner there, didn't he?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com