Is it me or is Ed Milliband losing the plot and screwing it up for his supporters. Some of his policies he came out with at his conference must have been thought up by clowns.
He promised to freeze fuel bills for a short period but never explained what was to stop them increasing them before hand or after. He also said he'd force them to be carbon neutral which takes investment. As a lay man all that would happen is the companies will still make the same profit just reduce the money they invest whilst the freeze is on and lay off workers.
He also talked about foreigners coming and taking jobs as we never had the skilled workforce and said "he'd force any company that goes for government contracts to take on an apprentice for every job." He forgets we're part of the EU so must make the same apprenticeships available to all EU member states. Last time I looked they were foreigners.
He talked about the Conservative race to the bottom as they tried to match foreign low wages and work conditions. He'd increase the minimum wage to have a race to the top. So by increasing wages won't the manufacturers have to increase their prices to make up the short fall. Again call me old fashioned but won't that make foreign goods and prices even more attractive so lose us business and make companies move overseas.
He even said he's hit the big companies for Capital gains tax and give the small companies tax breaks. No figures were given though. I'd like to know how much tax he was after from both sides to see how he'll bakance his books or maybe it's a cynical vote grabber. Who knows.
Don't even get me started on Ed Balls; slagging off other parties policies and when pointing out he supported them when Labour was in power he looked like a Rabbit caught in the head lights.
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He promised to freeze fuel bills for a short period but never explained what was to stop them increasing them before hand or after. He also said he'd force them to be carbon neutral which takes investment. As a lay man all that would happen is the companies will still make the same profit just reduce the money they invest whilst the freeze is on and lay off workers.
He also talked about foreigners coming and taking jobs as we never had the skilled workforce and said "he'd force any company that goes for government contracts to take on an apprentice for every job." He forgets we're part of the EU so must make the same apprenticeships available to all EU member states. Last time I looked they were foreigners.
He talked about the Conservative race to the bottom as they tried to match foreign low wages and work conditions. He'd increase the minimum wage to have a race to the top. So by increasing wages won't the manufacturers have to increase their prices to make up the short fall. Again call me old fashioned but won't that make foreign goods and prices even more attractive so lose us business and make companies move overseas.
He even said he's hit the big companies for Capital gains tax and give the small companies tax breaks. No figures were given though. I'd like to know how much tax he was after from both sides to see how he'll bakance his books or maybe it's a cynical vote grabber. Who knows.
Don't even get me started on Ed Balls; slagging off other parties policies and when pointing out he supported them when Labour was in power he looked like a Rabbit caught in the head lights.
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