Oxford away - 1st Feb - Rail Strike

The tory BS generator has been in full flow in recent weeks.

"Offered x% over 2 years" - So, you've actually offered them half of what you've said, while at the same time setting next year's pay rise at a rate well below inflation as well. Sounds like a great deal!
"We aim to halve inflation" - Just a nonsense to claim this as an objective. Inflation will naturally drop, as shocks such as Covid and Ukraine drop out of calculations. But 5% inflation just means that the already high prices that current wages do not cover will only increase by 2.5 times the BoE target, rather than 5 times. How about setting a target to reduce the average energy bill back to down to a reasonable level?
"Pay increases will just fuel inflation" - But uncapped bonuses won't, or allowing companies that are supposed to be providing public services to siphen off massive profits without passing any of it onto the consumer? Ok.

When the Royal Mail becomes another Evri, with drivers paid a pittance to deliver a van full of parcels, you have to wonder who is going to deliver things like NHS appointment letters. Oh hang on, you can't get an appointment because they've destroyed an entire healthcare system.

And to think, millions of people will vote for these cretins next year.

 

And when those millions vote for them, my guess is hardly anyone will do so because they believe they've done a great job. It'll be because they think Labour will be worse or because they've always voted that way.
Sad state of affairs we're in, nation of lemmings.

 

True.

 

And now the Health Secretary is claiming patients will suffer if Nurses win their pay claim. Err hello, we’ve all been suffering for years because of the constant Tory decimation of the NHS and other Public Services.

 

Of course, patient care is always improved when the nurse in question is malnourished.

 

One thing is certain, patients will suffer if these b4stards get in again.

 

We all will. Unless we earn hundreds of thousands of pounds per year maybe.