If you voted for the Tories in 2019 because you didn't like Jeremy Corbyn, then i am sorry you were misled, but until working class people stop voting for the people punching them in the face, then our plight will just get worse and worse.

@janewright2800

2 жыл бұрын

True! and I do wonder if half the people now moaning voted them back in? Because I vowed if I heard any cons voters complain I would just walk away. Made your bed etc

@tarik121

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. But I think the danger is that people will now vote for Starmer. Whilst I voted for Jeremy, I don't think Starmer is much better than Johnson. I think that for things to change, people need to be REALLY smart with their vote and just vote for neither Labour nor Conservative...

@curtisalex456

2 жыл бұрын

Come on, people were not misled!!!! "They" knew exactly who "they" voted for and why "they" voted for them. Don't give them a pass. The tories have been in power for a while. Despite knowing how vile the tories are people voted for them. Labour has been utterly useless the past decade.

@stephenjon3502

2 жыл бұрын

@@tarik121 Like who? Ukip or Reform who both want a private healthcare system and a 20k tax threshold and peanut N.I. contributions ?

@neilsarath9812

2 жыл бұрын

Too right, working class Tory's.😡

The UK is sleepwalking into a catastrophe of enormous proportions and we're led by people that will never be affected by it.

@roberthorne9597

2 жыл бұрын

I'm worried we kinda already did with brexit and the regression of the public purse, imagine how long it will take just to take us to pre 2008 levels, and now with brexit? I think we already did, not to mention climate change, that will come in kicking in 2040 too.

@ericneil8626

2 жыл бұрын

@Jay Bee Just spent 4 months travelling around Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Malta looking for work..... The UK is very much the poor cousin. And they are laughing at us....you have no idea what you are talking about!! and the audacity of asking people to leave their own country to find out is mind-blowing!!

@josedacosta5197

2 жыл бұрын

@Jay Bee the only country in Europe ( if not in the world ) that the government bluntly refused to feed the children

@madeovstarstuff

2 жыл бұрын

Voted into power by those who will be directly affected

@susanplatt5331

2 жыл бұрын

@Jay Bee you claim to care about Britain, whilst simultaneously not caring about Britain. We deserve better, stop pushing your low standards on the rest of us.

"Can't afford rent? Just buy a house!" That little gem of an idea is from our (hopefully) soon to be ex-prime minister here in Australia.

@Leispada

2 жыл бұрын

Its embarassing that I've actually heard that statement used towards me by the older generations

@kevinsyd2012

2 жыл бұрын

I just bought a house and my mortgage payment per month is almost half what i was paying in rent. I wish I had bought years ago but I listened to all the nonsense about mortgage affordability without actually checking the numbers.

@getstrongby4038

2 жыл бұрын

😆 Yeah because we'd all rather be buying our landlords houses for them instead of our of own

@deborahwillard3495

2 жыл бұрын

Thought that was buy an electric car if you cannot afford petrol!

@esmeraldagreengate4354

2 жыл бұрын

I come from the future. He has been sacked lol

Doesn't she think that if people could get a "better" job they'd already have done so.

@anthonydelfino6171

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently not. She also thinks they're all buying truffles and foie gras rather than value branded food

@paul.van.santvoord1232

2 жыл бұрын

If they did that, She would be very angry that there is nobody to serve here in the favorite cocktail bar.

When someone suggests a solution to this issue that starts with "just," it is important to recognize that you are engaged in conversation with a big part of the problem. If "just do X" was the solution, then the problem would not exist. They're reductive, at best, and exploitative, at worst.

@23merlino

2 жыл бұрын

excellent comment :-)

@quentinjalapeno1344

2 жыл бұрын

“Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less. For a town or country labourer to practise thrift would be absolutely immoral. Man should not be ready to show that he can live like a badly-fed animal. He should decline to live like that, and should either steal or go on the rates, which is considered by many to be a form of stealing.”

@Sakkir_Stahma

2 жыл бұрын

@@quentinjalapeno1344 Can you attribute that excellent quote please?

@beck8880

2 жыл бұрын

It sounds like cold vulcan logic to me. On the other hand, yesterday's Disastrous covid lock down policy kept us all alive so we can live in tomorrow's poverty. 🖖

@benjaminsmythe8967

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sakkir_Stahma Oscar Wilde, old bean.

Funny thing is that most of the essentials jobs that needed to be done during the covid mess are poorly paid jobs…. I would like to see what would actually happen if those people did leave their jobs for better paid ones.

@Old_Sod

2 жыл бұрын

Great point well made

@janewright2800

2 жыл бұрын

It was the general public that kept this country going during Covid despite this government!

@holymoly6829

2 жыл бұрын

There are no better paid jobs outside the Tory bubble ffs 🤦

@LabRat6619

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, I'm a poorly paid plumber.

@alandraper7901

2 жыл бұрын

What like Prime Ministers, Ministers, Civil Service jobs, Surgeon's, Doctors. The media. Need I go on.

If she ever had to do an actual days work, she'd soon realise that for many in physical jobs, they are knackered by the end of their regular shift, let alone do more hours. The whole lot of them are completely out of touch with reality.

I was a plumber this morning. Now I'm a cardiologist. It never occurred to me to get a better job before. Life's looking much brighter!

@johnmcintosh5413

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

My husband worked extra hours and all that happened was we lost our working family tax credits…. And extra wage he earned was not as much as the tax credits we lost, so we’re worse off and he’s more tired and spends less time with his family. We also lost free prescriptions and free dental care. Working extra hours when you’re on a low wage doesn’t work in the long run.

@alandraper7901

2 жыл бұрын

You ungrateful... its people like you on benefits whinging that if you get a job you will lose benefits. You should get a job so your not not sponging off the state. If your husband is working why aren't you. You should try it you never know you might better yourself. You'll certainly improve your finances.

@coldsnap999

2 жыл бұрын

It's by design as class warfare

@esmeraldagreengate4354

2 жыл бұрын

No one talks about this!

@EyebrowsGaming

2 жыл бұрын

Get angry, get on the pickets and tear this rotten system down so we can build a new one that serves US, and not the wealthy super-elites! It's scary until you do it. The French did it, the Americans did it, the Russians did it. What's stopping the British?

@Glenuig

2 жыл бұрын

Working tax credits tapers off around £16-20,000 as a family ( if no disabilities or childcare etc). The free NHS help stops at £15,000 or so per family. So that means between two of you an income say of £15000 per year on minimum wage (say £10 for argument) average weekly income works out around 10 hour per week each or 20 in total. I am all against the Tories and the state they have left the benefit systems in but surely you cant be expected to be fully supported working a total of 20 hours per week as a family. If you went from working 20 hours per week in that example to 40 hours per week as a family yes you would lose the few thousand in WTC but you would have over £5000-7000 net gain in employment income even on minimum wage. I cannot see how it would be financially worse off in any scenario moving from 20 hours to 40 hours per week. The Tax credit system was always designed to be more beneficial to be in work or else nobody would work?

