@married_bitch@alrGerg1jp@dicentra33@sexrealitybites Yes, we’ve worked damn hard to protect freedom of thought and belief, Forstater and FWS were important achievements. Hounding people for opinions, compelled speech, and invading single-sex spaces was and remains frighteningly totalitarian.
@LukeTryl Do you think there would be an appetite for means-testing PIP given technically you could be a millionaire and still receive top whack PIP if you meet criteria?
@brumbitcoin If you can’t afford to pay your staff at the rate society sets (min wage is set by gov who society votes in.) then dust the apron off and get back behind the counter yourself.
Capitalism is a rot that destroys society when left unchecked.
@RealismHelps@ShoooTsw@DrLukeCraddock Oh You’re just a cunt who doesn’t value real-life perspectives and thinks HR jargon is the answer. Pretending my post didn’t make perfect sense from a human POV is just corporate boorishness. Convo over.
@_CallumAnderson@dantomlinsonmp@hmtreasury He was great! It was so refreshing to see a minister come on and talk openly about strategy and honestly about fiscal challenges. More of this please!
@alrGerg1jp@dicentra33@sexrealitybites My comment was that it is totalitarian to demand people lie, both in speech and thought, about the sex of those people who are distressed by their sexed bodies. It’s not nice, or healthy for society, to force people to lie about the material reality of our world. It’s dystopian.
@alrGerg1jp@dicentra33@sexrealitybites Yes, people who are distressed over their natal sex exist, we are our sexed bodies and bodies exist materially. You say “there is nothing anyone can do about that” but frankly I’ve not suggested ‘doing something’ about the way those people feel about themselves.
@RealismHelps@ShoooTsw@DrLukeCraddock What is wage difference if not a measure of worth of any individual job? Why is it we pay some roles more or less than others? Whilst I agree ALL jobs are important, and deserve pay that allows for a basically good standard of living, I don’t think universalising pay would work.
@ShoooTsw@DrLukeCraddock And you don’t feel that part of the reason for poor care (which I will note has been neither proven nor defined.) might be Dr’s haemorrhaging out of the U.K. due to shit pay and conditions?
@BlakeFox7@EdConwaySky@dantomlinsonmp@trussliz It’s going to be interesting seeing how this decentralisation changes voting patterns - because it will - it’s going to lay bare where cash has been funnelled into people’s back pockets via white elephants.
@EdConwaySky He was great and it was so refreshing to see a minister explain the budget strategy and be honest about the fact it’s a prediction not a promise! Well done for doing this and well done that man cos he looked terrified but did it anyway!
@ShoooTsw@DrLukeCraddock Is care the only measure of worth when considering pay? Or does reward for work, recognition of the importance of the role, and the level of dedication and debt required to obtain that role count for nowt?
@IsntWorkingPod@ForWomenScot@RosieKayK2CO@Freedom_in_Arts Twee kitchen ware adorned with prints by Jocasta Farquhar and sub parr poetry made by Tarquin whose Dad was a minor celebrity you’ve maybe heard of if you scratch the far side of your memory.
@IsntWorkingPod@ForWomenScot@RosieKayK2CO@Freedom_in_Arts The Alphabet Cult, to stroke their own sense of superiority and righteousness. Fiddling whilst Rome burns comes to mind! Given how devastated the Arts have been by years and years of being maligned and eradicated in schools to the point all one encounters nowadays is mediocre