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[Rita_Poon]

I’ve lived in two coal mining communities and I thought its demise, considering just how much we are sitting on to be be stupid. What were you views at the time….

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[peteblue]

Starmer is basically a junior civil servant with his six ‘milestones’, five missions, three foundations and seven pillars for growth. It’s the standard bureaucratic response to what he doesn’t really understand…….

 

[Rita_Poon]

Better than culling palliative cancer care for a quick win. Numb nuts.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Better than culling palliative cancer care for a quick win. Numb nuts.

Yeh but think of all the not fit for purpose PPE that could be purchased from mates down pub, said mates do employ forklift driver and lorry driver on zero hour contract to shift it. Pallative care pffft, what's the point of wasting money on people who have or little to no productivity value.

 

[davek]

Councils up and down the country of all political stripes are telling Starmer his targets for house building are undoable are being attacked by him as blockers who prefer obstacles to action.

He probably thinks he looks strong. He just looks like what he is: a low grade political operator/bluffer.

His next holiday later this month cant come quick enough for him.

 

[davek]

Union leader accuses Starmer of using 'Trumpian' language to denigrate civil servants in speech​

Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA, the union represting top civil servants, accused Starmer of using “Trumpian” language and said officials felt “a sense of betrayal”.

"In the early days of this government, ministers were walking around departments saying, ‘we’re not going to be like the previous administration, we’ve got your back’. And yet here we are five months in with that Trumpian language that is getting used."

This is the Peter Principle we're witnessing here. He's a man promoted to a position way beyond his ability to do the job. Who would have thought you needed to be a politician to become PM? Starmer is a man with almost no past history in Labour Party politics. An interloper more comfortable with taking orders from the US intelligence agency - the people he works for and has worked for for decades.

 

[davek]

The criticism of the rank amateur Starmer continues...

The Institute for Government think tank has published an assessment of Keir Starmer’s speech yesterday which covers his attack on the civil service.
"Starmer needs to be careful not to alienate and disillusion his workforce, and the approach of some ministers in the last government showed that crude blob-bashing does not work."

 

[Xizor]

Evening chums, I've had a right busy few days at work and not been able to keep much of an eye on the news. In lieu of topical events I'd like to give the weekly reminder that we've completed yet another 7 days without a single Tory in power across these Sceptered Isles (okay they can have some councils and a mayordom). Remember that with a state religion we're still one of the world's Theocracies, but have no fear as we get to wake up daily in the Blessed Knight of the Realm Sir Keir's Holy Socialist Utopia.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

I see that Care Homes are having to pay the increased minimum wage plus the NIC on top. Now many care home providers are looking at closing down operations. So will this now be done by the NHS or will councils have to pay more money for services. 14 years Labour has had to determine and work out suitable strategies, so why does everything look like it was a five minute job on the back of a fag packet. None of it is joined up and no thought has been given either to consequence’s or costs. Now they’ve appointed 67 expensive talking shops of civil servants etc to discuss issues and propose solutions, this is just Starmer deflecting and setting up another patsy to take the blame…Of course next comes the first of many ‘resets’ to try and hide his current shambles…..

I would have thought a person in your position would be grateful for better pay in that sector.

 

[Jebus_lives]

The problem is that he is not a detail man. If he were he would have worked out the effects of paying the public sector while removing WFA from 10 million pensioners which I understand he now thinks was not a good idea, the budget has completely undermined business and farming in the U.K. , while he pays no attention to illegal immigration’s effect. He strikes me as a a lawyer with not a lot of common sense nor a detailed strategy and plan to move forward. Woolly words and lawyer double speak don’t really cut it in the real world I’m afraid. Anyway, until the next reset…..

This is an extraordinary criticism of someone, when you have championed Boris Johnson.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I see that Care Homes are having to pay the increased minimum wage plus the NIC on top. Now many care home providers are looking at closing down operations. So will this now be done by the NHS or will councils have to pay more money for services. 14 years Labour has had to determine and work out suitable strategies, so why does everything look like it was a five minute job on the back of a fag packet. None of it is joined up and no thought has been given either to consequence’s or costs. Now they’ve appointed 67 expensive talking shops of civil servants etc to discuss issues and propose solutions, this is just Starmer deflecting and setting up another patsy to take the blame…Of course next comes the first of many ‘resets’ to try and hide his current shambles…..

You wanted Brexit, which was highlighted at the time as having huge impacts on social care from both a staffing and economic perspective.

Shall we call this project fear, short term pain for long term gain or a sign of greater control over our policy decisions?

 

[peteblue]

I would have thought a person in your position would be grateful for better pay in that sector.

I have no problem with the pay element, but why is NIC being added when it’s not in the NHS, both are required healthcare providers…..

 

[peteblue]

This is an extraordinary criticism of someone, when you have championed Boris Johnson.

Everyone and his dog knew Boris was not a detail man, he was a man of vision and leadership, he had the Gove’s and Sunak’s of this world to advise him on the detail. Starmer is neither a man of detail, nor of vision, nor of leadership, and doesn’t have any quality ministers supporting him…….

 

[JimmyJeffers]

he was a man of vision and leadership,

You get that out a cracker?

 

[Kurt.]

Never had these storms under Tory leadership either … bloody starmer Grrrrrr !!!!!