Currently attending a lecture at #UEA by @NorwichChloe. Hoping the students will do a good job with their questions.
Lots of compliments for UEA. Now getting onto work and employment. Keeps thinking that everyone should be helping to grow our economy. Still thinks our problem is people being on benefits not working. But people need jobs to pay enough without benefits.
Sticking plaster on the problem of mental health. Yes sure, add more mental health support? Let's see it. But has Chloe thought about the reason why we have an epidemic of mental health issues keeping people off work? Mental health suffers from poverty, inequality, oppression.
She never mentions that long covid and Brexit are the self inflicted deprivation that leads people to the highest rate of vacancies and shortage of available workers. Long covid because of criminal mismanagement of the pandemic at every stage. #ToryBrexitDisaster
Now a question on her record on climate change. Blaming the algorithm of the sites that tell you the voting record. Silly stuff about being able to take people with you (meaning failing to take leadership and give expert competence as a confident government).
What does she think is the solution for net zero? Renewables? Yes essential of course. Faffing around with securing the energy supply trying to pretend that renewables aren't the easy answer.
She's right to say we need to think about what we use the energy for.
How about government advice on that? How about some insulation projects? She doesn't specify. Makes the usual snide comment about whether other countries are doing enough.
How about government advice on that? How about some insulation projects? She doesn't specify. Makes the usual snide comment about whether other countries are doing enough.
She's trying to say that she wants to force people to work, without saying it. Talk of enabling people to do what the capitalists need them to do (not quite in those terms).
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