As someone disabled who cannot drive.

Both options are required. Getting around rural areas is absolute hell ATM.

Every ml of water everyone in the world drinks. Has been through human waste millions of times.

You can only really apply it the other way around.

If you totally ignore 15 years of austerity politics. Plus huge cost of living rises.

Unfortunately that shit did happen. As such all council paid utility workers have are seriously under paid and over worked.

So no in no way shape or form is she correct to blame the workers. As this is clearly what she is doing. As such yes the Union is entirely correct to indicate her membership is unwelcome.

The shit in Birmingham is the direct result of 15 year of governments refusing to fund the cost of maintaining our infestucture/staffing. And the fact Birmingham is our so called second city. With the 2nd greatest costs of all staffing and inferstructure. But without the funding protection London gains. Is why the funding has hit that location first. Other cities will follow if this shitty attitude to service funding continues.

I assume it depends on the school.

In the past many were church of England run. They still exist but not as prolific as in the past.

I assume and hope. Many non CE schools try to keep assembly non denominational or even secular now.

But I’m old so don’t spend time listening to schools.

Important reminder.

Since water was privatised under thatcher. The companies have sold off 30 reservoirs. Filling them for development etc.

Remember this fact every time they seek help.

Technically. And honestly in this mess that is all we can use.

It would only be considered a crime after it happened. If blairs organisation helped in the implementation.

Planning is basically writing a well researched book. Of course that is a stretched comparison. But accurate as for as equivalents is concerned. Only real difference is the book would be public. Planning is kept top secret. But that in no way makes writing it a crime alone.

If you wrote a story based on some meglamainiac American president committing actions seen as war crimes. No matter how accurate the set up or understanding of military preparedness in the real world. Or how involved in talking to that president or staff.

If that meglmaiiac copied your book. You would only be seen as a criminal if you aided in the implementation of your books plot.

Of course your arsehole status is not a legal matter in this case. Or for any politician. Where I assume it’s assumed?

Currently the plannings plot has not happened (yet). And we have no idea how involved in implementation blairs group would be. But forming the plan is not a crime in itself.

Or at least not a war crime. In some selected cases. Such a book could be seen as inciting violence. But the lack of publicity would make a plan hard to argue that.

Right or wrong.

The Union is required to support the needs of the workers. That is why they exist and why said workers fund them.

So the Union is right to remove her membership when she openly argues against the needs of the workers.

You also need to consider what is actually happening when working class people strike against a government.

You have 2 sides. The workers are giving up their very ability to live and support their families. To fight for a cause. While they have 0 other way to fight the local government.

So it has always been common when such fights effect voters. For the government to use public inconvenience or “disgust”. To weaken support for the workers.

Are you suggesting it is the striking workers to blame. Rather then the council refusing to meet Thier requirements?

Because that is why she is suspended. Buy a union who exists purely to stand up for the workers.

trading a percent or so of total land area to ensure people have homes

Ignoring the huge amount of brownfield area we have from closed factories etc.

Honestly if it was truly about a shortage of land. I’d be all for it. But it is not. It is about refusing to clean up and build on already developed land. In an attempt to increase profits.

Labour are objectively a centre-left party,

Fucking bullshit.

They are supporting genocide.

They are arresting people for expressing support for things they disagree with. 80yo priest for signs opposing genacide and supporting Palestine Action. What ever your views on the action of Palestine Action. Arresting folks who support it is fascism.

Cutting benefits to disabled people. Purely to avoid raising taxes on the wealthy.

You are just ignoring right wing actions. And many out right evil action. In a vain attempt to support your own flawed views about the parties leadership.

No. Not arresting them. Arresting people for holding signs supporting them. That is extremely authoritarian. And has fuck all value but as a form of censorship. Arresting people for supporting an idea out right fascism.

I’d rather a petition to the PLP. Make Larry the leader of the Labour party.

Not every house receives mail every day.