I'm 51, I work for the NHS, have done for 29 years. The last 12 of which I've seen either below inflation wage rises or no wage rise at all. This government are responsible for my current income level, not me. Should I leave? Where will I get a job at my age? Where would I get a new career at my age? How would the NHS cope if folk like me did leave? I'm beginning to struggle through no fault of my own. I work hard at my job, I can't work any harder or put in extra shifts, I'm gubbed after the shifts I have.. I was applauded 2 years ago whilst I worked in COVID wards and COVID HDU. Now I'm told to get a better paid job??? These people are vile and we have absolutely no hope of them helping us. Britain needs an uprising to force change. Would never condone public disorder previously but feel it's the only way to get badly needed change before millions of folk are left ruined

@lesleyedgley8371

2 жыл бұрын

👍This.

@silversurfer7341

2 жыл бұрын

sde The Tories desperately need to go. It could eventually be quite drastic their removal, but go they must.

@_leyrd_.

2 жыл бұрын

You're right, if change is required which it surely is, the helm has to be seized. If they continue propelling us down this path disorder will be inevitable. First item on the agenda, how to recover the 'lost' covid funds that have been written off by these bad + inept politicians who are supposed to represent us. Second item on the agenda, immediate windfall tax to be imposed on energy companies.

@dtoora

2 жыл бұрын

Uprising is the only way

@lameduck3630

2 жыл бұрын

NHS staff have the best pay, holiday and pensions in the country, so best pipe down.

It's like telling a sick person to just get better. I can't believe how out of touch these people are. They are meant to represent the people of their constituency but have absolutely no idea how regular people live and the struggles we face on a daily basis

@JB27888

2 жыл бұрын

No one here is looking at the deep structural issues which caused this economic mess. The inflation we see is a SYMPTOM of lockdowns and restrictions on economic activity. Yet, most of the people here complaining about higher prices wanted lockdowns LOL

@nunoafonseca1

2 жыл бұрын

I used to work for a coach company as a coach driver and the managing director used to hold these "business update meetings with all of us" and when we complained to him about the fact that our vehicles where never fixed he said, now word of a lie "If you want coaches in a better state, then don't have accidents. That's exactly like this government....

@shawsy1409

2 жыл бұрын

My sister contracted motor neurone disease , her doctors told her to get out of the house and get more exercise , she was dead within a year.

@scottrobinson4611

2 жыл бұрын

It's even worse than that. It's like telling a person with a live grenade in their hands to "just give it to someone else" - just passing the poverty grenade on to the next sucker. Even if you could get a new job, the old job still exists and will still pay someone a wage that they can't live on. There shouldn't be any jobs that you can't afford to live doing.

@lestrem11

2 жыл бұрын

@Strange Tapes More wasters, send money please…

I was struggling on furlough in the second lockdown, eventually thankfully went back to work and set up a side hustle and I'm now suffering burnout it's awful, how people with kids or dependents manage is beyond me.

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

Priorities first

When you're surrounded with millionaires, you start believing that everyone's a millionaire.

@johnstirling6597

2 жыл бұрын

When you are used a life of privilege, being treated as a "normal" citizen feels like discrimination! They say it out loud because they are F..K wits.

@claudebylion9932

2 жыл бұрын

They don’t believe everyone is a millionaire, they are not part of this planet the rest of us live on.

@MinkieWinkle

2 жыл бұрын

there has not been a none millionaire labour leader in decades, in fact, people tend to forget, the past several labour leaders are far more better off than Boris is. yet not one of them seem to understand that the way for the masses to earn money is through jobs, job creation. and not handout from tax payers

@danagordon8871

2 жыл бұрын

@@MinkieWinkle I’m in America and it’s been the same way here. A millionaire cannot associate and have apathy for most of what his or her constituents are experiencing.

@barnabybot

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I'm part of a working class family in a posh Surrey village. I promise you that the one wage families have no idea what money worries are.

I love it when a tory comes out and accidently spills what the whole bunch of them really think, rather than spout the usual "we're doing all we can" non commital response. The whole attitude is that everything will sort itself out, people will work harder, the private sector will step in and fill a need. and dont look beyond what we need to do and say to keep our core voters happy to get us back in next time. they really do only care about keeping themselves in power

@alandraper7901

2 жыл бұрын

The minister is bang on. I am sick of people thinking everyone else should pay for them to live. If you are finding it hard to meet the cost of living then do something about it. Don't expect the rest of us to pick up you tab. Do the extra couple of hours overtime if its on. Get the extra part time job. Do what ever it takes to feed your family. Its your responsibility not anyone else's.

@THECALLOF241

2 жыл бұрын

@@alandraper7901 No ones expecting you to pick up the tab Alan, but please keep crying about how 8p of your taxes goes towards supporting the struggling single mum down the road

@ince55ant

2 жыл бұрын

they are Randian nut jobs

@alandraper7901

2 жыл бұрын

@@THECALLOF241 What you on about.

@Binns57

2 жыл бұрын

@@alandraper7901 very well said.

The cost of living crisis is simple to solve. Politicians 'just' need to give up half their salary. Its simple just like that.

@joisagirlsname

2 жыл бұрын

Politicians should only get paid the median wage of the country they serve.

@adrianrosu6868

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter if they take a pay cut. The wage is nothing for a politician. Nowhere in the world politicians make a lot of money but all over the world they steal a lot sof money.

@pwilliam255

2 жыл бұрын

@@joisagirlsname I think it’s more of a CEO pay problem. Remember when workers ask for more money, the first thing we are reminded is that it will raise the price of goods. But for more than a decade, CEO pay has been going up, therefore, raising the price of goods. Now workers can’t afford to buy those goods because they didn’t get a raise while top management continued to year after year.

@AbbieNotAbs

2 жыл бұрын

Best take I’ve seen so far!

@psalm1197

Жыл бұрын

And stop sending billions of our tax money to spend on weapons that prolong a war that is killing more Ukrainians.

6:40 One factor that I don’t think is often brought up is that a large number of people in government, especially at the very top, spent a large portion of their childhood in Prep and Boarding Schools. Recent studies have shown that these institutions can be incredibly damaging on a persons mental health in regard to things like forming healthy relationships and developing empathy and understanding for those around them.

