General Discussion
" Gordon Brown, as Chancellor, introduced this perk in 2000, Osborne revoked it in 2015, and made the BBC face up to footing the entire bill of £745m a year from 2020. The corporation had an invidious choice: make serious cuts in the service for everyone, or run the risk of upsetting a small but vocal group who have become used to this token of the state’s largesse." Read more here : ...
and here's some more info re the high employment figures BBC Reality Check asked the Office for National Statistics (ONS) whether working just one hour a week was all that was needed to be officially classified as employed? The ONS confirmed that was the case. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46264291
So to get back bang on topic.......... I wonder if any of the Tory leadership/Prime Minister hopefuls will promise to reinstate the free tv licence to the over 75s?
@majorp - well now, there are full time, secure, well paid jobs and then there are part-time, self employed,zero hour, insecure, badly paid jobs. All count as employment. This link throws some light on why the unemployment figure is low https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/uk-unemployment-jobs-figures-brexit-turmoil-honda-nissan-a8798856.html
There is a pdf file published by the government in May of this year part of which refers to the confusion concerning Uk money and China.
Some info on Populism; Populism is an ideology which presents "the people" as a morally good force against "the elite", who are perceived as corrupt and self-serving. Populists differ in how "the people" are defined, but it can be based along class, ethnic, or national lines. Populists typically present "the elite" as comprising the political, economic, cultural, and media establishment, ...
"To be clear, no UK aid goes to Russia and in fact no DFID money goes to China. The UK ended traditional aid programmes to China in 2011." https://dfidnews.blog.gov.uk/2018/03/18/mail-on-sunday-claims-on-aid-to-china/
Boris Johnson failing to appeal to floating voters needed to win election, according to Tory polling guru https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/boris-johnson/news/104363/boris-johnson-failing-appeal
Would that be Boris - "f**k business" - Johnson?
No we have not left the EU. The law was amended. Exit Day The two Article 50 extensions have required that Statutory Instruments be laid by the Government to change “exit day” as defined by the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This can be done under the Act to align it with any new exit date agreed with the EU. Following a Government amendment introduced during the passage of the Cooper ...
