Re: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Posted: Tue 25 Nov, 2014 7:27 pm
Just watching Tristram Hunt on C4 News...intriguing that I haven't heard a peep out of any Tory education ministers. Probably because they actually agree with it.
Hi yahyah, and citizenJA, plus everyone else,citizenJA wrote:I respectfully second this - I can't see into the hearts & minds of others - I know my own. The Green & Labour parties seem natural allies. Regardless, cooperative effort, genuine goodwill is healthy ground making. Green party MP Caroline Lucas is an inspiration to me personally.yahyah wrote:@Tizme
Will you be contacting the Green convert blogger about his misinformation about Labour's youth policy ? If people are deliberately/accidentally portraying Labour's policies or comments wrongly, no wonder so many Greens come across as so angrily anti-Labour.
Ouch. I presume this has been cut, pasted, saved, and given a prominent place?rebeccariots2 wrote:Oh dear. Oh deary dear.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:WorldMedicalTimes @WMTEditor 1h1 hour ago
Cure the NHS in “Handbags At Dawn”: Julie Bailey of Cure the NHS [CTHS] fame did something uncharacteristic t... http://bit.ly/1vKhqmn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The latest instalment in the Julie Bailey alleged charity scam
Yes it is. And fits perfectly with the experience of the elderly couple I garden for on a Tuesday morning. They arrived back from doing a Tesco shop today with grim faces. The wife got out of the car and came over to me proclaiming loudly 'Well, I see Tesco have properly twigged that the promised Sainsbury is not coming here now ... we've just been properly scammed'. She said that she had bought nothing out of the ordinary or extra since their last shop ... but when she heard what the bill was she couldn't believe it. They hadn't got enough money out of the cash machine so had to put in on a card instead. She was fuming.Robert Peston @Peston · 6h 6 hours ago
This is brilliant and funny on Tesco's very strange pricing policy by @Louiseaileen70 http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ab4 ... 010b2e0c23" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
RogerOThornhill wrote:Is it just me - I can't see some of the text on this site!
Right now I can see OT out of my name, only 3.4 of the page numbers, the Daily Politics on the thread title and I can't see the text in the Post box.
Odd.
Sorry,, who said that?ohsocynical wrote:RogerOThornhill wrote:Is it just me - I can't see some of the text on this site!
Right now I can see OT out of my name, only 3.4 of the page numbers, the Daily Politics on the thread title and I can't see the text in the Post box.
I seem to be okay.
You're not impressed with this policy announcement, Roger?RogerOThornhill wrote:Just watching Tristram Hunt on C4 News...intriguing that I haven't heard a peep out of any Tory education ministers. Probably because they actually agree with it.
It's damned disgraceful when stores can charge what they like because customers don't have much choice in where they'll shop and Tesco are unmentionable hypocrites.rebeccariots2 wrote:Yes it is. And fits perfectly with the experience of the elderly couple I garden for on a Tuesday morning. They arrived back from doing a Tesco shop today with grim faces. The wife got out of the car and came over to me proclaiming loudly 'Well, I see Tesco have properly twigged that the promised Sainsbury is not coming here now ... we've just been properly scammed'. She said that she had bought nothing out of the ordinary or extra since their last shop ... but when she heard what the bill was she couldn't believe it. They hadn't got enough money out of the cash machine so had to put in on a card instead. She was fuming.Robert Peston @Peston · 6h 6 hours ago
This is brilliant and funny on Tesco's very strange pricing policy by @Louiseaileen70 http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ab4 ... 010b2e0c23" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
Yes - we have finally been told what we all knew anyway. The new Sainsbury which was supposed to underpin the development of a new hospital / healthcare facility - and for which part of the countryside on the edge of Cardigan has been utterly savaged in preparation, and the council has built big new roads and roundabouts that go nowhere at our expense .... is not going to be built. We had statement after statement after statement from both Sainsbury, council, healthboard and AM throughout last year and the first 6 months of this insisting it was all going ahead. We're not thick around here - no one believed it. The land (which they should have properly assessed first of all) is not stable and acts as an essential drain for the rather too frequent flooding that part of town experiences. We all knew that. Wonder who got the benefit out of this expensive charade.