@tomanderson8121

Жыл бұрын

Maybe so but people do no right from wrong so there just uncaring evil bstrds.

I was unemployed 8 years ago and was on basic jobseekers allowance of £74 a week during that time MPs gave themselves a pay rise of over £3700 pound which was more than my entire years benefits and they have the absolute cheek to call us scroungers

@martinallsopp8941

2 жыл бұрын

You only get £74 to try an make you get a job. That's the point minimum wage is alot more them £74 a week. Let's just say you get a £1 an hour rise 40 hours a week is £2080. I'm not saying that they should of had a pay increase I think there all over payed as it is but when you look at it logically it's not that much

@pete_lind

2 жыл бұрын

Lee Anderson tory MP salary £84 000 , on top of that he claimed over £200 000 in expenses , so £84 000 did not cover his rent and food , but £30 000 for civil servant is too much .

@janewright2800

2 жыл бұрын

Plus all the tax evasion for super rich which makes any benefit handouts look like a drop in the ocean!!!

@kmag7122

2 жыл бұрын

Yes makes me sick

@0000deer

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinallsopp8941 you sound like a proper ponce

I got so inspired by her words that I just called a major company and asked for a $1 million a week job... still waiting.

@chucks6781

2 жыл бұрын

Too late i got the vacancy

@teresawilliamson9377

Жыл бұрын

You probably won't wait too long, they will be negotiating a pay rise for you.

If they can convince themselves that the poor are struggling because they’re ignorant, lazy and morally inferior then they don’t have to come to terms with the fact their policies have helped caused this and their wealth is not something they deserve because they are not in fact special

@anthonydelfino6171

2 жыл бұрын

Based off what I know from over there (and it's kind of the same here in the states) the fact the poor are failing is just proof to them that their policies work. The whole idea of cut the social safety net and let the weak fail was exactly the plan of actors like Margret Thatcher and Ronal Reagan, so conservatives see these people now struggling and just blame it on them not being lazy and wasteful.

One major factor was left out is that we are seeing global inflation . I saw it in the news that most countries are all competing for parts , products , food, OIL etc. Even nations that managed their rates better are seeing major issues . The glut of money was an issue sure, but the surging demand from nation that re-opened from covid lockdowns played a larger role . Add to this pandemic-related staffing issues and the intentional global oil supply problems and its a nightmare . I known the intention was to explain inflation but that doesn’t do justice to the current inflation on a global scale......

@Robertgriffinne

Жыл бұрын

American workers are experiencing unprecedented declines in their real incomes, which is why record numbers have been forced to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. When we talk about 9.1% inflation, the media acknowledged the true rate of inflation of about 18%?

@instinctively_awesome8283

Жыл бұрын

U.S inflation hit 7% in December, fastest pace since 1982 . Consumer prices in Germany rose by 3.1% in 2021 . France shows a 12 -months inflation rate of 3.4% the highest since September 2008.

@marianparker7502

Жыл бұрын

How can one find a verifiable financial Planner, I want to employing the services of a Financial Advisor because finding that balance between saving and living requires counsel.

@Natalieneptune469

Жыл бұрын

@@marianparker7502 Inflation is gradually going to become part of us and due to that fact any money you keep in cash or in a low-interest account declines in value each year. Investing is the only way to make your money grow and unless you have an exceptionally high income, investing is the only way most people will ever have enough money to retire. Personally I hired ‘’Nicole Ann Sabin ’’ a financial advisor who sets asset allocation that fits my tolerance and risk capacity, investment horizon, present and future goals.

@PhilipMurray251

Жыл бұрын

@@Natalieneptune469 Please, your coach you mentioned, how do i get in touch with her?

The problem is unpaid extra hours are already a part of many people's lives.

@lizcollinson2692

2 жыл бұрын

Yup due to "role clarity" there is no mechanism to pay me extra hours.

@simplesimonhadapie

2 жыл бұрын

i have rarely ever worked anywhere that overtime wasn't part of the job paid or not

@darthmonkey74

2 жыл бұрын

@@lizcollinson2692 same

@lizcollinson2692

2 жыл бұрын

@@simplesimonhadapie me too, but current job does discourage it in some roles to keep wages down. The job pays 80% the industry avg but overtime discouraged and the hours are a bit shorter too.

@michaelpower4372

2 жыл бұрын

But the more you work the more they take off you in taxes.

Sadly, there is a never ending conveyor belt of these numpties

@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO

2 жыл бұрын

Humpty Dumpty was a Numpty.

@wendykinnear9151

2 жыл бұрын

It's call Eton College!

@kevinjohnson3782

2 жыл бұрын

@@wendykinnear9151 more like Eton Mess!

I’m a trained nurse. I’ve already worked nearly full time hours- during my annual leave. Am I supposed to work every day of the week in an emotionally draining job? I’m livid they won’t give us a fair payrise. They are destroying the NHS with underfunding and privatisation.

@mattylamb9194

2 жыл бұрын

NHS is destroying itself much of the time with their emphasis on middle managers, and ending many operations, etc during Covid

@bezzyranx9839

2 жыл бұрын

WELL…. THAT’S THE PLAN, THEN THEY PRIVATISE IT ALL!! AND GUESS WHO’LL BUY THE MOST SHARES FOR PRIVATE HEALTHCARE?!🤷🏿‍♂️

@mattylamb9194

Жыл бұрын

You need to look at your bosses. That's where the bulk of the blame lies

@wendyjones5853

Жыл бұрын

ShellBelle , yes , I know a young girl who works in a bakery shop locally who receives £10 more in wages than a trained nurse what's that all about , I know these two Women they live in my community ????

@lestrem11

Жыл бұрын

I agree, we should all be paying more taxes to pay for your rise….

When they (MP’s) just waft around having high paying consultancy jobs thrown at them for no discernible reason and with little or no effort on their part attaining them, it’s hardly surprising they have no idea what ‘just getting a better job’ in the real world entails. Neither do they understand how the conversation with most bosses/managers will play out when you simply ask for more hours.

They have obviously never had to go without ,they have absolutely no idea on the life of the average person

@intervention.07

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think so?

@simonsmith7251

2 жыл бұрын

James O'Brian is a multi millionaire, Public School Boy with children at Private School !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As an engineering consultant we are normally expected to work extra hours to get the work done but with no salary benefit. As such, working ''extra'' hours helps not a jot. Which banana boat did these self rightous prats arrive on?

@acolli777

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously not the same boat as those in the Windrush scandal or the tory govt would have deported them years ago!

@johnconlon9652

2 жыл бұрын

I used to work as an NHS consultant (no private practice) exceeding my paid hours by 45%, on record. No extra pay. And other staff hated me, presumably because of my title. Retired hurt and depressed.

