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(It’s not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!)
Yesterday in the House of Lords just one Liberal Democrat peer out of 58 voted in the House of Lords for an amendment which would have prevented the abolition of agricultural wages committees in England.
This is the body which ensured decent wages for the poorest rural workers in England.
Farm workers from the Unite union had warned peers that agreeing to abolish the committees would see wages and conditions for the poorest farm workers ‘plummet’.
Of course, an awful lot of Tory peers are rural landowners who are employers of farm workers themselves so clearly they were just voting in line with their own narrow financial self-interests.
But I wonder what the Liberal Democrats’ excuse is?
Any ideas?
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David Heath was in favour of abolishing the AWB
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Billy Bragg demanded that if he continued his support of this legislation then Heath should take the rather chummy photo of him and Bragg down off his constituency website.
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We were only following orders probably. Now where have I heard that before?
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TOM. you should write ”its satire-its the lib dems”
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I feel the reason is that whereas torys kick-ass, clegg’s crew lick-ass.
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I see the labour party want to reduce the amount of unskilled migrant workers – I would like to see them increase the amount of so called proffessional workers to replace our yes men medical proffessionals and politicians,preferably from leftwing latin American countries
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TOM , BORIS IS GOING TO CATFORD TO LECTURE US PLEBS CAN WE ORGANISE A LYNCH PARTY?
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To answer your question…because Lib-Dem Lords are spineless uncaring bastards.
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Hi Tom thought i would remind you of this as it came up yet again..
http://google-law.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/is-david-rose-who-vilified-messham.html
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@ivan surely not ..they are just two face lying bastards who will do anything to get power…
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When you think of the blood and work it took to organise agricultural workers…not that long ago and within living memory…which led to this meagre protection, now being cast away so easily. Still, divide and rule, hey…blame it on Europe and cheap labour.
Always a rush to the lowest standards, not a push to the highest. *sighs*
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@TOM a sense of irony here as someone postyed this form thatcher foundation..
Click to access 4160ED037AB748ECB465BF76812E0EFC.pdf
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Lib Dems have the same niave faith in employers being “nice” to their workers that they have in the Tories governing this country for all and not just the rich and powerful. Mr Heath will be seeing more of the rural plebs in his constituency soon.
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Sent from my iPhone
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We thought we were being dragged back to the 1980s but now it appears we are being dragged back to the 1880s.
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Jadey- spot on there.
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