Good news about all the jobs, but I'd like to see figures showing how many of them actually pay enough to not require any benefits top-up, rather than being jobs with workers just being moved from one benefit to another to provide subsidised employer profits.
Budget Bingo (courtesy of Michael Deacon at the Telegraph)
* “Finish the job”
* “Keep working through our plan”
* “Fix the roof while the sun is shining”
* “Securing a truly national recovery”
* “Making sure all parts of our country feel the benefits of recovery”
* “A Britain that lives within its means”
* “A critical choice” between returning to “the chaos of the past” and “the competence” of “the plan that’s working”
* “13 years of Labour”
* “The mess they left behind”
* “Difficult decisions”
* “Helping with aspiration”
* “Those who work hard and play by the rules” and “do the right thing”
* “Dignity and security in retirement”
* “All in this together” (yes, he still says it, every time)
What a load of bull Osbourne is spouting about employment.
Truth hurts. They are only doing what they do every time they are in office. Labour creates unemployment. FACT. Unemployment rose under every single Labour Govt. Unemployment fell under every single Tory Govt.
Truth hurts. They are only doing what they do every time they are in office. Labour creates unemployment. FACT. Unemployment rose under every single Labour Govt. Unemployment fell under every single Tory Govt.
If you like facts then you'll know unemployment was highest under the Tories.
Common sense using the sale of the bank assets to pay off the debt, I just wonder if voters will realise economically longer-term this is a really wise move. Too much short termism, what can you do for me know thinking.
Common sense using the bank assets to pay off the debt, I just wonder if voters will realise economically longer-term this is a really wise move. Too much short termism, what can you do for me know thinking.
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Broad outline with details to follow.
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"Northern powerhouse"
Truth hurts. They are only doing what they do every time they are in office. Labour creates unemployment. FACT. Unemployment rose under every single Labour Govt. Unemployment fell under every single Tory Govt.
If you like facts then you'll know unemployment was highest under the Tories.
The facts don't lie
A lot of preamble, not much info so far.
You got it in one.
Surprising not. Tories get put into power every time because Labour f..k up. It takes time to sort out the f..k up but they do every time.
Some will
Balls: "We're f**ked"
Miliband: "No...you're fired"