tsubaki
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Your degree isn't in economics, I take it?
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Your degree isn't in economics, I take it?
On the flip side, if you are a young graduate who moves to London and gets a decent job (middling in London) but has zero family wealth to get on the housing ladder, those hundreds of pounds coming out of your pay each month can seem like a fairly onerous and regressive tax that makes it harder to progress.
The people it impacts least are those from already wealth families. For the poorest graduates it is a regressive further income tax.
evilwebby
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I think a Tory majority is far from assured; markets have priced in roughly a 63% chance, but that means a 37% chance of them falling short..
The path for any party to winning a clear majority is now much harder than it was pre-2015 with the way Scottish seats have swung to the SNP.. it's not an insurmountable problem for the Tories as they have traditionally relied on middle-England, but Lab has always been an coalition of the rest of the country, and without the Scottish seats they could nearly always rely on, it's almost impossible to see how they can ever win a clear majority again.
I think a Tory majority is far from assured; markets have priced in roughly a 63% chance, but that means a 37% chance of them falling short..
The path for any party to winning a clear majority is now much harder than it was pre-2015 with the way Scottish seats have swung to the SNP.. it's not an insurmountable problem for the Tories as they have traditionally relied on middle-England, but Lab has always been an coalition of the rest of the country, and without the Scottish seats they could nearly always rely on, it's almost impossible to see how they can ever win a clear majority again.
summerisle
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If it's OK for Denmark.
zzr45
#MURDERINGSCUM
What’s the median wage in Denmark?
Because it’s a lot higher than the UK, isn’t it?
Lazy comparison. Higher cost of living in Denmark, meaning higher base wages. I don't even need to check this to know its right.
The problem is for the UK to jump to that level you'd quickly see the effects of inflation.
Johnson's Q&A was absolutely bloody depressing earlier. He doesn't seem able to point to a single positive thing the Tories have done in almost 10 years in government. All he does is slag off the opposition.
People will still vote for the blustering shagspot in droves though.
People will still vote for the blustering shagspot in droves though.
Just looked it up, albeit not in detail. Highest base wage in Europe, 50% income tax.
Either way they're not getting paid more than skilled professionals.
dead_soft
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For your argument wouldn’t it be best comparing costs of the meal?
Christ I tend to keep away from a lot of mainstream media and ditched most social media a few years ago. Is everyone still going on about this McDonalds thing?
All Labour need to do to win this election is keep things simple and highlight the utter shambles of a Tory government for the last 10 years. They don’t need to be getting involved in a dispute over McDonald’s staff pay at this time.
All Labour need to do to win this election is keep things simple and highlight the utter shambles of a Tory government for the last 10 years. They don’t need to be getting involved in a dispute over McDonald’s staff pay at this time.
orly
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zzr45
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Ok let’s do that for a Big Mac meal
UK price - https://uk.menuwithprice.com/mcdonalds-menu/ £4.69
Danish price - https://www.expatistan.com/price/big-mac/copenhagen 77kr - roughly 8.68. So just under double the price.
So, yes what I said this morning fully stands. Thanks for believing in me.
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Minimeister
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It's the Tory way mate. I've never seen them fight an election on positives of what they have done, more on scare tactics. Just look at this thread and see how many people fall for it and you can see why they are so good at it.
tsubaki
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I agree that what the Tories have done in the last ten years is what Labour should be focusing on - and just this evening, there is something else to condemn - but really this debate over £15 just illustrates what a mountain Labour have to climb. Somehow apparently six people who work in South London branches of McDonalds have generated about a dozen pages of condemnation, over two days, on an Everton forum because someone else supported them taking strike action.
I mean what this government is responsible for - Brexit, boosting Scottish independence, increasing the national debt, kicking British people out of Britain, removing "red tape" with entirely predictable consequences, Universal Credit, allying with some incredibly dodgy characters across the globe and managing to destabilize the middle east even more than Blair did - should be obvious. It should not need Labour or anyone else to make people not vote Tory, especially given how many people have been impacted by what they have done.
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