The New Tories - Ruthlessly Incompetent. Post Examples of Tory Stupidity Here

[ViolentPanda]

And the article doesn't seem to be too bothered by that.. That and the three day week for post 16s that's making Leeds special schools trying to set themselves up as "social care" as well as education to get around.
Both my boys go to different schools miles apart from each other. Even if I wanted to I couldn't get them all there at the same time.

You have my sympathies.
This is yet another fine example of ill thought-out cuts affecting people, and because this one affects relatively few constituents in each council ward, it's almost impossible to fight against.

 

[Awesome Wells]

The Vox Political blog points to some, now edited, fun depth Mcveyvs blog,which itself reveals a rather grubby aspect of her on air apology regarding her twitter stupidity. You can hear an adviser in the background advise her here.

 

[StoneRoad]

What to do about this ????

Government's Help to Work scheme launches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27177767

Personally, I can't see how this is going to magically increase the number of non-ZHC jobs available.
Also, if someone's already been WP'ed for a significant period then there must be another reason why they aren't in work ? as in they aren't work-shy but no suitable jobs available.

I wonder if this will apply to "postal claimants" - I live nearly two miles from the bus route!

 

[Awesome Wells]

What to do about this ????

Government's Help to Work scheme launches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27177767

Personally, I can't see how this is going to magically increase the number of non-ZHC jobs available.
Also, if someone's already been WP'ed for a significant period then there must be another reason why they aren't in work ? as in they aren't work-shy but no suitable jobs available.

I wonder if this will apply to "postal claimants" - I live nearly two miles from the bus route!

5 days a week having to pay to get to a job with no wage would cost a third of JSA. Never mind the cost of meals at lunch time, or perhaps they expect you not to eat. Ihave hypoglycemia; if you don't want me to eat you'd better call a doctor.

 

[Schmetterling]

What to do about this ????

Government's Help to Work scheme launches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27177767

Personally, I can't see how this is going to magically increase the number of non-ZHC jobs available.
Also, if someone's already been WP'ed for a significant period then there must be another reason why they aren't in work ? as in they aren't work-shy but no suitable jobs available.

I wonder if this will apply to "postal claimants" - I live nearly two miles from the bus route!

All concerned should insist on signing on daily! (I am, of course, aware of the bus fares, etc.) Because, how are they going to administer that, ey?

 

[friendofdorothy]

What to do about this ????

Government's Help to Work scheme launches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27177767

Personally, I can't see how this is going to magically increase the number of non-ZHC jobs available.
Also, if someone's already been WP'ed for a significant period then there must be another reason why they aren't in work ? as in they aren't work-shy but no suitable jobs available.

I wonder if this will apply to "postal claimants" - I live nearly two miles from the bus route!

What jobs! govt assumes there are jobs to be had when even though there own figures show there are not enough for everyone. Govt has closed lots of job centres - years ago everyone had to sign on weekly - but then there were just too many unemployed so they made it fortnightly. Why would businesses employ people when they can 'train' someone and have an employee for free for 6 months.

What about all the sick / disabled people who have been forced into signing on? arrrgh!

 

[DotCommunist]

that reeves has said she's intending on being harsher than the tories on benefits.

every fuckin day on the news its immigrants this, benefits that. Does my nut.

 

[ruffneck23]

My dad, got a letter last week from the Tories asking for his vote.

He has been dead since last December...

 

[Awesome Wells]

that reeves has said she's intending on being harsher than the tories on benefits.

every fuckin day on the news its immigrants this, benefits that. Does my nut.

I just had to endure 'local' MP, Jacob Rees Smug pontificating about this. I didn't think the universe could tolerate such a confluence of bullshit.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I had been wondering what George Osborne was up to in the early 90s

 

[brogdale]

I had been wondering what George Osborne was up to in the early 90s

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Hair was too long in 1992 for this bunch...

Monopoly!

 

[Quartz]

They now want the power to strip 'terror suspects' of British passports: http://www.theguardian.com/politics...theresa-may-strip-terro-suspects-uk-passports - and it's clear from the article they also mean citizenship.