@johnconlon9652

Жыл бұрын

@Bismarck White A Professor of Law (?) in Melbourne, Australia, described Roman Law as "Upper Class Fraud". Latter word better English than idiotic slang, "scam".

"Do more hours" McDonalds is a prime example of how this won't work, they gave their staff a pay rise in April and then cut the hours of those staff that they class as full time. Full time hours for a 17 year old been about 26 hrs I think ( not 100% sure) they cut them back a couple of hours and then employed more part time staff. WHy?? My guess is NI payments, employees start paying NI at a certain earnings level and the employer also starts paying at that point. This why zero hours contracts are so popular, they companies avoid tax commitments while keeping the plebs on low wages subsidized by universal credit. "Work more hours" chance would be a fine thing

@Longlostpuss

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, McDonalds was never really designed to be a long term career for most people who work there was it? Let's be honest here. Its whole model is geared around high turnover of staff, which typically means lower wages and people coming in and out as fast as the service and the customers. That's why most people you see behind the counter are typically students and/or generally young people. Retail staff elsewhere probably aren't that far behind in fairness, but interestingly, in Switzerland, retail staff are very highly paid.

“Get a better paid job” or “work more hours”, said by someone that never worked a day in her life.

@user-yi7pd6qz4q

2 жыл бұрын

"become an MP" could also be a valid answer i suppose.... /S

What exactly is the job of the 'safeguarding' minister? What does she safeguard apart from her own job???

@darthmonkey74

2 жыл бұрын

Safeguarding here lifestyle by rigging her expenses to the tune of 200k PA

@TheArgieH

2 жыл бұрын

BoJo's of course!

When you thought this government couldn't go lower....

@destronger5313

2 жыл бұрын

You BRITs are turning into Americans

@rodgerq

2 жыл бұрын

I've stopped thinking this. Been too often proven wrong c

The minister's advice is sound in theory, work more and you'll earn more. In practise, the tax system discourages an employee from working longer hours, as you get less back the harder you toil. This is worsened during an inflationary crisis where increased costs are not reflected in an increase in tax free allowance.

@mattylamb9194

2 жыл бұрын

Tax and benefits systems both lead tpo this problem. A basic state income for all adults living in UK, (and we did have something kind of comparable for children in the form of Child Benefit, until Cameron started to means-test it), and perhaps, flat rate income tax would be better

One of our politicians in Australia (before he became Prime Minister) actually said in an interview many years ago, that the gov't funded private schools because they would become the leaders of the future. Those is gov't schools didn't need a high level of education because they would be working for the private school graduates. Where would their workers come from if they, the poorly educated, became highly educated.

@riversguy92

Жыл бұрын

What’s this politician’s name

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

Oh ,what's his name

"If you're homeless, just buy a house" - Generic Tory MP doing the morning interview rounds

@DD-fc1rv

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 👏👏👏👍

@TheArgieH

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely true. We were on a family woodland walk and strayed from the public footpath because "someone" had sawn down and dumped the way markers. A "gentleman" approached and asked us to leave. He really did say "if you want to walk in woods buy your own like I did". I still wonder if he was serious.

@oliverfay

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@stewartmcfarlane2008

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, and if people are poor and poorly paid, then they need to review their share and investment portfolios, cut back on the ski trips, and maybe sell the Bentley.

@thechipman2473

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant and true

It's simple. The government just doesn't care. They're not going to end up in poverty.

@jobbyomoron8478

2 жыл бұрын

Plenty of us don’t care to be honest

@paulharris2331

2 жыл бұрын

@Jobby O'Moron Why not?

@toneyingram732

2 жыл бұрын

@john lewis just a evil person who don't care about other people

@stephenreeds3632

2 жыл бұрын

And we voted, sorry you, voted for them.

@alexthesb2241

2 жыл бұрын

@@jobbyomoron8478 ..is exactly the thinking that has landed us in this mess.

I'm going to ring Boris and ask for that ministers job, it's almost certainly better paid than my job. My only hesitation is that I might not be smart enough or I would have thought of it myself.

As someone who just about remembers the days of the Thatcher regime of 'look after yourselves', 'no such thing as society', 'get on your bike' and so on, it is disheartening to see it happening all over again, 30-odd years later... How did we end up with Boris Johnson as PM? Not just because people voted for him, but also because people didn't vote for anyone else - in other words, they voted based on who they didn't want.....

@mattylamb9194

2 жыл бұрын

It happened under Cameron too. He was extremely right-wing economically

People have worked very hard to earn the money energy companies are taking from them. They are not lazy. They are just powerless….literally and metaphorically.

@lukethegardenman3747

2 жыл бұрын

Until we collectively do something about it!!

@jjefferyworboys8138

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukethegardenman3747 Use less you mean ?

@handarokadath1515

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjefferyworboys8138 less energy ?

@haraldschuster3067

2 жыл бұрын

If you only vote for what is on the menu and then only if it has a blue ribbon - yes.

@angelaandersons7918

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it meself, if I tried x

The contempt these tory ministers exhibit towards the poor is almost palpable.

@GG-ml3vr

2 жыл бұрын

Im guessing palpreble means something bad

@lesleyedgley8371

2 жыл бұрын

*palpable

@rowancrew2934

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesleyedgley8371 Thanks it's been a very long day.

@lesleyedgley8371

2 жыл бұрын

@@rowancrew2934 ✔😉

@jjefferyworboys8138

2 жыл бұрын

Do they vote Tory ?

This proves how out of touch with reality our MPs are. I worked for over 50 years my State Pension per week is less than some people spend on a night out. There were no Private Pensions when I started work at 16.

I work in the heritage sector which was decimated by Tory cuts starting in 2010 and further decimated by Covid (over 70% of our visitors are from overseas). The last job I applied for had over 470 candidates apply. So the likelihood of me getting any other job, much less a better paid one, is slim despite having over 12 years experience and a Master's degree. Government has said, after the years of pay freeze, that they recommend a 2% pay rise for us. This works out at a whopping £8.77 a week.

I did exactly that. Having the qualification, I applied for a better paid job citing this ministerial advice and was told that usually I'd get it no problem, but referencing Rachel McClean as a motivational factor proves that I'm too dumb for it. What do I do now?

@alwhyte6533

2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe...love that!

I am sure that those in difficulty would love Rachel McLeans job, and would no doubt make a better job of it.

@dee3444

2 жыл бұрын

Bro, you could pay 2 people what she earns. Everyones entitled to their own opinion, but shes a disgrace. Ive seen people in tears because ita now a choice between food or heating whilst working multiple jobs.

