Wonderful, private sector companies get paid for a botched job, and now private sector companies will be paid to fix it. The worry is that some of the fixes don't work so even more will be spent.
A properly supervised scheme to make sure all housing is well insulated is needed.
Another major project for London and the South East. Improvements in public transport outside this area would be better value, better for the environment and improve regional inequalities.
Companies used inflation as an excuse to increase prices while trying to hold down pay to increase margins and profits.
I went to a church school and the curate got in on the act by giving us a lesson on why striking for higher pay was wrong, while exploitation of workforce wasn't.
Yes I was, I remember the relentless propaganda, for example 'red robbo' , a BL shop steward, who actually spent most of his time trying to prevent or settle unofficial strikes. BL was the amalgam of UK car makers, with the management of each part at war with the others.
This is the man the BBC elevated & is refusing to investigate despite @carolecadwalla.bsky.social l & @bylinetimes.bsky.social having done all the work for them . Do we have a precedent for a this ? A national broadcaster ignoring possible treason , isn’t that in itself sort of treasonous 🥴 ?
Much of the problem came from the failure of the management/financial class. For example the secondary banking crash in 1973, plus resentment by the rich that ordinary people wanted a decent life. Much of the industrial strife on the 1970s was provoked by management and early spin doctors.
Unfortunately most species on the endangered list are beyond help, unless major action is taken soon, domestic cattle pigs and chickens are also on the endangered list, possibly also with homosapiens ( although the sapien part is a bit rich considering what we are doing)
For years the people of Britain ached to be rid of the Tories. Finally in July 2024 they got their wish; Starmer marched into the smoking ruins and ... carried on with the same old shit. And he wonders why he's the most unpopular PM ever?
Bergerac only happened because Trevor Eve decided he did not want to do anymore Shoestring so the BBC get the same writer Robin Banks Stewart to come up with a replacement.
