Jonathon Pie on strikes

[Seeker]

Another NSFW (swearing) but funny rant from spoof tv journalist Jonathon Pie. This one on strikes.

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2022/12/15...about-strikes/

[garynortheast]

Yep, just watched that from a link in another place. Brilliant, and also alarming when one of the few people giving an accurate assessment of the situation is a comedian.

[admin]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

Yep, just watched that from a link in another place. Brilliant, and also alarming when one of the few people giving an accurate assessment of the situation is a comedian.

Great isn't he. That episode is particularly good.

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[garynortheast]

I've been watching his vids for a couple of years now. He always hits the nail on the head.

[embee]

The standard Tory strategy is to divide the people in two, pit one against the other, and blame someone else for the problem. Brexit etc., divide and rule.
Right now they are trying to portray the workers and especially the unions as somehow "not the public" and thus the enemy, and that they are holding "the public" to ransom. Hey Tories, we are the people, the workers are the people, the unions are the people. It ain't going to work this time.
All the NHS problems didn't suddenly start when they asked for a catch-up pay deal and some sort of staffing plan, it started 12yrs ago (as determined by their own report).
The Tories have a plan, they will spend more money. No, that's not a plan, that's an invoice, how about a real plan?

Mark my words, and remember them in a few months time, the big trick they are going to try to pull soon, and the media and journos are already falling for it, is that their governing actions will reduce inflation. Same with the Bank of England, who only have one tool in their box and it's completely the wrong one for this inflation, supply driven not demand driven.

Well this is how it works, annual inflaton rate is what it says, it compares today's prices with those of 12months ago. Once you reach 12months into an inflation run-away process the baseline figure starts to rise up the curve, so even if prices are staying at the new high level the inflation begins to reduce, and if prices hold steady at the new high value eventually after a year inflation drops to zero. Success, yes? See, our actions have dealt with inflation, aren't we brilliant, and now all you workers no longer need pay rises because inflation is under control, even if your mortgage payments have doubled and no-one can afford utility bills.
At this point if they have managed to suppress pay increases below inflation over the previous year, they will be saving billions for evermore. Sure everyone's standard of living has fallen 5 or 10% but aren't the government brilliant........

.... and rant over ......

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by embee

Mark my words, and remember them in a few months time, the big trick they are going to try to pull soon, and the media and journos are already falling for it, is that their governing actions will reduce inflation. Same with the Bank of England, who only have one tool in their box and it's completely the wrong one for this inflation, supply driven not demand driven.

Well this is how it works, annual inflaton rate is what it says, it compares today's prices with those of 12months ago. Once you reach 12months into an inflation run-away process the baseline figure starts to rise up the curve, so even if prices are staying at the new high level the inflation begins to reduce, and if prices hold steady at the new high value eventually after a year inflation drops to zero. Success, yes? See, our actions have dealt with inflation, aren't we brilliant, and now all you workers no longer need pay rises because inflation is under control, even if your mortgage payments have doubled and no-one can afford utility bills.
At this point if they have managed to suppress pay increases below inflation over the previous year, they will be saving billions for evermore. Sure everyone's standard of living has fallen 5 or 10% but aren't the government brilliant........

.... and rant over ......

I think its politicians and journalists need this explaining to them. I certainly worked this out for myself at age 12 (or thereabouts).

Governments like inflation, as over time it makes the huge sums they borrow much less in real terms. I remember the IMF bail out of 1976. It was around £2billion ($3.9 billion), which by today's standards is pretty small beer but back then covered the balance of payments deficit and propped up the entire country. What they don't like is inflation at high levels as it makes them look bad and workers demand pay rises.

[garynortheast]

Another, slightly more tuneful take on the strikes.