ON THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE, WHO INSTRUCTED THE DIFFERENCE IN COLOUR SCHEME? CLEARLY TO MAKE ONE LOOK MORE IMPASSIONED THAN THE OTHER. SOMETHING ODDLY PROPAGANDA-LIKE IN THIS..

Junior Doctor Strikes

I'm in support of the junior doctor strikes and was surprised at their pay. I hope itll be the start of much more, the government needs to collect a lot more from bankers et al and redistribute more fairly. bankers and ceo, flood re executives etc dont really deserve to get so much more than actual life savers!

more to continue

Corbyn's weekly message

the extreme difference in wages

I sure am glad I'm a first class citizen so am able to get the full wage. o.0

"The National Living Wage will be £7.20 an hour from April for workers aged 25 and over, rising to £9 by 2020.

The minimum wage will continue to function as before for those under 25.

Workers aged between 18 and 20 are currently entitled to at least £5.30 per hour while 16 and 17-year-olds have a minimum wage of £3.87 an hour.

Apprentices aged 16 to 18 and those in the first year of their apprenticeships have a minimum wage of £3.30 an hour."
-BBC article

First check rent prices, then take into account zero hour contracts.  It's a sad time to be a citizen of the UK, although, at least its better than a lot of other places. Saying it is better for us than other places is not a reason to just be content and expect more... people don't say that that is how you get to places in work, or education, and the same applies for the government. To make a difference you have to actively request it, and also, importantly, vote. Politicians are going to ignore us younger people until we can organise as a bloc of voters who can damage a party which doesn't vote for us. I am sick and tired of feeling unspoken for, the only politician who really is saying something for us, is Corbyn. Rent controls (mostly younger people are renting), actually affordable housing and council housing which predominately younger people will be using. etc. People, please can we get moving and actually make a difference. Please help the young people around you to care about politics, because it really is affecting them, right now.

This is where Momentum comes in, and I have a good feeling about it, but I'm not fully in touch because of my avoidance of social media. The real way to win support is to go out and talk and convince people with good arguments on ALL issues which they may bring up. Even if you don't think you have brought them round, its important they hear the argument and they may just ponder your impassioned plea later, on the bus to work, in the shower, or wherever.  A constant turn around isn't needed, just the other side of the argument which the most vocal and widespread media channels aren't giving. Its something we can learn from the SNPs campaign in Scotland, and it may be important in the EU In/Out campaigns, if you are that way inclined. We need to invigorate people, I think firstly non-voters, and then afterwards those who did not vote Labour.

Sorry about the rant!

Not great when you get a simple judgement so wrong George...

"It comes down to a very simple judgement, do you think our system is too expensive, do you think we should move to a higher wage lower welfare economy "
George Osbourne 2015/10

Simply, the reason for cutting tax credits does not boil down to this George.

Argument 1 -  they are too hard too fast. If you will only bring up the 'National Living Wage' in parts... presumably to not shock businesses, why not show the same respect to normal working people?

Argument 2 - for the economic arguments why austerity isn't necessary to cut the deficit flick through this blog:  But generally, if you borrow to invest and your return is higher than the costs due to that borrowing, that equals getting a strong economy and then actually running a surplus..

Argument 3 - Politically/socially - the fact they said they wouldn't cut these, the fact it may force people out of jobs onto benefits again, and in poverty again, not to mention the expected number of children they are pushing back into poverty, when they said they care about social mobility and keeping children in the classroom because this education is a major factor in opportunities later.

do Tories really want to be a 'worker's party?

not all of them...

Osbourne gets his 'vacuous and irrelevant' budget responsibility bill through

Osbourne's bill passed this evening.
A similar bill he derided when Labour introduced one in 2010.
Strangling investment and cutting back the government. Let's watch it unravel before their eyes, but it may well get tough for people first. Worrying that a lot of Economists wouldn't endorse the bill.  Its important to note that the Tories want to put through their bills through no matter what the terrible effects on working people's lives. Here they are laughing at our problems:
Laughing at the housing crisis
Laughing at making people not as well off as them, even worse off

Are they the working people's party?

According to BBC around 20 Labour MPs abstained, and I hope they are appropriately punished by the Labour Leadership. They don't represent the membership, and don't deserve to have the privelidge of representing us or their constituents.