Starmer's vision quest

[Stevo 666]

Interestingly, The Netherlands and France both rank above the UK in productivity.

And?

 

[Rusty Nails]

Interestingly, The Netherlands and France both rank above the UK in productivity.

Obviously some organisations in those countries are not as well managed as others.

 

[Stevo 666]

Obviously some organisations in those countries are not as well managed as others.

Quite possibly that is one of the various factors influencing productivity.

 

[CXRAndy]

How economically illiterate can labour be.

Wait till the trade unions realise their members are being made redundant due to UK businesses going bust.

The biggest cost just about in every business is employee costs.

Giving a 20% discount is huge. Let's face it in 3 years another tranche of workers will arrive, the first bunch won't leave, claim benefits, never go home.

The alleged bonus is £4.5bn in 2040, so miniscule trade benefit, at the cost of decimating UK business

Two Tier Tax Keir, just made reform even more attractive

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/GBNEWS/status/1919842100444864614?t=u3bMtuKpmCLJoUvuyNZxUA&s=19

 

[icowden]

How economically illiterate can labour be.
Wait till the trade unions realise their members are being made redundant due to UK businesses going bust.
The biggest cost just about in every business is employee costs.
Giving a 20% discount is huge. Let's face it in 3 years another tranche of workers will arrive, the first bunch won't leave, claim benefits, never go home.
The alleged bonus is £4.5bn in 2040, so miniscule trade benefit, at the cost of decimating UK business
Two Tier Tax Keir, just made reform even more attractive

How to say "I don't understand reciprocal trade agreements" without saying "I don't understand reciprocal trade agreements"

Here's a glossary for you to help you understand:

temporary secondment = the employees have to go back to India after a set period. They are not permanent placements.
precedent = whether you have done something before. e.g. we have this arrangement with 17 other countries

And the small words version for the hard of thinking:
This arrangement means that UK employees only pay into the UK tax system and Indian employees only pay into the Indian system rather than having to pay into both if they do some work in the other country

 

[icowden]

Sorry, why should we be interested in what a nonentity like Alex Armstrong has to say?

 

[Psamathe]

Again it seems starmer/Labour blaming environmental protections for hindering building and growth are found baseless, found baseless by the Government itself.

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

There is very little evidence that protections for nature are a blocker to development, the government has admitted in its own impact assessment of the controversial new planning and infrastructure bill.

The analysis by Whitehall officials provides no data or research to back up the government’s central argument that it is environmental legislation that holds up building.

Isn't stoppin g them sweeping away environmental protections and their "Nature Recovery Fund (NRF)" highlights their lack of understanding and is beyond a joke - there is a reason some species are only in certain localities and spending the fund eg in a different county won't help those species being severly impacted.

Yet another case of Starmer/Labour failing.

Ian

 

[diplodicus]

Sorry, why should we be interested in what a nonentity like Alex Armstrong has to say?

I think one reason to be interested is that this stuff will be quoted by people as if it is fact.
It is good to know what is being said by the likes of GB news so as to be able to counter it.

 

[CXRAndy]

There will be no reciprocal take up from British businesses going to India.

Nobody from the UK will want to go work and live in India as an employee

 

[CXRAndy]

Just screenshot this for history

Just like when labour said in 1997 there would not be an influx of migrants from eastern block countries

 

[icowden]

Nobody from the UK will want to go work and live in India as an employee

In my company this happens all the time. Many companies have global reach and have a diverse range of employees.

 

[Psamathe]

I'm amazed that India imports so much whiskey. When I traveled Northern India (Mumbai to Kolkata via Himalayas/Delhi) a few years ago most areas no alcohol. One restaurant on seeing I was a westerner asked if I'd like.a beer and bottle was larger than the glass so bottle sitting on table and they asked me to put the bottle on the floor as "it can be seen from the road".

Ian

 

[icowden]

I'm amazed that India imports so much whiskey. When I traveled Northern India (Mumbai to Kolkata via Himalayas/Delhi) a few years ago most areas no alcohol. One restaurant on seeing I was a westerner asked if I'd like.a beer and bottle was larger than the glass so bottle sitting on table and they asked me to put the bottle on the floor as "it can be seen from the road".

I'm not sure that they *drink* it. Apparently scotch whiskey is seen as a huge status symbol and has been since the colonial days.

 

[Pross]

Again it seems starmer/Labour blaming environmental protections for hindering building and growth are found baseless, found baseless by the Government itself.

Isn't stoppin g them sweeping away environmental protections and their "Nature Recovery Fund (NRF)" highlights their lack of understanding and is beyond a joke - there is a reason some species are only in certain localities and spending the fund eg in a different county won't help those species being severly impacted.

Yet another case of Starmer/Labour failing.

Ian

Depends what you class as environmental protections. The neutrient neutrality farce has delayed thousands of planned new homes.