tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post3825506052919966261..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Getting to the top of the classJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-37401790771225499672020-10-19T08:44:54.972+01:002020-10-19T08:44:54.972+01:00Spirit,
"It`s difficult to know if the polit...Spirit,<br /><br /><i>"It`s difficult to know if the politicians in Manchester are buying into The Great Barrington Declaration, or just pointing a gun to the Exchequers head to get some wonga."</i> I rather suspect that the answer is 'both'. The Tory MPs are closer to the first of those, whilst the Labour mayor and MPs are after a proper financial arrangement.<br /><br /><i>"Teaching bodies are calling for an extended half- term, fine but if that meant a 30% reduction in pay, would the Unions off set that for the duration of the close down?"</i> Ignoring the specific about teachers (of whom you don't seem to be an enormous fan), the question about financing is a very simple one: if some businesses or sectors are to be shut down by order of the state in order to protect the health of others, it is surely right that we should collectively bear the cost of that rather than see it fall only on those directly impacted. Whether shutdowns are justified or not, or to what extent they are justified is a separate question, and one on which I suspect I'd take a more cautious and health-conscious approach than you. But once it is 'decided' (by whoever takes the decision) that some must close in order to protect others, full compliance is more likely if there is no sense that those being closed must be sacrificed financially. Social solidarity isn't built and maintained by hitting some of the population directly in the pocket.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-82460677618317784202020-10-18T19:52:59.016+01:002020-10-18T19:52:59.016+01:00It`s difficult to know if the politicians in Manch...It`s difficult to know if the politicians in Manchester are buying into The Great Barrington Declaration, or just pointing a gun to the Exchequers head to get some wonga.<br />It is easy to dispute te figures of this shambles as the way they are collect collected has changed several times , but what is missing in this system of government; is where it is easy for politicians at different levels to demand things when they have ‘no skin in the game’ from a funding point of view.<br />Teaching bodies are calling for an extended half- term, fine but if that meant a 30% reduction in pay, would the Unions off set that for the duration of the close down?<br />Spirit of BMEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-27960462734081025982020-10-16T09:58:32.690+01:002020-10-16T09:58:32.690+01:00Yet another accurate articulate description of the...Yet another accurate articulate description of the shambolic management "style" of the collection of lunatics and misfits in UK government. Shameful to watch last year's reject, Cairns, piping up in some pathetic childish attempt to please his master and maybe recover some sort of ministerial portfolio in due course.Being deliberately obtuse is part for the course for these cranks. For us nationalists it is somewhat uplifting to see Drakeford persist with his "steady Eddy" approach, generally carefully articulated and free of bombastic content unlike Boris & Co who look and sound more like Mussolini in his pomp rather than their alleged hero, Churchill. dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.com