@folkme3042

2 жыл бұрын

@@dee3444 As usual these ministers are totally out of touch with normal working people.

@lindaevans4921

2 жыл бұрын

@@folkme3042 yes, I'd love the Rachel Mcleans of this world to be demoted to a minimum wage job for about 5 years to understand how the other half live in this country !

Telling people to get better jobs is despicable. The only time they’ve ever broken a sweat is when counting their money, none of them know what a hard days work even looks like. If everybody gets better jobs… who will clean up Boris’ poo poo when he misses the toilet? Who will fill the positions that have a wage you can’t live on? Everybody has gone and got better jobs!

@kennethholmes6991

2 жыл бұрын

Are we related, my thoughts.

I think what the government minister said is absolutely insulting and she should be sacked

MPs got a raise of £2,212 this year whilst pensioners (like myself) got a raise of £289. Most MPs have not got a clue what it is to work for a living! They're getting a gold-plated salary, with a gold-plated pension for talking for a living. They need taking down a peg or two. One way would be that before you could become an MP you would have to do at leas 6 months manual work, just so that you know what it is like for people in the real world! 🤬

@Binns57

2 жыл бұрын

Ridiculous.

@jjefferyworboys8138

2 жыл бұрын

Pensioners like myself received a 3.1% increase this year, MP's received 2.7%. My employers pension was nearly twice the % increase of an MP. Using ones brain rather than braun isn't a soft option, just a different usually better paid one with much better benefits.

@elizabethf1591

Жыл бұрын

DON'T FORGET... They get their salary, plus expenses.

The more hours you do the less tax credit which is higher than low wages & on top of that you are expected to pay more rent & council tax. It’s the poverty trap!

The same people who tell others to go and get better paid jobs are the same people who would walk into a Tesco and complain that there’s not enough on the shelves because there isn’t enough staff. The reason they can be so out of touch is because they aren’t facing the issues that they are talking about

One of my biggest concerns with Brexit was our workers rights being flushed, and being flushed they are. We saw this in action a few months ago when there where a lack of lorry drivers, so the government gets rid of the law that prevents lorry drivers from saying "no" to extra hours and the government frames that as 'opportunity'. This is now going to becoming common place, in almost all industries. People will struggle, be forced to work additional hours and have no choice but to take second jobs. It's an absolute and complete disgrace. Mental health will become an even bigger issue, people will become less productive and our industries will suffer. It's that simple. We need protection from this government and we need it now. Our workers rights are about to be absolutely shat on.

What about those of us that can’t work due to disability? I’m glad James has hit the nail on the head with regards to workers rights, we know the Tories love a bit of modern day slavery, they want us to serve the rich!

@tonygange7636

2 жыл бұрын

I think you'll find that's remainers who insist we rely on cheap foreign labor who've been abused for year along with the white british underclass

@lennoxbraithwaite2546

2 жыл бұрын

I look after a lovely chap who is disabled he would love to work but the reality is he wouldn't be fast enough to complete given tasks, it costs money to have a career with him to support him in work and employer's won't employ someone who needs constant assistants in every aspect of their life. The DSS are not helpful and couldn't care less If they don't care about able bodied folk what do they think of disabled folk.

@mrfrisky2997

2 жыл бұрын

If you can sit on your phone complaining then you can work - plenty of jobs for someone who can answer a phone or type - just go and get a job rather than complaining and asking everyone else to pay for you.

@stuartburns8657

2 жыл бұрын

@Video Games And I used to know a chap who claim disability benefits (bad back) who got his mobility van and rent and bills paid. He'd use the van to load furniture Mon-Fri selling and buying at car boot sales. Even took a video of the tw@t and tried to send it to the dwp. Wasn't interested despite him lifting a single sofa above his head to load it in the van. Too many 'disabled' and raking it it tbh. I think the Gov should send money recording these frauds and shoukd claw back billion per year

@janewright2800

2 жыл бұрын

@@stuartburns8657 have you got time to video rich tax evaders??? Plus already very well paid wealthy MP's claiming huge expenses for their moats and why you are at it video those in destitution (if not dead) over the many destructive decisions this gov has made over the years (IE Austerity) and now fuel poverty! what you moan about is a mere drop in the ocean compared to the deceit and actions of the cons!!!

"Move to a better job" Here in the US we are seeing that play out in the food service industry........people got sick of the way they were treated, quit, got different jobs......... Now the "move to a better job" people are complaining "no one wants to work" because restaurants are understaffed. Buch of lampshades........

@philiphockey7996

2 жыл бұрын

US politics and daily life has nothing to do with life in the uk,so why do we need to know about your issues!

@PixlPutterMan

2 жыл бұрын

@@philiphockey7996 Nothing to do? They why do you have trump worshipers over there?

@kanedNunable

2 жыл бұрын

@@philiphockey7996 who cares what you think? and since we try to emulate the USA its very much an early warning system for us.

@esmeraldagreengate4354

2 жыл бұрын

@@josemengelez6947 5 years experience washing dishes? I mean if doing the dishes my whole life at home counts I'm in!

@esmeraldagreengate4354

2 жыл бұрын

@@philiphockey7996 it's the WORLDWIDE web you might occasionally find people from far of lands who will talk about their experiences, it's ok they are allowed, it's a public forum. Or are you some sort of location manager from KZread making sure people are only on videos from their country?

I'm a gardener for well-off private homes and one of my clients (a rich, head boy from a private school) actually said "Brexit will only cost the average person 2-3k a year in rising costs, but I'll save 100's of thousands".

What about those of us that already buy the cheaper food and work two minimum paid jobs and still struggle. Suppose I answered my own question I should be working two better paid jobs. What's the next mind blowing fact going to be "Walking to work to save petrol", "Turning off appliances if you are not using them to save on electric"

I'd also like to point out that a lot of value range food is either seriously over processed (and therefore really bad for you, creating long term health issues) or just barely fit for human consumption.

@davidspear9790

Жыл бұрын

Not only that, the more demand there is for value foods, the more the price goes up.

We voted for them, we are to blame, well not I personally but we all know someone who did, don't let them forget it.

@THEJR-of5tf

2 жыл бұрын

Do you really think Starmer and his misfits will do any better? Every Labour government since Wilson has left the UK flat Broke. When Thatcher took power the UK had been dubbed The "SICK MAN OF EUROPE".

@michaelmyers3709

2 жыл бұрын

Would rather set fire to my voting slip than even contemplate voting for them.

@simonsmith7251

2 жыл бұрын

The alternative was Comrade Corbyn are you totally out of your tiny little mind.....

