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organicpanda said:
according to the CBI anyone who was on the payroll on the 28th Feb will be entitled to it, I noticed the government was very vague as to zero hours contract workers and silent on the self-employed so I guess we can go fuck ourselves in their eyes
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In the City of London load of people are so called "self employed", Security guards working on zero hours , Uber/ Black Cab drivers, street food stalls.

An army of people working in the City and keeping it going who are the "precariat"

Also the buskers / Big issue sellers and beggars. They depend on passing trade and the City being full of people.

The buskers have been cleared out. Don't know how this was decided but its happened.

I
 
Loads of workers around Brixton live in a zero hours, off the books world. They're royally fucked.

In another time, I'd arrange a fund raising gig or DJ night, but now I can't think of anything I can do to help and it makes me very sad.
 
editor said:
Loads of workers around Brixton live in a zero hours, off the books world. They're royally fucked.

In another time, I'd arrange a fund raising gig or DJ night, but now I can't think of anything I can do to help and it makes me very sad.
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Plus a lot of these people are migrants. When things got bad they would go back to there own family networks in there own country. Now borders are being closed that option is not so easy.
 
Gramsci said:
In the City of London load of people are so called "self employed", Security guards working on zero hours , Uber/ Black Cab drivers, street food stalls.

An army of people working in the City and keeping it going who are the "precariat"

Also the buskers / Big issue sellers and beggars. They depend on passing trade and the City being full of people.

The buskers have been cleared out. Don't know how this was decided but its happened.

I
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My lodger who was made redundant by Tesco last September has lately been working in a private mental hospital for young people called Elysium in Potters Bar. All of the patients are from the NHS.

I note my friend has been under pressure from the agency to work UTR (self-employed no NI no benefit).
Don't know what the upshot of this is. Most likely he would not benefit from these government measures, as Gramsci seems to be suggesting.

The NHS is keen to preserve the fantasy that it is a public service, not a private one, but thousands of their staff are self-employed with no rights.

And of course the agencies are maxxing their commission at no risk to themselves.
 
It may of been really manky but it was a great pub/ venue/ hangout/ and mostly a place the owners worked damn hard to ensure it remained open. Looking forward to the day it opens again. Very sad night for all.
 

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Rutita1 said:
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Another thing. I dont remember this community leader supporting the Ritzy workers against Cineworld.

The "worries" of those workers passed him by.

One thing I dont need over next few months is the views of people like him.

I dont need members of the local political establishment using this crisis to big themselves up.
 
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Gramsci said:
Whiich is a big swathe of the working class in London. Something the middle classes don't understand.

I was chatting to someone who works for a City company. He is now working at home. He is already getting cabin fever. I said look you have still got a job and are being paid. What's the problem?

Im worried Im stuffed next week. The economy of this country works on basis of precarious workers and the rentier class ( Landlords as such like)

So far the landlords are going to be ok.

What I would like to see is ending of rent payments for two months across the board.
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Quite a lot of middle class self employed too. Especially in london. In fact hasn't the greatest rise in self employment been amongst those with the higher qualifications? Anyway, I'm sure this demographic will be making their views known.
 
teuchter said:
Quite a lot of middle class self employed too. Especially in london. In fact hasn't the greatest rise in self employment been amongst those with the higher qualifications? Anyway, I'm sure this demographic will be making their views known.
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You might be surprised at the number of people on zero contracts and so called self employment who are doing working class jobs. From building maintenance to security work. Even though they might look like they are working for a company. Which they are in practise. Companies over the years have been changing to this system. Its beneficial for them as reduces overheads.
 
I'm anxiously waiting to see if I'm one of the 1.5 million people Robert Jenrick is writing to advising me to stay in self isolation for 12 weeks.

Its a pity Robert Jenrick didn't stay in self isolation himself in 2017, when he was the only British MP to attend Donald Trump's biggest best ever inauguration, where Trump alleged the media was creating fake news by showing relatively empty streets.
 
cuppa tee said:
i have been doing this at least a couple of weeks now but some people give me a funny look like I am acting weird....
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I took a walk around Ruskin Park and although it's perfectly sensible and correct, it still feels a bit disquieting when people make a point of moving right to the side when they pass you.
 
editor said:
I took a walk around Ruskin Park and although it's perfectly sensible and correct, it still feels a bit disquieting when people make a point of moving right to the side when they pass you.
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Luckily my dog tends to run in front of me so I look ahead and make manoeuvres preemptively so as not to cause disquiet.
 
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editor said:
I took a walk around Ruskin Park and although it's perfectly sensible and correct, it still feels a bit disquieting when people make a point of moving right to the side when they pass you.
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I was out for a run on the South Circular earlier, by Catford, some guy standing at the bus stop and shelter, widthways on the pavement. Between the street furniture for the bus stop and the busy road, it was all I could do to get past him, never mind keep a distance. People getting out of the way is very welcome.
 
Nisa in LJ has been very useful.

Today I cycled up throught the City to get a bike part.

Stopped at the Tesco and Coop near Ludgate Circus. Thinking they would be stocked up. Looks like others were doing that as well by the number of bikes around and stocks were low.

Went back through Albert Embankment. The Portuguese deli was empty of pasta and rice. The staff were also on edge. As were the staff in Tescos in the City.

I can understand. But its now becoming unsettling.
 
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