Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
20th August 2012, 08:57
...it shouldn't still surprise me that pompous Tory fuckheads still use this tedious rhetoric of 'hard work' and enterprise, shitting on the workers because they're not as 'brave' as those that would exploit them...
Conservatives and the right have been failing to better society in any way for a long long time...does anyone really need another free market-loving book by self-important windbags?
British workers are "among the worst idlers in the world", a group of Conservative MPs have claimed.
The UK "rewards laziness", does not encourage risk-taking and must strive to emulate the work ethic and low-tax culture in parts of Asia, the five MPs argue in a book due out next month.
The authors include Elizabeth Truss and Dominic Raab, both tipped to be promoted in a future reshuffle.
"Too many people in Britain prefer a lie-in to hard work," they argue.
The other contributors to Britannia Unchained are Priti Patel, Chris Skidmore and Kwasi Kwarteng, influential members of the "class of 2010" - MPs elected to Parliament at the last election.
Unions described their comments as "ridiculous" and said the most serious challenge facing the economy was a "severe lack of jobs".
'Rewarding laziness'
The MPs' arguments will intensify the debate in the coalition government about how to reverse the slide in the economy, which has seen the UK slip into a double dip recession.
Many Conservatives on the right of the party argue the government's pro-growth initiatives are inadequate and that changes to the labour market, tax cuts and other "supply side" measures needed to boost competitiveness are being held back by the Lib Dems.
The five MPs - who are all members of the Free Enterprise Group of Tory MPs - say the UK needs to reward a culture of "graft, risk and effort" if it is to compete with fast-growing nations.
"Britain will never be as big as China and Brazil but we can look forward to a new generation, ready to get to work," they argue in excerpts of the book published in the Evening Standard.
"If we are to take advantage of these opportunities, we must get on the side of the responsible, the hardworking and the brave.
"We must stop bailing out the reckless, avoiding all risk and rewarding laziness."
The UK, they argue, is being held back by an excessive public sector, substantial public sector pension liabilities and a welfare system which does not provide sufficient incentives to work.
(more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19300051)
Conservatives and the right have been failing to better society in any way for a long long time...does anyone really need another free market-loving book by self-important windbags?
British workers are "among the worst idlers in the world", a group of Conservative MPs have claimed.
The UK "rewards laziness", does not encourage risk-taking and must strive to emulate the work ethic and low-tax culture in parts of Asia, the five MPs argue in a book due out next month.
The authors include Elizabeth Truss and Dominic Raab, both tipped to be promoted in a future reshuffle.
"Too many people in Britain prefer a lie-in to hard work," they argue.
The other contributors to Britannia Unchained are Priti Patel, Chris Skidmore and Kwasi Kwarteng, influential members of the "class of 2010" - MPs elected to Parliament at the last election.
Unions described their comments as "ridiculous" and said the most serious challenge facing the economy was a "severe lack of jobs".
'Rewarding laziness'
The MPs' arguments will intensify the debate in the coalition government about how to reverse the slide in the economy, which has seen the UK slip into a double dip recession.
Many Conservatives on the right of the party argue the government's pro-growth initiatives are inadequate and that changes to the labour market, tax cuts and other "supply side" measures needed to boost competitiveness are being held back by the Lib Dems.
The five MPs - who are all members of the Free Enterprise Group of Tory MPs - say the UK needs to reward a culture of "graft, risk and effort" if it is to compete with fast-growing nations.
"Britain will never be as big as China and Brazil but we can look forward to a new generation, ready to get to work," they argue in excerpts of the book published in the Evening Standard.
"If we are to take advantage of these opportunities, we must get on the side of the responsible, the hardworking and the brave.
"We must stop bailing out the reckless, avoiding all risk and rewarding laziness."
The UK, they argue, is being held back by an excessive public sector, substantial public sector pension liabilities and a welfare system which does not provide sufficient incentives to work.
(more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19300051)