I wonder if Tesco will step in? It's what they do.ohsocynical wrote:It's damned disgraceful when stores can charge what they like because customers don't have much choice in where they'll shop and Tesco are unmentionable hypocrites.rebeccariots2 wrote:Yes it is. And fits perfectly with the experience of the elderly couple I garden for on a Tuesday morning. They arrived back from doing a Tesco shop today with grim faces. The wife got out of the car and came over to me proclaiming loudly 'Well, I see Tesco have properly twigged that the promised Sainsbury is not coming here now ... we've just been properly scammed'. She said that she had bought nothing out of the ordinary or extra since their last shop ... but when she heard what the bill was she couldn't believe it. They hadn't got enough money out of the cash machine so had to put in on a card instead. She was fuming.Robert Peston @Peston · 6h 6 hours ago
This is brilliant and funny on Tesco's very strange pricing policy by @Louiseaileen70 http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ab4 ... 010b2e0c23" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
Yes - we have finally been told what we all knew anyway. The new Sainsbury which was supposed to underpin the development of a new hospital / healthcare facility - and for which part of the countryside on the edge of Cardigan has been utterly savaged in preparation, and the council has built big new roads and roundabouts that go nowhere at our expense .... is not going to be built. We had statement after statement after statement from both Sainsbury, council, healthboard and AM throughout last year and the first 6 months of this insisting it was all going ahead. We're not thick around here - no one believed it. The land (which they should have properly assessed first of all) is not stable and acts as an essential drain for the rather too frequent flooding that part of town experiences. We all knew that. Wonder who got the benefit out of this expensive charade.
Twas Ohsocynical the famous Tweeter followed by Michael White.RogerOThornhill wrote:Sorry,, who said that?ohsocynical wrote:RogerOThornhill wrote:Is it just me - I can't see some of the text on this site!
Right now I can see OT out of my name, only 3.4 of the page numbers, the Daily Politics on the thread title and I can't see the text in the Post box.
I seem to be okay.
I can see your photo avatar but not your name!
Yes, I'm fine with it - when you think of how much land a lot of these public schools occupy I can't see why they shouldn't share some of it with state schools.citizenJA wrote:You're not impressed with this policy announcement, Roger?RogerOThornhill wrote:Just watching Tristram Hunt on C4 News...intriguing that I haven't heard a peep out of any Tory education ministers. Probably because they actually agree with it.
It is. We do have a smallish Aldi - which is ever more popular - but there are some things you can't get there. And we still - just - have a Co-op, but that was hit badly when Tesco opened and it's pretty small so can't really expand to compete. It has become a bit moribund with almost no visible staff presence - and they keep discontinuing things we want to buy, never a good sign. Still, on the bright side - Mr Riots has discovered they put reduced fruit pies by the till at the end of the day - and indulged himself with a very fine gooseberry pie for £1 yesterday evening. That's pure pleasure in his book.ohsocynical wrote:It's damned disgraceful when stores can charge what they like because customers don't have much choice in where they'll shop and Tesco are unmentionable hypocrites.rebeccariots2 wrote:Yes it is. And fits perfectly with the experience of the elderly couple I garden for on a Tuesday morning. They arrived back from doing a Tesco shop today with grim faces. The wife got out of the car and came over to me proclaiming loudly 'Well, I see Tesco have properly twigged that the promised Sainsbury is not coming here now ... we've just been properly scammed'. She said that she had bought nothing out of the ordinary or extra since their last shop ... but when she heard what the bill was she couldn't believe it. They hadn't got enough money out of the cash machine so had to put in on a card instead. She was fuming.Robert Peston @Peston · 6h 6 hours ago
This is brilliant and funny on Tesco's very strange pricing policy by @Louiseaileen70 http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ab4 ... 010b2e0c23" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
Yes - we have finally been told what we all knew anyway. The new Sainsbury which was supposed to underpin the development of a new hospital / healthcare facility - and for which part of the countryside on the edge of Cardigan has been utterly savaged in preparation, and the council has built big new roads and roundabouts that go nowhere at our expense .... is not going to be built. We had statement after statement after statement from both Sainsbury, council, healthboard and AM throughout last year and the first 6 months of this insisting it was all going ahead. We're not thick around here - no one believed it. The land (which they should have properly assessed first of all) is not stable and acts as an essential drain for the rather too frequent flooding that part of town experiences. We all knew that. Wonder who got the benefit out of this expensive charade.
There are two things to look for oncitizenJA wrote:My desktop computer's operating system is Linux - the UK Parliamentary website uses Silverlight to view media - it doesn't cost anything but I've not been able to download, open & use it for watching Parliament TV. Chronic error messages. I'd thought I had success last week using AdobeFlash but that option is no longer available.
