OT Andrew Neil grills Diane Abbot

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Difference is a true Tory actually wants low pay for others.

[dennis]

Well they do keep putting the tax threshold up and the minimum wage, it has to be paid by someone.

[dennis]

Is that why the minimum wage they are aiming for is higher than the one the labour party were aiming for. And the tax starting threshold is going to be higher than the labour party said they wanted.

[harry]

I expect any wars fought to be legal and justifiable. Not based on lies. Socialists are habitual liars.

[bert]

No but then I don't lecture other people about how they should conform to mine.

[bert]

In article , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

Socialists ensure they get it.

[Tim w]

when I worked as a barman in a London hotel way back in the 80s even the lowly waitresses and myself were entitled to a paid taxi home if we were on a late shift. Here is a five year old video of A Neil saying a single woman MP isn't entitled to a paid taxi home if she works late.

What a waste of breath. You Harry, and Neil - both worthless creeps.

[harry]

What has marital status got to do with it? And a woman paid a lot of money, unlike waitresses. Socialst scum politicians want people to do as THEY say, not as they do. Lots of people can't afford taxis. But then she's one of the wealthy bloodsuckers, no idea how the rest of the world lives. Wants to live the life of Riley at taxpayers expense, sent their kids to schools that they want to close down for other people. Oh and all this after an 11% pay rise. Oh and the income fiddles. An odious person.

[bert]

She isn't "entitled" to it. It's up to her employer to decide whether to provide it in order to persuade her/reward her for working late and up to her to decide if she works late if they do not.

[Bill Wright]

My convictions are spent.

Bill

[newshound]

There was a splendid New Statesman competition probably back in the

1960's where entrants were required to compose excuses for Labour MPs with this and other similar ethical problems.

I cannot remember any details of that one, but there was another where readers were asked to submit misleading advice to visitors to London.

"On your first trip on a tube train, it is customary to shake hands with each of the passengers in the carriage"

"If you find yourself short of money, go up to a Policeman and say 'I am on a trip and have run out of LSD. Can you help me?'"

"Before you sit down in a train, spray your seat with an antiseptic disinfectant".

"It is unnecessary to tip Cab drivers, they will be delighted if you profer more than half the indicated fare".

[charles]

That is lifted from "Hoffnung at the Oxford Union".

which also included "all London brothels have a blue lamp"