tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post5399580318406439618..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Is this "the most left-wing government since the war?"Chris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-15198238026829849152010-10-20T08:36:43.010+01:002010-10-20T08:36:43.010+01:00I referred to my position only because I was speci...I referred to my position only because I was specifically asked about it by Tim. I have made very clear that plenty of other people, such as those who lost their jobs and many pensioners, are suffering even more. I have been severely critical of the despicable way pensioners were treated by the last government.<br /><br />But the fact remains that almost everyone in Britain has suffered from this recession.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-61578168259989465662010-10-19T17:52:19.536+01:002010-10-19T17:52:19.536+01:00I think most pensioners who have worked hard and s...I think most pensioners who have worked hard and saved for their retirement will be suffering more than you Chris. Interest rates are being held artificially low to once again support those that got us in to this mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-24986058648903188432010-10-19T12:53:11.697+01:002010-10-19T12:53:11.697+01:00So your difficulties seem to lie more with the evi...So your difficulties seem to lie more with the evils of outsourcing rather than the activities of the shyster banksters.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-44011597041146553922010-10-19T01:29:45.220+01:002010-10-19T01:29:45.220+01:00Like most BT employees and a great many other peop...Like most BT employees and a great many other people in the private sector, my real income has fallen dramatically over the past few years.<br /><br />A major part of the drop in my income, in both real and money terms, is due to the circumstances of the telecomms industry rather than the recession in general - all Concert employees who escaped redundancy took a 16% pay cut, for instance. However the recession has added significantly to those difficulties as BT, like many other companies forced to economise or die, has had to either freeze pay or offer salary rises well below the rate of inflation.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-7836031132602818862010-10-17T08:34:38.881+01:002010-10-17T08:34:38.881+01:00How have you suffered ?How have you suffered ?Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-53236830932082830172010-10-17T01:40:53.208+01:002010-10-17T01:40:53.208+01:00Tim, if you imagine that people who have managed t...Tim, if you imagine that people who have managed to hang on to their jobs - and that is not a criticism of those who have been less fortunate still - have not suffered from the catastrophic damage to the economy over the past few years, you are completely and utterly wrong.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-71757602046927440812010-10-16T10:03:53.889+01:002010-10-16T10:03:53.889+01:00"And perhaps they would have been more effect..."And perhaps they would have been more effective in making the point that the measures this government has had to take to clear up Labour's catastrophic financial legacy have hit the middle and the rich as well as the poor. We really are "all in this together.""<br /><br />We clearly are NOT all in this together. This is fast becoming one of the most pernicious lies ever told. The banksters who caused all this mayhem have their snouts back in the trough and it's business as usual.<br /><br />You, I believe have a job, I don't, our circumstances are different, we are not all in this together.Timnoreply@blogger.com