By reducing the days 2nd class is added to the deliveries. The number of houses the. Postman has to stop at is hugely reduced on those days. Meaning the routes can be finished faster. R more routes by less people.

At a guess I’d say in an average street those days would have about 25% less stops/driveways to walk down etc.

It will have little or no effect in large blocks of flats where all postboxes are in the same room. More common in cities. But for suburban and rural deliveries the effect will be huge. Even in terraced streets with no front garden. It would be a small but notable change in time taken.

PS. Not saying it’s a good thing. Just pointing out why a corporate money hustler would want to do it.

Some of those yep. But the majority are questionable. Looking at them with any sceptical thinking.

Nationalising rail. Seems left wing to me.

Yep

Nationalising steel. Seems left wing to me.

Temp national control. No actual plans to leave it nationalised. Much like the Tories did to failing rail franchises. Not left wing. Just desperation. More like Tory temp rail nationalisation of franchises to avoid bankruptcy / loss of survice. Then actual attempts to move left.

Nationalising parts of our energy sector. Seems left wing to me.

Nationalising part to avoid the whole. This is more a way of using gov money to support private investment in green energy. Then for the gov to control the market or essential inferstructure.

They’re increasing workers rights in a bunch of different ways. Seems left wing to me.

Leftish. But more a move towards less extreme right of Tories. The right they are returning were added during the thatcher etc period.

They’ve significantly hiked minimum wage. Seems left wing to me.

Sounds exactly like Tory policies to me. The Tories spent years claiming they wanted work to pay. And significantly increased min wage.

They’ve implemented a windfall tax targeting profiteering energy firms. Left wing.

As did the Tories.

Placing VAT on private schooling. Left wing.

Yep def left.

Means testing WFA. Left wing.

Given the method of means testing leaves only the very desperate covered. While pensioners on blow living wage income still cannot cover rising bills. Not to mention it is very openly declared as a cost saving measure to avoid taxing the wealthy.

No it is just more right wing then even the Tories were willing to be.

Placing taxes on non-doms. Left wing.

Yep

Invested a great deal more in infrastructure. Left wing.

Promised to. While openly stating they have 0 ways to fund it. But will not tax the huge increase in wealth disparity created over the Tory gov.

No it’s just the same 40 hospitals, North investment, we will build more houses. That the Tories roll out every time their polls look bad.

Capped public transport costs. Left wing.

So the Tories are left wing.

This was a Tory policy policy. Literally labour limited the rise in cost to 50%. Because they knew they did not have the support to cancel it.

Implementing stricter rules for landlords. Left wing.

Yes

Essentially restarting SureStart in all but name. Left wing.

Promises promises. But I’ll wait to see some real funding before assuming it’s not more desperation. Remember this and the investment in inferstructure only happened when polling indicated disaster.

All of this looked like an attempt to avoid the 120 welfare objectors pushing for a no confidence vote,

Changing inheritance tax to squash loopholes surrounding buying up farmland. Left wing.

Yep.

Ending the use of offshore trusts as a way to avoid inheritance tax. Left wing.

Yep. But also a little we will catch tax avoiders. Something the Tories keep claiming every election. But yes some action is good.

Bringing the NHS back under direct public control. Left wing.

Yep

Expanding green energy. Left wing

Promises. And also an open Tory policy pre them heading more right wing around Bojo time. Both the left and right have a history of pushing green.

Pre Bojo it green was no longer a left wing policy but one seen as required by all parties. Funding methods was the only diff. And labour are using private investment.

This is more the moving overton window pushing post election Tory party away from it. Then labour being left.

They are not. More to the point they are not legally binding.

But the corps etc recognise that most employees do not have the funds for good legal advice. So use such docs to scare the shit out of victims.

Hence why this law is needed. It basically bans the language in a contract. Honestly I don’t think it goes far enough.

Employment contracts that contain any unenforceable clueses should be a crime. Companies should be forced to either use standard safe contracts. Or pay a lawyer to ensure they are not adding unenforceable language.

