Comments on: Work long and prosper? http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2007/08/17/work-long-and-prosper/ occasional scrapbook of a labor geek Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Townsend http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2007/08/17/work-long-and-prosper/#comment-99 John Townsend Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:03:21 +0000 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2007/08/17/work-long-and-prosper/#comment-99 "Keeping assets from generation to generation entrenches income inequality, and is much more important a factor in taking home ownership out of most people’s reach. Waiting for your parents to croak just in order to get a house as part of a gated community in a sea of sink estates? Not the way I want to live." Same old idealogical claptrap and lies - my father died a few months before I was born resulting in myself and 4 elder brothers being brought up in Dr Barnados whilst my mum scrubbed floors to look after my sisters. I left Barnados with 1 suitcase containing my worldly possessions. Having worked hard, done various evening classes at my own expense and moved around the country to improve my lot, eventually married with 3 children. Saved for the deposit for a small bungalow by not going down the pub every night with mates. Then some dickhead says either you've got to sell your house to pay for care in old age, or because you slogged your guts out that's no reason to pass your house on to your kids (who can't afford a house because of Control DNA tap-your-phones monitor-your-emails spy-on-your-internet-access New Labour) really stinks. P.S. How many MPs (all parties) and TRADE UNION LEADERS! have got 2nd or holiday homes - I guess if they are smart enough and buy them abroad this doesn't apply to them eh! START LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD not the idealogical one. “Keeping assets from generation to generation entrenches income inequality, and is much more important a factor in taking home ownership out of most people’s reach. Waiting for your parents to croak just in order to get a house as part of a gated community in a sea of sink estates? Not the way I want to live.”
Same old idealogical claptrap and lies – my father died a few months before I was born resulting in myself and 4 elder brothers being brought up in Dr Barnados whilst my mum scrubbed floors to look after my sisters. I left Barnados with 1 suitcase containing my worldly possessions. Having worked hard, done various evening classes at my own expense and moved around the country to improve my lot, eventually married with 3 children. Saved for the deposit for a small bungalow by not going down the pub every night with mates. Then some dickhead says either you’ve got to sell your house to pay for care in old age, or because you slogged your guts out that’s no reason to pass your house on to your kids (who can’t afford a house because of Control DNA tap-your-phones monitor-your-emails spy-on-your-internet-access New Labour) really stinks.
P.S. How many MPs (all parties) and TRADE UNION LEADERS! have got 2nd or holiday homes – I guess if they are smart enough and buy them abroad this doesn’t apply to them eh! START LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD not the idealogical one.

]]> By: John Townsend http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2007/08/17/work-long-and-prosper/#comment-98 John Townsend Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:02:32 +0000 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2007/08/17/work-long-and-prosper/#comment-98 So it's not Redwood who's the problem, he's just a red-herring put forward by Control DNA New Labour to hide the fact, that as you point out, it is in fact the ruling totalitarian elite who are the actual day-to-day problem, not the call-me-Dave no hopers. Now, where did I put that £5,000,000,000,000 that I purloined from the LGPS and other schemes? So it’s not Redwood who’s the problem, he’s just a red-herring put forward by Control DNA New Labour to hide the fact, that as you point out, it is in fact the ruling totalitarian elite who are the actual day-to-day problem, not the call-me-Dave no hopers.
Now, where did I put that £5,000,000,000,000 that I purloined from the LGPS and other schemes?

]]> By: Pat Harrington http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2007/08/17/work-long-and-prosper/#comment-97 Pat Harrington Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:19:50 +0000 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2007/08/17/work-long-and-prosper/#comment-97 I don't think the Working Time regualations go far enough! I had a query from a member recently about 'on call' duties and whether they were included in the hours. When I looked at it I found that if you were not at the workplace but were say at home the call time wasn't counted - only the time you worked (and arguably travel time). This was on the basis that you could spend the time doing other things. A bit bizarre if you ask me as you couldn't really relax or (for example) have a drink. Not really 'leisure time' in my book. This is just one of the many ways the Regulations look good on paper but fail to fully deliver. I don’t think the Working Time regualations go far enough! I had a query from a member recently about ‘on call’ duties and whether they were included in the hours. When I looked at it I found that if you were not at the workplace but were say at home the call time wasn’t counted – only the time you worked (and arguably travel time). This was on the basis that you could spend the time doing other things. A bit bizarre if you ask me as you couldn’t really relax or (for example) have a drink. Not really ‘leisure time’ in my book.

This is just one of the many ways the Regulations look good on paper but fail to fully deliver.

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