@martinharmer fun fact, the cars were made when asbestos was poorly understood, the brakes have all been replaced by now and there was a lot less asbestos in them than the quantity of the dodgy Chinese imports, which is the real story here. How much is China benefitting from Ed’s policies
@jay_wwfc07 Let’s be incredibly clear here, he got in with a 33.7% vote share and then called everyone who didn’t vote for him a bunch of far right bastards.
The maths covers the rest
@janeclarejones@StevoLaughton No they have not. Central govt grants have fallen by that amount but more power was devolved to raise funds locally.
Most of the spending is on pension liabilities.
at some point we have to take our medicine and admit that the nation is too poor to spend like this
@janeclarejones Austerity was the name given to a record level of public spending an abject failure to address the public sector pensions system which is where the majority of your council tax ends up.
@CallumLyon Freddo's were not subject to VAT in 2005 and the minimum wage applies to everyone in the supply chain.
What you are demonstrating is how a focus on minimum wage and funding tax credits and top ups through taxation, results in inflation and makes us all poorer.
@AezzieUwU You bother listening but go and look at the GDP per capita, average income and average wealth of the UK and the USA in 1998, 2008, 2018 and now.
One of these regulated very heavily. One didn’t.
One is much poorer than the other. It used to be wealthier.
@ramonagusta On the plus side, it’s a private enterprise so the taxpayer won’t have to cough up for the losses. Some jobs will eventually be lost but the employed again as competitors eat their market share.
And really, is anyone going to miss Asda? It’s truly dreadful.
@TheBritLad When are local governments going to realise? It’s not about the flag, its about restriction, pointless bans and excessive state initiation.