EDIT: sorry to up voters. I tend to take time to edit to get my ideas down. So much may have been reworded as you read it. I’m finished now and will only fix typos is pointed out. I’m severely visually impaired so typos are common. Also can spell for shit.

The idea farage can gain by splitting the Tory vote. But a new left party cannot gain when the left vote is already split to hell. With a huge % out right not voting.

Is just not logical anymore.

I assume most down voters are starting to recognise that now.

Labour has lost the hope of such a huge % of the left wing voters. They won the last election more due to Tory non voting then labour voters.

And that was before attacks on disabled. Authoritarian arrest of Gaza anti genacide supporters. And totally refusing to address the huge wealth gap creating the cost of living crisis.

They have lost a huge % of polling post the election.

So the logic that not voting Labour will lead to reform. Also a vote splitting party. Rather then coalescing the left of centre vote around a new party that actually listens to left voters. Makes no sense.

Consider these facts, Reforms percieved risk is because reform is seen to be listening to Right Wing voters post the Tory failed election. The very new anti Tory right of centre voters Starmer attempted to appeal to in the election. While literally dragging along a small % Left of centre voters who fear Tories.

Labours polling shows a huge loss of trust in even the small % of left wing voters. As the Starmer government has continued the worst of Tory policies. While: increasing attacks on disabled, Censoring opposition to the Gaza genacide (imprisoning protesters for supporting an idea not their activities), showing huge curruption in accepting gifts etc (exactly like the Tory govs).

Add to that the very insistence in refusing to raise taxes on those that have gained the most wealth over the last 2 decades. IE capital gains and non PAYE based ttaxes.Basically refusing to challenge the tory press arguments of any tax rise is breaking their promise. (Clearly a Tory press lie.)

Over all ATM polling indicates. Without a huge leadership change and reverse in direction. Their is absolutely no hope of Labour winning the election. And not much hope of a coalition with any Left of centre party currently existing.

Worth adding. With the current PLP while a leadership change is possible. A dramatic change in direction is not. Labour atm has a functional majority of Right of centers MPs. As shown by the recent fight over the PIP bill. And how much of a non change it took to win most over.

The most likely result in 2029 ATM is a Tory reform coalition. And let’s face it. Unlike the 2010 Lib Dems. Reform will not be changing their perceived ideals post coalition. The Tories will be moving closer to reform policy. Not the other way around.

Labours current actions make this more likely not less. All they are doing is trying to split reforms support. While pushing more centre right in that direction.

The only hope of a true Left of centre change. Is a left wing party willing to listen to and form the most broadly acceptable Left of centre policies. Actually forming a party (or changing an existing one but I don’t see that happening). That can win the majority of left support. Amd start to push the overton window back.

The only true negative I see. Is Lack of a leader that can win the respect of both far left and left of centre voters.

Nope. Just because a majority disapprove of an idea. Is in no way a reason for that idea to be removed from view.

On the other hand. If parent wants to prevent their children from being exposed to an idea they disagree with. Then those parent need to be with the children and monitor the books they read or select from a library. Just like the internet.

They do not get to enforce their censorship on the children of parents who do not worry about such simple ideas. Even if those parents are a minority.

Hiding ideas from view. Is just confession that they lack the ability to effectively argue against it.

Labour plp and the leadership. Who is at the end of it who you vote for.

Is not in any way left wing anymore. The shit their doing is more blue then red.

The members may be broad. But the party no longer pay any attention to them.

Sorry. But if you plan to vote labour next election. You are not a red voter.

It is.

But honestly it can only be no better or better. Live cows are very bad for the environment. Growing plants is pretty bad even without feeding it to cows. Plowing releases huge amounts of co2 while chemical weed killers destroy rivers etc. one has to be done to grow food in a land efficiency manor.

So again it’s hard to argue lab meat is worse as even high energy cost has renewable and low pollution based options farming dose not. It’s just if society bothers to implement such tech.