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Make your mind up, your post assumed Corbyn in power, so I answered accordingly. And anyway I don't agree with your assumption. We already know the great majority of all MPs are remainers which is why they blocked everything before. With the virtually certain prospect of a remain outcome...

Zero hours contracts are not allowed in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Spain. And most of them don't follow France's street protest habits. Those are very much a new French tradition, initially derived from the overprotection...

We do know that. He'd have either got a new deal or much more likely settled on largely the same as May got, just as Boris has. Then we know the outcome of deal versus remain in a referendum, since every poll from every source has shown a very clear lead for remain over leave for well over a...

There certainly would have been an end in sight on EU membership, we'd be staying in the EU and everything would quickly settle down with no negotiations necessary. As it is Brexit ramifications and arguments will go on for years of trade negotiations yet. .

There already is another layer anyway, being on benefits while earning in the black economy. The scale of that is still very large, despite all the efforts to eliminate it. .

The two are not mutually exclusive, both those social factors and market forces apply. In all cases there's the fundamental market force of what a person is prepared to do in relation to what they expect in reward for doing it. .

You didn't read what I posted, the key words emphasised in bold this time: "In the area of employment the first duty of government above all others is to run the economy in such a way that there are plenty of jobs." The first five words qualify the rest of the sentence. .

I think you often put the cart before the horse. In the area of employment the first duty of government above all others is to run the economy in such a way that there are plenty of jobs. It's when they fail that employers can take advantage of job shortage by paying low wages. It follows...

Boy, did you get thet wrong. I can think of a whole string of ignorant uneducated people who ended up obscenely wealthy, starting with a post war scrap dealer. .

There can't be a level playing field with freedom, simply because people and their preferences can be so different from each other. .

That's the theory, but it has flaws. The first is that the investment in technology can so often wipe out jobs. Too high a minimum can drive an employer to do just that. Another flaw is the inflexibility, many people actually want to work part time or with anything from one to three or more...

Not necessarily since there's more than one market place. As I mentioned, the many which are part time staffed and people don't need the protection of a minimum wage since they do two or more jobs. Only very recently I posted about two jobs that are very often done in combination. That's the...

No 50Hertz, neither Boris nor the government have done this. It's the employers who will be footing the bill and it will actually slightly increase the government's tax take. And worse still, look at the jobs it will cost. Only yesterday I was listening to the huge scale of retail job...

Perhaps not over yet, I've just posted another reasonable post in a thread about bike theft. That's in a part of the forum that discusses e-bikes which you might not have seen. Here's the link .

Never mind, put it to good use, have a shave. .

Probably not very well, she certainly isn't the person she once was as Woosh has remarked. At one time some while ago she was clever and very capable person, but now seems to be slow thinking and distracted. However, I'd change your would to could, since she wouldn't get a chance to do much...

Thank you, but no need. When I retired 29 years ago I turned to using my bike for all my shopping from shops and supermarkets. For years that was a continuation of my unpowered cycling, but later due in part to age I turned to using pedelecs for the assistance and trailer towing and have...

Taking your houses would be taxation. No different from Stamp Duty, Death Duties, Insurance Tax, Unneeded room Tax, Council Tax, all on your properties. .

As I said, your reading. The social policies of both parties are paid for by those like yourself who are better off, whether we like it or not. In principle this is always wrong, but it's done to create a fairer society. To what degree is a matter for judgment, but at any degree by anyone...

Away from the truth to suit what is convenient. .