Reform party ditch all the tax cuts they promised

[morqthana]

What should happen, when Reform take over a council, is that all the council leaders and most of the management get booted out.

The leader of a council is an elected post. So what you said there is that when Reform get control of a council, the Reform leader should get booted out.

Have you ever heard of this thing called "thinking"?

As for the council employees, they can't just be "booted out" because we have employee protection laws.

Tell us if you think that Reform are going to go into the next election promising working people that they will be stripped of their protections so that they can be fired at will, possibly at the behest of politicians.

And even if they do, and even if enough people go "Yay - I really want to be able to be sacked for any reason - take away my protections now", they are still going to have to pass legislation, and possibly win legal challenges.

So right now, Reform councillors cannot dismiss council employees.

Have you ever heard of this thing called "thinking"?

That's one huge tranche of money saved.

Not really, because their contracts will have compensation clauses.

Tell us if you think that Reform are going to go into the next election promising that one of their guiding principles will be the illegal breaking of contracts and reneging on agreements.

Have you ever heard of this thing called "thinking"?

For continuity, a small number of managers can be kept on, provided that they pledge not to be loony-lefties

Tell us if you think Reform are going to go into the next election promising to repeal the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended by the Local Government Officers [Political Restriction] Regulations 1990.

Have you ever heard of this thing called "thinking"?

Some private-sector professional accountants should then be brought in to go through the books, cut out the waste and return surpluses to the taxpayers.

When you do this thing called "thinking", what "waste" do you detect?

 

[big-all]

Well, if it's not a spike in global prices which only affected us because we are special, and it's not because of our choice to have a grossly dysfunctional privatised market with a loony basis for electricity pricing, what is it?

we need to remember we had a reasonable buffer off gas storage available to iron out the extremes off gas prices but was decided to be un needed and a waste off money some years ago ---how we now suffer in the modern "just in time " world where common sense say the the extra buffer in the long run gives you far more reliable capacity and ability to cope than zero in reserve where any bumps or delays can cost us dearly

 

[SPLINE]

Have you ever heard of this thing called "thinking"?

Now there's someone who cannot argue honestly!

 

[Odds]

 

[Notch7]

Conventional politics has no magic wand to wield because conventional politics got us into the mess we are in today.

Capitalist greed is what has got us into this mess.

If we has a bit more left wing progressive policies we wouldn’t be in this mess.


Poor Spline

 

[Notch7]

Now there's someone who cannot argue honestly!

You don’t argue honestly.

You post misinformation (like electricity prices in Europe) then refuse to admit it.

 

[SPLINE]

Our domestic and industrial electricity, gas, petrol etc etc prices are amongst the highest, if not the highest in the world, and it is due to the taxes levied on them by our communist governments (the Labour government that hates labourers and the Conservative government that didn't conserve anything). Your heavily biased graphs won't change that. Honest.

 

[Knave of Hearts]

Carbongerrymanderer it is axiomatic that our local councils waste taxpayers money.
...

It isn't axiomatic.
If you truly believe it is, please explain how it is self evident that "Carbongerrymanderer" (whatever that is) wastes taxpayers money.

 

[Odds]

It isn't axiomatic.
If you truly believe it is, please explain how it is self evident that "Carbongerrymanderer" (whatever that is) wastes taxpayers money.

He only just heard the word - give him time to understand it.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Our domestic and industrial electricity, gas, petrol etc etc prices are amongst the highest, if not the highest in the world, and it is due to the taxes levied on them by our communist governments (the Labour government that hates labourers and the Conservative government that didn't conserve anything). Your heavily biased graphs won't change that. Honest.

What about our house prices, wages etc?

Give us a full picture not a snapshot of 1 column

 

[Notch7]

Our domestic and industrial electricity, gas, petrol etc etc prices are amongst the highest, if not the highest in the world, and it is due to the taxes levied on them by our communist governments (the Labour government that hates labourers and the Conservative government that didn't conserve anything). Your heavily biased graphs won't change that.

Oil giant BP has 'more cash than we know what to do with' after almost £10bn profits​

BP boss Bernard Looney, who has splashed out on a £5.2million apartment, is set for a bumper bonus​

 

[Notch7]

Our domestic and industrial electricity, gas, petrol etc etc prices are amongst the highest, if not the highest in the world, and it is due to the taxes levied on them by our communist governments (the Labour government that hates labourers and the Conservative government that didn't conserve anything). Your heavily biased graphs won't change that. Honest.

Fossil fuel global markets have increased our energy costs by 80%

Net zero investment costs add 11% to average energy bill

 

[SPLINE]

Our civilisation is founded on fossil fuels, we wouldn't be here without them and we couldn't continue without them.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Our civilisation is founded on fossil fuels, we wouldn't be here without them and we couldn't continue without them.

Oh here we go again.

You were proven wrong on this just recently.

Your trolling is worse than your usual standard.

Genuine question, do you actually believe what you utter ?

 

[SPLINE]

Oh here we go again.

You were proven wrong on this just recently.

Your trolling is worse than your usual standard.

Genuine question, do you actually believe what you utter ?

Troll.