FFS! Suspects, not those convicted. What happened to the presumption of innocence?

 

[butchersapron]

They now want the power to strip 'terror suspects' of British passports: http://www.theguardian.com/politics...theresa-may-strip-terro-suspects-uk-passports - and it's clear from the article they also mean citizenship.

FFS! Suspects, not those convicted. What happened to the presumption of innocence?

Naturalised. Not everyone. And the bests bit is that lib-dems are now selling this. The civil rights party.

 

[DotCommunist]

talking of the liberal scum clegg was on my radio box yesterday saying 'We are the only party that oppose UKIP on their own ground, We are the only party that reigns in the conservatives, we are the only party placed to repair the economic damage labour left the country with'


honestly, why hasn't the ground swallowed him up for such epic lying?

 

[Roadkill]

The best bit of Tory stupidity I've seen recently is the mailshot addressed to me that arrived this morning. Needless to say, it's gone back in the post box with 'Junk mail, return to sender' written across it.

 

[StoneRoad]

I've had one of those - straight in the workshop fire. Not even worth the trouble of recycling !

 

[DotCommunist]

The best bit of Tory stupidity I've seen recently is the mailshot addressed to me that arrived this morning. Needless to say, it's gone back in the post box with 'Junk mail, return to sender' written across it.

personally addressed! the cheek of it- had mine yesterday. The kippers one was not personally adressed, but it was glossier.

 

[J Ed]

Wasn't sure where else to put this.

New attack on the unions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27225420

David Cameron will act quickly to change the law on union strike ballots if the Conservatives win the general election, Boris Johnson has said.

The London mayor said he had been given personal assurances by the prime minister that he would "deliver a deal on day one of a new administration".

Mr Johnson has called for strikes to be unlawful unless 50% of staff in a workplace take part in a ballot.

Mr Cameron said in February that "the time had come" to look at the issue.

Under the current law, a strike can take place if it is backed by a simple majority of those balloted.

In the case of the current 48-hour strike Tube strike, and earlier strikes in February, 77% of RMT members who voted in the ballot last year backed action.

But the number of eligible RMT union members who took part was lower, at 40%, while London Underground said only 31% of the total workforce had actually voted in favour of the action.

 

[StoneRoad]

Interesting timing of the announcement - I wonder why ? /cynic

 

[Awesome Wells]

Ox disagree wholeheartedly with anti union laws, so why don't more of these members, when balloted, vote, even if it's'no'? Don't they realise they are helping the anti union cause?

 

[butchersapron]

Ox don't know?

 

[DotCommunist]

Wasn't sure where else to put this.

New attack on the unions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27225420

they've been banging the 50% turn out drum for ages.

 

[weepiper]

The Scottish youth wing of the Conservatives has had to cancel its annual conference after only selling twelve tickets

 

[brogdale]

The Scottish youth wing of the Conservatives has had to cancel its annual conference after only selling twelve tickets

 

[Quartz]

The Scottish youth wing of the Conservatives has had to cancel its annual conference after only selling twelve tickets

Hehehe. Of course, Young Conservatives may be exercising their Scottish canny and have spotted that you don't need to buy a ticket because you can attend the AGM for free - see the last paragraph.

 

[Dogsauce]

Well-known wanksock Philip Daveis leads a revolt against a bill to require landlords to install smoke alarms, because clearly that's the state overstepping it's mark and putting a burden on an honest business, right? Supported by seven others, including Rees-Mogg.

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/MP-Jac...andlords-fit/story-21081019-detail/story.html

Someone should point out the cost of dealing with house fires and resultant injuries/deaths to these 'think of the poor taxpayer' loons. Better to let the poor burn than stitch a landlord for a fifteen quid smoke detector, obviously.

 

[DotCommunist]

I've always said reese-mogg should die of smoke inhalation

 

[Awesome Wells]

No smoke without liar.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I've always said reese-mogg should die of smoke inhalation

Fucking liberal softie!

 

[extra dry]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/creative-ways-to-insult-david-cameron-on-twitter?s=mobile

maybe this is somewhere on here, but thought i would share.