Brexit has well and truly begun!

[G-Unit]

I absolutely agree about Blair but don’t forget Johnson threw his full support behind both Cameron and May while they were cleaving their way through not only welfare safety nets but savage cuts to our most needed public services. Let’s not indulge in the amnesia which for Johnson has resulted in forgetting his part in the  last 10 years of a brutal Tory government.

Anyway, if nothing else awarding Duncan-Smith with a knighthood should be enough to exile him to the political wilderness.

Johnson wanted to leave the EU and it was due to Labour voters voting Conservative that he got the majority he needed to make it happen. Perhaps he'll bear that in mind.

[Venturi Swirl]

I absolutely agree about Blair but don’t forget Johnson threw his full support behind both Cameron and May while they were cleaving their way through not only welfare safety nets but savage cuts to our most needed public services. Let’s not indulge in the amnesia which for Johnson has resulted in forgetting his part in the  last 10 years of a brutal Tory government.

Anyway, if nothing else awarding Duncan-Smith with a knighthood should be enough to exile him to the political wilderness.

Who were you voting for the three times Blair won his majorities?

[faithlilly]

Johnson wanted to leave the EU and it was due to Labour voters voting Conservative that he got the majority he needed to make it happen. Perhaps he'll bear that in mind.

You think ?

[faithlilly]

Who were you voting for the three times Blair won his majorities?

I didn’t.

[Venturi Swirl]

I didn’t.

I’ll never understand people who don’t use their vote, particularly women (for whom so many sacrifices were made to win it) and then have the temerity to criticise governments they neither voted for or against.

[faithlilly]

I’ll never understand people who don’t use their vote, particularly women (for whom so many sacrifices were made to win it) and then have the temerity to criticise governments they neither voted for or against.

So are you saying vote anyone....even though you don’t believe in their message....as long as you vote ?

[Venturi Swirl]

So are you saying vote anyone....even though you don’t believe in their message....as long as you vote ?

You vote for the MP that you believe will do the best job for your constituency.  Did it not occur to you that without votes from people who didn’t agree with all Tony Blair’s policies but who voted for the local labour politician anyway, MPs like Corbyn, McDonnell, Skinner etc would never have had careers in the HoC? 

[faithlilly]

You vote for the MP that you believe will do the best job for your constituency.  Did it not occur to you that without votes from people who didn’t agree with all Tony Blair’s policies but who voted for the local labour politician anyway, MPs like Corbyn, McDonnell, Skinner etc would never have had careers in the HoC?

Gosh, no it didn’t ! Thanks for pointing that out.

[Venturi Swirl]

Gosh, no it didn’t ! Thanks for pointing that out.

You’re welcome. 

[G-Unit]

You think ?

I can only hope.

[Carana]

Fruit-pickers flown in from Romania after Brits failed to answer call for help

A charter flight of around 180 Romanian workers is set to land at Stansted Airport tomorrow to fill vacancies at UK farms amid the coronavirus crisis. The plane is the first of up to six to arrive in the coming months so that farms stay staffed with labourers. Country Land & Business Association has warned that farms could be short staffed due to coronavirus travel restrictions. There have been calls for Brits to step up and fill the gaps – but although many people made unemployed during the lockdown have come forward, it is not enough to fill all vacancies, according to the Times.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/15/fruit-pickers-flown-romania-brits-failed-answer-call-help-12559562/?ito=twitter

The Times article:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-pickers-flown-in-to-plug-farmwork-gap-vvglpxks2?wgu=270525_54264_15869587998654_73aed12aea&wgexpiry=1594734799&utm_source=planit&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=22278

Can't afford a subscription to read the whole article, I'm afraid.

[Mr Gray]

Fruit-pickers flown in from Romania after Brits failed to answer call for help

A charter flight of around 180 Romanian workers is set to land at Stansted Airport tomorrow to fill vacancies at UK farms amid the coronavirus crisis. The plane is the first of up to six to arrive in the coming months so that farms stay staffed with labourers. Country Land & Business Association has warned that farms could be short staffed due to coronavirus travel restrictions. There have been calls for Brits to step up and fill the gaps – but although many people made unemployed during the lockdown have come forward, it is not enough to fill all vacancies, according to the Times.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/15/fruit-pickers-flown-romania-brits-failed-answer-call-help-12559562/?ito=twitter

The Times article:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-pickers-flown-in-to-plug-farmwork-gap-vvglpxks2?wgu=270525_54264_15869587998654_73aed12aea&wgexpiry=1594734799&utm_source=planit&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=22278

Can't afford a subscription to read the whole article, I'm afraid.

Nothing wrong with that as long as they are not entitled to Uk benefits ...tax credits ...child allowance....and go back once the jobs finished.

[faithlilly]

Nothing wrong with that as long as they are not entitled to Uk benefits ...tax credits ...child allowance....and go back once the jobs finished.

They pay tax in this country they are entitled to the benefits that stem from it.

[Carana]

Why didn't Brits take the jobs?

[Miss Taken Identity]

They pay tax in this country they are entitled to the benefits that stem from it.

Only after a qualifying period! paying 40 quid in tax for 2 months then demanding benefits for all the family is pathetic.