palmer1984

Firms get power to sack the slackers.

Argh. A lot of the time the people who need protection at work are people who are precariously employed - temps and people who end up working a lot of fixed term contracts. This legislation means that they are even more unlikely to reach a stage where their rights are protected.

Even if this legislation does increase employment (and AFAICT the evidence that it will is very sketchy), the costs to individuals and to society of increased job insecurity have to be taken into account.

This very neatly demonstrates why socialists are often angry at liberals, I think.

Does Clegg actually believe that the coalition benefits cuts are justified, or is he just saying that he does because he wants to show cabinet unity?

I could ask the same question about various other policies.

[This is a genuine question, BTW - it's not intended to be combative - am trying hard to be less combative on-line, but am finding it hard to judge tone, so am worrying that everything I say sounds angry!]

Vince Cable tells scientists they must pay their way. What do you think?

I think I'm going to start reading DW and using it from time to time now...

Hi everyone!