I haven't had goosegog pie in decades!rebeccariots2 wrote:It is. We do have a smallish Aldi - which is ever more popular - but there are some things you can't get there. And we still - just - have a Co-op, but that was hit badly when Tesco opened and it's pretty small so can't really expand to compete. It has become a bit moribund with almost no visible staff presence - and they keep discontinuing things we want to buy, never a good sign. Still, on the bright side - Mr Riots has discovered they put reduced fruit pies by the till at the end of the day - and indulged himself with a very fine gooseberry pie for £1 yesterday evening. That's pure pleasure in his book.ohsocynical wrote:It's damned disgraceful when stores can charge what they like because customers don't have much choice in where they'll shop and Tesco are unmentionable hypocrites.rebeccariots2 wrote: Yes it is. And fits perfectly with the experience of the elderly couple I garden for on a Tuesday morning. They arrived back from doing a Tesco shop today with grim faces. The wife got out of the car and came over to me proclaiming loudly 'Well, I see Tesco have properly twigged that the promised Sainsbury is not coming here now ... we've just been properly scammed'. She said that she had bought nothing out of the ordinary or extra since their last shop ... but when she heard what the bill was she couldn't believe it. They hadn't got enough money out of the cash machine so had to put in on a card instead. She was fuming.
Yes - we have finally been told what we all knew anyway. The new Sainsbury which was supposed to underpin the development of a new hospital / healthcare facility - and for which part of the countryside on the edge of Cardigan has been utterly savaged in preparation, and the council has built big new roads and roundabouts that go nowhere at our expense .... is not going to be built. We had statement after statement after statement from both Sainsbury, council, healthboard and AM throughout last year and the first 6 months of this insisting it was all going ahead. We're not thick around here - no one believed it. The land (which they should have properly assessed first of all) is not stable and acts as an essential drain for the rather too frequent flooding that part of town experiences. We all knew that. Wonder who got the benefit out of this expensive charade.
Neither had Mr Riots. He was in heaven. And he calls them goosegogs too.mbc1955 wrote:
I haven't had goosegog pie in decades!
The devils work, that and Rhubarb.rebeccariots2 wrote:Neither had Mr Riots. He was in heaven. And he calls them goosegogs too.mbc1955 wrote:
I haven't had goosegog pie in decades!
Editing to add: And I realise 'reduced fruit pies' sounds like they've shrunk in size. Not nice. They haven't ... just the price.
Frances Ryan @frances__ryan · 24m 24 minutes ago
No easy tax breaks for private schools? The Right convulse like it's communism with a black lesbian President. http://www.newstatesman.com/education/2 ... tax-breaks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
Realistically (check out all the French-origin surnames of our politicos and landowners) it's exactly what it is.ohsocynical wrote:And that's exactly what the idiots have got!PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Serious establishment jitters. They've played all their cards and errr realise they don't have the foggiest of a Tory majority in 2015, even with the Yellow ones.StephenDolan wrote:I think I need to make an opticians appointment.
This morning I read Hunt's speech regarding public schools and their charity status. It seemed a reasonable step in the right direction. However venturing BTL and reading the numerous comments at the G for example, it would appear that what Hunt's speech had really said was a call to arms in the class war, that the politics of envy is stirring up unnecessary hatred towards those born to rule.
Honestly, I feel they are losing it. Talking class warfare is exactly what the Bullingdon boys don't want.
Oh dear. No hope for you - at all.TechnicalEphemera wrote:The devils work, that and Rhubarb.rebeccariots2 wrote:Neither had Mr Riots. He was in heaven. And he calls them goosegogs too.mbc1955 wrote:
I haven't had goosegog pie in decades!
Editing to add: And I realise 'reduced fruit pies' sounds like they've shrunk in size. Not nice. They haven't ... just the price.
Evil evil evil.
I don't mean to be argumentative Tiz but...Tizme1 wrote:Hi yahyah, and citizenJA, plus everyone else,citizenJA wrote:I respectfully second this - I can't see into the hearts & minds of others - I know my own. The Green & Labour parties seem natural allies. Regardless, cooperative effort, genuine goodwill is healthy ground making. Green party MP Caroline Lucas is an inspiration to me personally.yahyah wrote:@Tizme
Will you be contacting the Green convert blogger about his misinformation about Labour's youth policy ? If people are deliberately/accidentally portraying Labour's policies or comments wrongly, no wonder so many Greens come across as so angrily anti-Labour.
