london666

london666

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5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - James Frayne: The most... · 1 reply · +1 points

Some industries are suitable for choice and choice acts as an impetus for different products and different standards. I don't see this working in utilities where each company has the same product either due to the system or because of heath standards (as in water). The only way for companies to make more money is to act as a cartel or to create increasingly more confusing contracts to take advantage of those who forget/ are too busy/ can't understand etc so that people end up paying more money for an identical product. Clearly there were huge issues in the past with state run organisations becoming easy strike targets and too vulnerable to political interference, but considering that many of our utilities are run by state run companies from other countries, that they are state run in themselves is not the issue.

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Andrew Gimson's PMQs s... · 1 reply · +1 points

They don't make any money for Stagecoach/Virgin though because they bid so much for the contract. Train companies are able to bid based on hope of increased income and then pull out when it doesn't work out,.

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Joe Porter: We must pr... · 0 replies · +1 points

What if they aren't democratically elected or the electoral system is unrepresentative?

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Andrea Leadsom: It's a... · 8 replies · +1 points

So poor people up north are in favour of deregulation because they think it will lead to more income? What matters is not what would be good for this country but what does who voted for it thought (after all, the brexiteers constantly quote the line 'the will of the people'). If these people were in favour of deregulation, they would've voted Tory. They did not.

High immigration has had an effect on some industries, but this should be countered by greater enforcement of worker's rights. It seems perverse to argue for greater deregulation which lowers wages and is seen as encouraging investment, and to argue against immigration which does the same thing. A lot of the new jobs in the uk are because there is a huge supply of cheap, unskiled labour.

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Andrea Leadsom: It's a... · 16 replies · +1 points

Deregulation can produce a higher standard of living if you are highly skilled and adaptable; if you're not then it doesn't. When there is deregulation, companies make more money by putting employees on more flexible contracts. This may allow the company to expand more (or they must just bank the extra money if there aren't any decent expansion options). This may provide more (low paid) jobs in the area, which would provide no benefit to those already employed on poor contracts. Unions came to pass because employees did not feel they benefited from a deregulated economy, and Labour did very well last year in the North East despite the huge majority who voted leave and the ambiguity of the labour posiiton. If they were up for a deregulated economy then the Tories would've won in these places. They did not.

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Andrea Leadsom: It's a... · 18 replies · +1 points

The majority of people don't want deregulation to the extent you do. Different people voted for different reasons for brexit and if you asked the people of Sunderland, Hull and other northern ex-industrial cities if they were in favour of greater deregulation with worse workers rights then the answer would be no.

6 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - We cannot tax our way ... · 0 replies · +1 points

As shown this involves increased spending. Whilst there are undoubtedly huge inefficiencies in the NHS, it is hard to establish if the significantly less waiting times or better cancer survival rates are because of the insurance based system or simply because more money is being spent. It seems unfair (and politically suicidal) for a medical system that charges on an almost pay as you go basis when the cost required is largely random. It also seems unfair that inheritance should be based on such random things, especially now that house prices have become so absurdly out of control.

6 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - We cannot tax our way ... · 1 reply · +1 points

Surely we would be better off cutting our military budget, spending more on counter terrorism, cyber security, etc? There is realistically no conventional military threat to the uk.

The money saved on EU membership is countered by the loss of the economy due to us leaving the eu in all likelihood.

6 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - We cannot tax our way ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Another expense for those working with exemptions for the retired who own the vast majority of assets? Sounds absurd.

6 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Helen Whately: More me... · 0 replies · +1 points

Conditions and pay for new doctors is poor considering their level of expertise. It is hardly surprising that when faced with very long hours, many choose to move jobs. What i find astonishing is that many people would think nothing of paying more for staff retention if running a company, but are opposed to this in the public sector and instead see well trained professionals as undeserving trouble makers.