WSJ: US Companies Outsourcing White-Collar Work to UK in Search of Lower Wages

[CumbrianLefty]

Good to see the UK become a third world country

Idk if I’d say “good,” but they’re reaping what they sowed in 2016.

Brexit was good actually

It really absolutely was not - and I am far from a starry eyed #FBPEer.

[CumbrianLefty]

Good to see the UK become a third world country

Idk if I’d say “good,” but they’re reaping what they sowed in 2016.

Brexit was good actually

It really absolutely was not - and I am far from a starry eyed #FBPEer.

The current horror show would not have happened if northerners turned out for Corbyn. McDonald should have been the candidate instead to reach out to these voters, as Corbyn’s personality is weak for these voters, but that still doesn’t change the fact that the decades of Tory and blairite rule destroyed Britain and voters should have known better.

The re-entrance to the EU by Starmer will be his first major crime against the masses.

Andy McDonald is a nice guy, but never really leadership material.....

Oh, you meant John Mc*Donnell*??

Sadly, his remarks about the IRA back in the day meant he would never even have got on the ballot.

[CumbrianLefty]

Yes, that as well.

[CumbrianLefty]

Its almost as if neoliberalism can "screw over workers" in more than one way!

[CumbrianLefty]

The calculation - for a while a very successful one - was that most of "their" voters would not be very affected, and to the extent they were could be fobbed off with stories about how various "out groups" were to blame (malingerers/benefit scroungers, wasteful Labour councils and so on)

However, the decay of Britain's public realm is now obvious to all but the most blinkered boomers.

[CumbrianLefty]

Yes, a few more hanging baskets - however nice - can only get you so far in terms of voter gratitude.