I read your question this morning yahyah but didn't have a chance to answer. So far I've managed to read page 1 of today's comments on here! I didn't bookmark the item at the time and I've had a quick look but haven't found it again. I may manage to do so later. It was written by a 'young green' explaining why they had switched from Labour. It struck me for two reasons, I pretty much agreed with the whole of it apart from the bit I mentioned. But also,given it was a young person who wrote it, I accepted they might be more aware of the policies being proposed by various parties regarding youngsters. Although having 3 under 25's myself, I do normally pick up on these things. And as I said, it didn't quite gel with my memory.
If I can find it again, I want to re read it and check specifically what was said. If it was that Labour propose to do away with JSA for under 25's then that is broadly correct. If it says Labour intend to do away with all benefits for under 25's it's wrong and I would feel I had to point that out.
From the Green perspective, we don't agree with withdrawing JSA and providing an alternative which is means tested on the parents earnings. So if the claim in the article is that Labour proposes withdrawing JSA from under 25's it's a fair comment. Particularly as this is the young person's explanation of how they feel, and why they have switched.
As to why many Greens feel angry towards the Labour party, there are I'm sure many reasons but for a lot of Greens, it's not misrepresented policies but actual policies that Labour are proposing. It's the acceptance of the Tory premise that there must be cuts to services and benefits, plus the lack of opposition, and in particular, the lack of help given to the sick, the disabled, and the vulnerable.
citizenJA - there are I'm afraid a whole raft of differences between The Greens and Labour. That said, if we have MPs after the election next year, they'd almost certainly be prepared to support a Labour gov to one degree or another but I imagine hell would freeze over before they entered any sort of arrangement with the Tories. I'm glad you find Caroline inspirational - I do too. By the same token, I find John McDonnell
very impressive. He should be a Green.
Well, as we keep hearing- charity begins at home.RogerOThornhill wrote:Yes, I'm fine with it - when you think of how much land a lot of these public schools occupy I can't see why they shouldn't share some of it with state schools.citizenJA wrote:You're not impressed with this policy announcement, Roger?RogerOThornhill wrote:Just watching Tristram Hunt on C4 News...intriguing that I haven't heard a peep out of any Tory education ministers. Probably because they actually agree with it.
The other issue is that there's a significant number of (i) foreign pupils in fee-paying schools and Ii) fee paying schools with overseas branches - I don't see why they should benefit from a tax break.
Only if you are watching (or recording) the live broadcast.ohsocynical wrote:Just a thought and don't want to scare you, but I thought I read that even if you only watch BBC programmes on a computer you need to pay the license fee. Does anyone on here know? Hope I'm wrong.citizenJA wrote:My desktop computer's operating system is Linux - the UK Parliamentary website uses Silverlight to view media - it doesn't cost anything but I've not been able to download, open & use it for watching Parliament TV. Chronic error messages. I'd thought I had success last week using AdobeFlash but that option is no longer available.
I sometimes go into the Co-o purely for their sell by reduced items...On the right day there's a good selection. If I can get tubs of double cream I'm dead pleased because I make my own butter if the cream is cheap enough.rebeccariots2 wrote:It is. We do have a smallish Aldi - which is ever more popular - but there are some things you can't get there. And we still - just - have a Co-op, but that was hit badly when Tesco opened and it's pretty small so can't really expand to compete. It has become a bit moribund with almost no visible staff presence - and they keep discontinuing things we want to buy, never a good sign. Still, on the bright side - Mr Riots has discovered they put reduced fruit pies by the till at the end of the day - and indulged himself with a very fine gooseberry pie for £1 yesterday evening. That's pure pleasure in his book.ohsocynical wrote:It's damned disgraceful when stores can charge what they like because customers don't have much choice in where they'll shop and Tesco are unmentionable hypocrites.rebeccariots2 wrote: Yes it is. And fits perfectly with the experience of the elderly couple I garden for on a Tuesday morning. They arrived back from doing a Tesco shop today with grim faces. The wife got out of the car and came over to me proclaiming loudly 'Well, I see Tesco have properly twigged that the promised Sainsbury is not coming here now ... we've just been properly scammed'. She said that she had bought nothing out of the ordinary or extra since their last shop ... but when she heard what the bill was she couldn't believe it. They hadn't got enough money out of the cash machine so had to put in on a card instead. She was fuming.