@christinemo9622

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonsmith7251 No, there were other alternatives. The voting public could have chosen to vote for one of the other parties if it was unthinkable to vote Corbyn or just destroy their voting slip.

@spikespike1332

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonsmith7251 better then nazi's we support now

This is straight out of the Therese - I've Had The Time of My Life - Coffey's school of glib stupidity. She said much the same when the rate of U.C. was slashed by £80. Just work a couple of extra hours, that'll do it. And, what if you're not in work? The level of disconnect from the lot of them is beyond staggering!

James is always spot on. I live in America, and former First Lady, Barbara Bush, was once asked what Americans should do that don't have health insurance. Her response was "just don't get sick."

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

The woman didn't have a clue

MP's can get a better paid job each year, by giving themselves a payrise. They also all expenses paid well over their earnings. They aren't qualified to answer the question.

@jjefferyworboys8138

2 жыл бұрын

@D C Such is the intellect of many KZreadrs. MP's salary increase was 2.7% considerably below average.

@jjefferyworboys8138

2 жыл бұрын

MP's salary increase was 2.7%, well below average. Their salaries are nothing special, less than a GP or Solicitor. A decent plumber can earn more.

@paulharris2331

2 жыл бұрын

Don't MP's earn 80+ grand a year with everything claimed on expenses?

@truthseeker7612

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjefferyworboys8138 Please factor in all the BENEFITS they get with the job.

@geeksworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjefferyworboys8138 They take home like 300k after expenses. Plus all the free food and tickets and side gigs.

I work for the microbiology department in the NHS but somehow I need a better job to have money after I've paid my rent and council tax? Yeah.....

If workers can't afford to live on 40hr pay, then they need higher wages, not longer hours. REGISTER TO VOTE.

In renovations I regularly have people ask, ‘Can’t you just.. ?’ without any real knowledge of the problem. Like I hadn’t thought of that 100 jobs ago. These are legitimate questions especially on an individual basis, ‘How can I get a better job, or save money?’, but like he says, it’s not the question, it’s thinking that it hasn’t already been asked a million times. So out of touch. Unfortunately, it appeals to the ‘boot straps’ people who need to blame the individual in order to feel better about their own privileged situation. We had a politician here in a right leaning area, who every election time, would be caught on camera ‘accidentally’ telling people in a homeless shelter to ‘get a job’..

They don’t realise that a job on minimum wage needs working tax credit to make life even survivable. Taking on more hours reduces the amount of tax credit you receive so there is a whole tranche of people that no amount of extra hours would see an increase of income.

@LAD907

2 жыл бұрын

exactly, one job no matter how big or small it may seem should be all working people need to enjoy a healthy lifestyle and piece of mind. its Their Duty to ensure it ! a simple principle ..that they have been destroying!

@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, my partner worked overtime last month to cover the energy bills, taxed £800. Yeah let’s just do more hours.

@DS-od1kb

2 жыл бұрын

When Douglas Carswell was a UKIP MP he opposed tax credits in the interests of 'fiscal responsibility'. Implying that the low paid are fiscally irresponsible.

@jjefferyworboys8138

2 жыл бұрын

Study, retrain, become better qualified. Only by investing in yourself will you break the cycle of low pay.

@jjefferyworboys8138

2 жыл бұрын

@@LAD907 It's no longer enough, having more than one source of income is a necessity.

Hi, Jame's not sure if you read these comments but, you forget when you get a better-paid job employers will fire you at the drop of a hat and replace you with cheaper labour. Just ask those 800 staff at P&O that had well-paid jobs. So much for high skilled high wage economy

Been the case in the US for 30+ years, it can't possibly be the system/government is broken it must be those of us just aren't working hard enough, disgusting. About time working folk shut it down.

So people should both be working more jobs/more hours, but also should be cooking everything from scratch and scouring the supermarket at the right times to get reduced food.

There was a court case a long time back involving a guy who couldn't pay the then new child payment scheme ( C.S.A ) who said he had to pay something like £ 30 a week, his Solicitor argued that the salary his client earned wasn't enough to warrant that amount, and left him hardly enough to live on. The Judge disagreed and said he had read in the paper that the National average wage was £ 500 a week, and that left the client with more than enough to live on ! Needless to say the Solicitor had to point out to the Judge what the National Average meant, Just goes to show how out of touch these people are with reality !

@simonsmith7251

2 жыл бұрын

James O'Brian is a multi millionaire, Public School Boy with children at Private School !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he's really in touch with ordinary people........

@stingersplash

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonsmith7251 get his name right next time...you've missed the point too. He cares about "ordinary people" while the MPs do not.

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

@@simonsmith7251 well said

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

@@stingersplash hmmm ,you can care all you like,doing is another thing

It's time that people with ESSENTIAL jobs (food production and sale, haulage, medical field, garbage disposal, hygiene etc.) got paid a sum that actually reflected what they are doing for society and the economy at large. And it is high time that classism was laid to rest.

@MinkieWinkle

2 жыл бұрын

jobs are paid based on supply and demand. huge supply of people willing to work those jobs, so people will bid down wages. want wages to increase, quit low paying jobs. decrease the supply of labour. it is that simple. stop having the attitude, of "i should not quit, you should pay more" WRONG, so long as you continue to work for them, they will never increase wages, why would they? THEY ALREADY HAVE YOU WORKING FOR THEM. QUIT.

@gabemore1766

2 жыл бұрын

@@MinkieWinkle I suggest robbing the rich that’s a job!

As an American, we have allowed work to become what defines us. When we first meet someone, the first question is always, “so, what do you do?” Aka “am I better than you?”

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

True

My partner works 2 jobs for a total of 60 hours a week, i am on disability benefit , and we still are on the breadline.

Reality; Salaried jobs work 'extra hours' for no extra pay, no such thing as 'overtime'

“Get a better paid job”. Absolute brilliance!! Tomorrow I’ll sign up to the Conservative Party and get elected MP. £85,000 salary and £200,000 a year in expenses. I’ll set up an account at Fortnam and Mason’s next week after I get elected.

Saddened but not surprised , what a world we have let creep up on us , absolutely heartbreaking

Most private sector contracts these days say three things: 1) You can't join a union 2) You need to work extra hours to 'get the job done' 3) Your salary is annual, not hourly thus no overtime pay

@southofthemersey7351

2 жыл бұрын

In the UK? 2 and 3 yes. Seemingly some unwritten rule to do more than the job spec and salary suggests in the offer. I can kindve get on board with it to an extent if the employer recognised the over achievers and awards them. But if its just a ploy to get 50 hours of work but advertise and pay for 40 that's wrong. Point one is a no no. The employer can't do that. A problem though is that many of the more modern service based jobs have no specific union and so most of the workforce has no one fighting their corner when they get shat on.

