Lives vs. livelihoods & a gutted UK economy

[life on mars]

I haven't checked how many workers have been furloughed but I know it's a great many. I suppose for some 20% less pay while putting their feet up at home is a welcome break while others are suffering as they need more than 80% to meet all their expenses. The good news is the government, should it choose to, could carry on paying them up to £2,600 per month indefinitely.

I think that's one of biggest social benefits ever seen , its incredible it came from the Tories and even matched with other social minded countries its pretty impressive.

[cyril evans awaydays]

I get the sense that when Morg looks in his fishing net in the morning he might be a little disappointed with the catch!

[Organ Morgan.]

I get the sense that when Morg looks in his fishing net in the morning he might be a little disappointed with the catch!

I have the impression you walk around with a glum expression, Cyril. Stand up straight, stomach in, chest out to laugh in the face of adversity. It's the British way.

[Organ Morgan.]

I think that's one of biggest social benefits ever seen , its incredible it came from the Tories and even matched with other social minded countries its pretty impressive.

I'm sure I read recently that Universal Credit claimants had been awarded £20 per week extra for a year and that equals a 25%+ rise on the basic allowance of a single person. Yes, Tories shovelling dough towards benefit claimants (gasps all round).

For a decade or more the government pretended it hadn't a pot to piss in. In 2017 Prime Minister May said "there's no magic money tree" in response to a nurse who asked why she hadn't received a pay rise in eight years. Well, there was and is a magic money tree (called QE) that when she spoke had gifted 434 billion pounds free of any charges to government and Sunak will be raiding that same magic money tree over and over in the months and years ahead.