Yes - we have finally been told what we all knew anyway. The new Sainsbury which was supposed to underpin the development of a new hospital / healthcare facility - and for which part of the countryside on the edge of Cardigan has been utterly savaged in preparation, and the council has built big new roads and roundabouts that go nowhere at our expense .... is not going to be built. We had statement after statement after statement from both Sainsbury, council, healthboard and AM throughout last year and the first 6 months of this insisting it was all going ahead. We're not thick around here - no one believed it. The land (which they should have properly assessed first of all) is not stable and acts as an essential drain for the rather too frequent flooding that part of town experiences. We all knew that. Wonder who got the benefit out of this expensive charade.
I've booked a front seat.tinyclanger2 wrote:Realistically (check out all the French-origin surnames of our politicos and landowners) it's exactly what it is.ohsocynical wrote:And that's exactly what the idiots have got!PaulfromYorkshire wrote: Serious establishment jitters. They've played all their cards and errr realise they don't have the foggiest of a Tory majority in 2015, even with the Yellow ones.
Honestly, I feel they are losing it. Talking class warfare is exactly what the Bullingdon boys don't want.
Bring out your knitted guillotines (and cream teas), for an English and/or British revolution looms!
Vodafone has history here.Spacedone wrote:You know how the Government were saying this afternoon that the security services need more powers to snoop because they didn't have access to internet communications? Someone just posted the full list of undersea fibre optic cables that GCHQ has been tapping and have written an article about the involvement of Cable & Wireless.
http://international.sueddeutsche.de/po ... iary-cable" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My guess would be the .m I think that's for mobile platforms.TechnicalEphemera wrote:By the way if anybody knows why the first link refuses to work let me know.
I hadn't realised Mark Carney's role at the Bank of England also allows him to dictate employment terms for UK workers.Contract work is here to stay, says Bank of England governor
UK job market has changed permanently due to financial crisis, Mark Carney tells Treasury select committee
http://www.theguardian.com/business/201 ... y-treasury" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yes, indeed.The Institute of Directors has launched a blistering attack on the £25m pay deal promised to the new boss of oil and gas group BG, saying it damaged the reputation of corporate Britain, and urged shareholders in the company to block the proposed package.
Simon Walker, boss of the influential lobby group, said the pay scheme agreed for new boss Helge Lund was a “red rag to the enemies of the free market”. He said six months before a general election the scale of Lund’s reward could put executive pay on the political agenda.
Fixed itSpacedone wrote:My guess would be the .m I think that's for mobile platforms.TechnicalEphemera wrote:By the way if anybody knows why the first link refuses to work let me know.
Is this a story of substance do you think?AngryAsWell wrote:Natalie Rowe @RealNatalieRowe · 15 mins15 minutes ago
To all my twitter friends, a little known fact to you guys but known for a long time by the media, regarding @George_Osborne is coming up
Thanks.refitman wrote:Fixed itSpacedone wrote:My guess would be the .m I think that's for mobile platforms.TechnicalEphemera wrote:By the way if anybody knows why the first link refuses to work let me know.
That is a rather sniffy comment, if you don't mind me sayingRogerOThornhill wrote:Is this a story of substance do you think?AngryAsWell wrote:Natalie Rowe @RealNatalieRowe · 15 mins15 minutes ago
To all my twitter friends, a little known fact to you guys but known for a long time by the media, regarding @George_Osborne is coming up
Ah bless. Finally that lonely little smiley has come into its own.TechnicalEphemera wrote:That is a rather sniffy comment, if you don't mind me sayingRogerOThornhill wrote:Is this a story of substance do you think?AngryAsWell wrote:Natalie Rowe @RealNatalieRowe · 15 mins15 minutes ago
To all my twitter friends, a little known fact to you guys but known for a long time by the media, regarding @George_Osborne is coming up
TechnicalEphemera wrote:That is a rather sniffy comment, if you don't mind me sayingRogerOThornhill wrote:Is this a story of substance do you think?AngryAsWell wrote:Natalie Rowe @RealNatalieRowe · 15 mins15 minutes ago
To all my twitter friends, a little known fact to you guys but known for a long time by the media, regarding @George_Osborne is coming up
Technically it should be.StephenDolan wrote:TechnicalEphemera wrote:That is a rather sniffy comment, if you don't mind me sayingRogerOThornhill wrote: Is this a story of substance do you think?
The rest of the country can have the excellent public transportation London enjoys. It's a choice leadership has decided that other regions don't have the good public transportation infrastructure London has.Public transport is excellent to London and the town centre, everywhere else it is wholly inadequate.
Old man Hunty, yes...RogerOThornhill wrote:Just watching Tristram Hunt on C4 News...intriguing that I haven't heard a peep out of any Tory education ministers. Probably because they actually agree with it.