Those who voted Brexit/Tories are to blame for the utter mess we are in now! And don’t come back saying what about Labour?!

@Paul-bx3ey

2 жыл бұрын

And what about Labour!!

@clairepod1

2 жыл бұрын

We've had TWELVE YEARS of the Tories so I'm gonna ask you the same question? What ABOUT Labour? We're talking about the government who've dragged us into a disgraceful cost of living crisis.

@TheJbsportstech

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the dragged the USA into it and Germany as well, if not a war or pandemic had happened we might have an explanation

@clairepod1

2 жыл бұрын

@Bismarck White And? All British are privileged. It's not an insult.

Maybe… MAYBE corporate profits shouldn’t be as high as they are and some of that money should make it’s way back down… but no. No that shouldn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t happen.

@garrybarry4286

2 жыл бұрын

communist

@Lowequay

2 жыл бұрын

@@garrybarry4286 What do you think communism is?

@nathanhill3

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was joking. I hope he was being sarcastic.

@Cuban-Jo

2 жыл бұрын

What we have now is worse than communism. The useless people at the top do the least amount of work and make more money than the ones who actually make the products and provide the services.

@Lowequay

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanhill3 You could be right, it does parody so many people

When people say these kinds of things in public, it is an attempt to convince us that we live in a meritocracy, when we demonstrably don't. For these people, doing this is 2 fold - 1) If they convince the public that a meritocracy exists, then when people fail they will mostly look inward. When you mix that with xenophobia and antiquated drug laws, people will blame their failures on themselves or they will look down on other people to blame, but they will never look up at the people who make the laws and have all the money and all the power. When one politician says something elitist they look silly and contemptible, but over decades of similar things being disseminated in the media from them, it is a very successful way of dividing people so they are too busy or angry or frightened or distracted to place the blame at the feet of the people who actually hold the power and control. It is how they get away with laws that chip away at our standard of living. And 2) If they convince us of a meritocracy, they can convince themselves of a meritocracy. So when they fail upwards, they can sleep easy at night in the mistaken belief that they have earned their successes, and the victims of the system they create are just jealous, lazy nobodies who deserve their poverty. If they have a conscience, they have to convince themselves of this. If they fail to convince themselves and they still don't care, then they are sociopaths almost by definition.

My immediate reaction was also 'who is going to do all the low paid jobs then?' After all, they've sent all the hard working EU workers packing so that Brits can do their work instead.

How can someone think like this? Conservatives aren't just a party, it is an ideology.

@biscuit4259

2 жыл бұрын

*evil ideology

@Lynnefromlyn

2 жыл бұрын

They are a crime syndicate.

@silversurfer7341

2 жыл бұрын

Ryan Connor Toryism is the resurrected form, of facism. As soon as they got back in,in 2010 the return to Dickensian times started.

@tonygange7636

2 жыл бұрын

@@biscuit4259 Much better than the left wing nut jobs who cant tell the difference between a man & woman. Sick people

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

Bit like labour,let's be bold and vote for something different than these two has been parties

Paul Ryan said the same thing over here in the USA. Meanwhile he was only working about a third of the year. And then he retired early because he wanted to spend more time with his family.

"If you can't afford to pay rent, simply move your family into the disused wing of your nanna's summer house in the Peake District, as I have, you plebs"

I can't even get a job, I hit my mid 50's and suddenly found myself unemployable, so getting a better one is out of the question.

Have you tried not being poor? - some Minister probably

@janewright2800

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah what are you complaining about poor people. Just try not being poor!🙄

@scooble

2 жыл бұрын

Alan B'stard - Conservative MP

@8ofwands300

2 жыл бұрын

In USA - it's " you made bad life choices. You chose a low-paying career. " 😐😐

@scooble

2 жыл бұрын

It seems that the term "personal responsibility" has been weaponised, and used as a means to invoke shame for not succeeding at "The American Dream".

If you were an office cleaner, how many hours doing brain surgery do you need to put in to be able to afford food, say in three months time?

@daviniamacquillin5122

2 жыл бұрын

I work in a mental health hospital I only can work my contract hours 4 shifts a week 13hours a day by the mental health act if i get a second job your tax bracket will change so that means you won’t be earning any extra 💰 more in tax y Mentally I can’t get any job Maybe she can Exchange jobs with me for over a month then thats see her response

@fishmanfairclough7530

2 жыл бұрын

If you are office cleaner doing brain surgery in 3 months time then you told some serious fibs on your application form.

imagine telling an NHS nurse working 40 hours a week to get a better paid job or work more hours..........they're so out of touch, they give themselves pay rises every single year along with their expenses which they just pass the buck on to us

Pretty rich coming from MPs who awarded themselves £84,000 pa salary. Look at televised debates from the House of Commons most of the seats are empty. Money for nothing.

It's easier for them to blame the poor people themselves. It's the whole culture of saying that people who are poor must deserve it somehow.

@alwhyte6533

2 жыл бұрын

This is true. They allow companies to pay wages that keep employees on or below the breadline. Minimum wage isn't a living wage. Its truly disgusting. I'm in a position where I was reasonably well paid for quite a long time... but now I'm off work due to illness, the money that I had put away is pretty much gone, and the welfare system states that you can't have any more than £6000 in savings or you get nothing. What really gets me is that if you have a private pension you get taxed when you receive it, even though it's paid for with money that you've already been taxed on! It's downright disgusting.

@MinkieWinkle

2 жыл бұрын

the average wage in the UK is about 30k a year, however, 7 out of 10 households live month to month, with all do respect, if you are on the average wage, and still live month to month, the problem isn't a lack of money, its a lack of control of spending.

@alwhyte6533

2 жыл бұрын

@@MinkieWinkle average wage doesn't mean a lot at all. Its an average, so more people earn a lot less than that, because a few earn a lot more. That's the nature of averages. Say you have 1 person that earns £12,000, and one person that earns £120,000...then the average between them is £72,000. This is why average wages don't mean squat. Poor people still earn a lot less than the average, because the rich are earning a lot more than the average. To imply that it's the low paid persons own fault because they don't manage their wages properly is a) erroneous and b) downright insulting.

@MinkieWinkle

2 жыл бұрын

@@alwhyte6533 yes, people will earn less, that is why i brought up the 7 out of 10 statistic as well. going by you own logic, there should far fewer than 7/10. secondly, that is the medium wage, so such wide wage disparities mean nothing, so using 12k vs 120k means nothing furthermore, no one that works full time earns 12k, minimum wage in about 18k. a couple, both working full time even both on minimum wage would still have a household income of 36k a year. average mortgage repayment and rent about 700 to 900 a month,. that is still about 26 k a year between them for bills and food. more than enough. with the added advantage of very little of their wages actually being taxable. since both will have a tax free allowance granted, single people would have a harder time, i do not disagree with that. that is of course a more complicated situation.

@alwhyte6533

2 жыл бұрын

@@MinkieWinkle eh? Any average is skewed, regardless of the amount of people that make up that average. And tbh, £30,000 isn't really that much income either. Factor in high rent, if they are renting, rising food and energy costs, travel..l all from £2500 per month. Paying rent will be around £ 750 per month, minimum, and that's in a cheap area. In a city centre or suburbs near a major city, that rent is probably going to be double. Food perhaps around £90-100 per week. Childcare(if needed). So why even mention average wages. They don't reflect the true picture of those at the lower end of the wage scale (exactly the same group of people this idiot minister is bleating about). I'm sure people that earn around the average age will manage adequately...but there's a lot more won't be earning even half of that. My logic is definitely NOT saying that there's less will be earning nothing like the average. My logic is saying that bringing the average wage into the equation and then saying those earning it aren't budgeting properly is a completely moot point.

Shows how totally out of touch they really are if they think that it is that easy .

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Can't believe I agree with James O'Brian. The problem with these MP's is they are career politcians. They have never done a real hard days work.

"how do they end up thinking this?" Well on some level, it's just privilege but on another level, it's deflection from the truth. Which is the Tories are THE problem. "get more hours / better paying job", OR they could just raise MINIMUM wage. They can raise living wage all they want, people don't have to abide by it. They need to raise minimum wage. Instead they are ignoring peoples cries for help and trying to make them think it's their fault they can't afford food and energy. Sickening behaviour.

@chucks6781

2 жыл бұрын

All very well raising minimum wage but remember somebody has to pay for it & it!s usually you because the employer has to raise prices get real

@jonathanbell2912

2 жыл бұрын

@@chucks6781That's just not true. There's plenty of studies and real life cases where people who get paid more, work harder and therefore make their employer more money. The actual cost of raising minimum wage isn't as high you you think to the employer. If a business's margins are SO tight that they can't pay staff + £2 more an hour or whatever, then they shouldn't be in business. You're the one who needs to get real. Companies make more and more every year, but the minimum wage doesn't go up despite this. Companies can afford it, they just chose greed and paying as little as they can to people who put in the hard work. the big lie is "if people get paid more prices will go up more" - well guess what? prices have gone up more and people have not been paid more. In fact they are being paid less than ever. So the relation between higher wages = higher consumer prices has already been proven false.

She has a cheek! So many people have lost jobs because of covid and are still out of work! Not everyone on benefits is lazy. Not everyone can/could claim expenses of that amount. I don't even know how that is possible!

@mattylamb9194

2 жыл бұрын

Correction - most of people that have lost jobs have lost them because of government's reaction to Covid and not due to Covid itself. Lockdowns and restrictions have done a great job of destroying the economy, and many people's lives, (financially, as well as mental and physical health wise). That's what people should be angry about.

I have actually had a co worker say those exact words- i was shocked

Superb commentary James. I think you might be a twin of mine that got mixed up and separated at the hospital. It might explain how my thoughts and feelings seem to mirror yours. Please keep holding this terrible cabinet's feet to the fire for their awful lack of direction, strategy, principles, leadership, integrity and honesty. x

@DanielHyde020374

2 жыл бұрын

By the way, I think the thing that most upsets me about this is that the people most affected and impacted are the ones that in many cases have the least awareness of how badly they are being let down.

Better paid job, better government, life is so easy

@Cuban-Jo

2 жыл бұрын

For them it is. They are rich leeches who were born in rich families and have never had to earn anything.

Well done as always James. Comments are beneath contempt which sums up what they think of us. BJ has truly employed this cabal to reflect his own callous and uncaring attitude to the country he is supposed to be leading. Even more dreadful, is that with the exception of excellent journalists like yourself, the media, in the main, turn a blind eye to it all.

We're basically paying back our furlough money which was given to us....

So ministers are telling people to work extra hours or get another job ????What a bunch of BS ...Why don't we cut ministers salaries by 15% ?Maybe than we would have money to help those in need ????

if this country was so full of freely high paid jobs on the doorstep in every single area like she implies . then what use would their leveling up scheme make ..they clearly know their errors

@TheVicar

2 жыл бұрын

Its as if its just all lies

@jjefferyworboys8138

2 жыл бұрын

Highly paid jobs are for highly skilled people. Investing in yourself in the best investment anyone can make.

@Phantomwrks

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjefferyworboys8138 If you can afford the time or money to invest in things like that, rather than having to make the most of the time you have just making money in order to pay rent and other bills.

I don't know if it's comforting or disturbing to recognize that this, apparently, is NOT exclusively an American issue. It's a worldwide issue. Conservatives and Capitalism have created a race to the bottom.

Value range = poorer quality food & less of it!! Amazing, nobody thought of that!! Brilliant!!!

The people who demand you to work more hours if you're financially struggling are also the people who claim to be about "family values". But the more hours you work, the less time you have to spend with your family, which runs counter to the notion of family values. How many countless families have been torn apart because one or both parents spends an excessive amount of time at work? How can you maintain a healthy relationship with your spouse or your children if excessive work hours are keeping you away from them? Frankly, it's quite paradoxical. Let's be truthful here - there should be no such thing as a poorly-paying job. If a job exists, regardless of the level of skill required to do that job, then the worker hired to dedicate their time and effort to that job deserves a pay rate adequate enough for them to afford their basic necessities. Otherwise, that job isn't worth having and shouldn't existing. The excuses like "you just need to work more hours" and "you should just find a better paying job" are the executive employers trying to convince everyone else that their unwillingness to pay fair, livable wages isn't the problem by shifting the blame away from themselves and their massive profits and onto the workers ("You're just being lazy and not working hard/long enough." "If you can't find a job that pays better, that's your fault."). And those executives are the same ones who use their wealth and influence to successfully lobby the lawmakers to keep wages as low as possible in order to keep their profit margins as high as possible. The executives then increase the prices of the goods or services their businesses provide more and more so they can further increase their profits, yet the pay rate for their employees stagnates. So the poorly paid workers who spend their money on those goods and services gradually find themselves being unable to make enough money to afford them. That's why the cost of living keeps getting higher and why more and more people outside the wealthy class are struggling just to get by.

@edwinromilly4645

2 жыл бұрын

YES WELL conveyed-Far too simplistic to just say ‘get a better job’ gives you apoplectic Rage if you think about it too hard..Facile woman!!