No they can't. All of our rail network converges on London. London has the only tube network in England. Things are so hopeless that if I arrange a multi company meeting in England London is just about the only sensible venue, everything else is impossible to get to.citizenJA wrote:A line from Sticky99's post earlier today -The rest of the country can have the excellent public transportation London enjoys. It's a choice leadership has decided that other regions don't have the good public transportation infrastructure London has.Public transport is excellent to London and the town centre, everywhere else it is wholly inadequate.
I can't find any mention of Green Party + Mansion tax. They are advocating for LVT though: http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2013/03/0 ... onference/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;TechnicalEphemera wrote:Brilliant.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebri ... in-UK.html
Somebody should tell Angelina that the whole point of the mansion tax is to discourage rich tossers from buying up UK property.
It is clearly doing its job.
Bill Oddie can sod off as well, rich selfish git who doesn't want to pay his share.
Presumably the Greens don't support a mansion tax? (Actually I get the feeling anybody voting Green because Labour is proposing to tax them is actually casting a proxy Tory vote, which will turn into a real Tory vote in the polling booth).
I agree that it would be good if young people who were out of work, could go to college. It would be easy to change existing JSA laws though to allow that. In any case, why only young people? Why not also allow older people who are out of work, to retrain or take new qualifications? And what about youngsters who go to uni? The means testing there doesn't mean they get their course paid for. It just means they get a loan. They might start to wonder why the hell am I getting into 30k + of debt while my peers/siblings are paid to continue studying.AngryAsWell wrote:I don't mean to be argumentative Tiz but...Tizme1 wrote:Hi yahyah, and citizenJA, plus everyone else,citizenJA wrote:I respectfully second this - I can't see into the hearts & minds of others - I know my own. The Green & Labour parties seem natural allies. Regardless, cooperative effort, genuine goodwill is healthy ground making. Green party MP Caroline Lucas is an inspiration to me personally.
I read your question this morning yahyah but didn't have a chance to answer. So far I've managed to read page 1 of today's comments on here! I didn't bookmark the item at the time and I've had a quick look but haven't found it again. I may manage to do so later. It was written by a 'young green' explaining why they had switched from Labour. It struck me for two reasons, I pretty much agreed with the whole of it apart from the bit I mentioned. But also,given it was a young person who wrote it, I accepted they might be more aware of the policies being proposed by various parties regarding youngsters. Although having 3 under 25's myself, I do normally pick up on these things. And as I said, it didn't quite gel with my memory.
If I can find it again, I want to re read it and check specifically what was said. If it was that Labour propose to do away with JSA for under 25's then that is broadly correct. If it says Labour intend to do away with all benefits for under 25's it's wrong and I would feel I had to point that out.
From the Green perspective, we don't agree with withdrawing JSA and providing an alternative which is means tested on the parents earnings. So if the claim in the article is that Labour proposes withdrawing JSA from under 25's it's a fair comment. Particularly as this is the young person's explanation of how they feel, and why they have switched.
As to why many Greens feel angry towards the Labour party, there are I'm sure many reasons but for a lot of Greens, it's not misrepresented policies but actual policies that Labour are proposing. It's the acceptance of the Tory premise that there must be cuts to services and benefits, plus the lack of opposition, and in particular, the lack of help given to the sick, the disabled, and the vulnerable.
citizenJA - there are I'm afraid a whole raft of differences between The Greens and Labour. That said, if we have MPs after the election next year, they'd almost certainly be prepared to support a Labour gov to one degree or another but I imagine hell would freeze over before they entered any sort of arrangement with the Tories. I'm glad you find Caroline inspirational - I do too. By the same token, I find John McDonnell
very impressive. He should be a Green.
Currently a young person who has no financial support from their parents (just a room in the house to sleep in) cannot go to collage to improve (or gain extra) qualification because by doing so they lose JSA. In other words they have zilch to live on and, as I have witnessed, some parents won't let their kids go to collage because they can't afford to lose the £50 and few pennies per week JSA from the household income. So the kids hang around looking for none existent jobs, only to be told on the odd interview they do get that they need better qualifications. Which they cant get because....and round the circle goes.
Under Labour's proposal they CAN go to collage to get those qualifications, and get Youth Allowance to the same level as JSA. This would apply to anyone who's parents earn under £44k (?to be confirmed, it might be 40K) This is the same amount as kicks in for university fees "means testing".
Sorry but anyone earning £40+K in this day and age can/should be able to afford to help their kids out till they start earning. If they can't then maybe its time to sell the second car.