Senior Labour candidate criticised for laughing at Nick Ferrari's line of questioning | LBC

[@Liam-uh3pr]

She’s a white Diane Abbott

[@nuttysquirrel8574]

Nope, she's not as bright as abbott!!!

[@Liam-uh3pr]

nutty squirrel 😂

[@stretchmorgan]

@@Liam-uh3pr Interesting comments.

[@1jimmy534]

nutty squirrel that has got to be the best insult ever.

[@derekmatthew2921]

She’s not laughing now this is one of the clowns who were nearly running the country what a lucky escape Britain had

[@mrsrosebank]

DEAD BRAIN !

[@AaaAAA-jv6ds]

@@mrsrosebank no brain

[@Mogwai-ug9op]

This comment hasn't aged well.

[@brianrodney712]

@Mrs. Edna Welthorpe What a shame, considering all the hours she had practiced the glottal stop to give herself some street-credibility.

[@utrapzab]

David Johnson shes looking for her other shoe

[@carl7221]

I enjoyed listening to this even more knowing she lost her seat. Who's laughing now?

[@Mktgaming2023]

Carl I’m doing the same thing right now, haha haha!

[@peterholden9357]

Not people on minimum wage

[@Replevideo]

Carl, that's beside the point. The truth is that what she is saying is right. All the evidence from around the world as well as the UK, is that a higher minimum wage creates more jobs. That's because the people who get it spend all their money every month, and that increases sales and the number of people needed to service those sales.

[@georgewalsh237]

Replevideo I’m not sure that is entirely true, because although sales may increase, shops may then also increase the price of their goods, due to the high level of demand. Also, with an increased minimum wage, this could damage many small businesses and force them to let go off staff. I understand your point, but there’s no guarantee that what you have said will happen, which is why many people like myself would oppose increasing minimum wage

[@carl7221]

@@peterholden9357 Who didn't vote for her.

[@noiseythunder9151]

Congratulations to Laura Pidcock for loosing Labour a strong hold seat! Richard Holden - Conservative Party - 19,990 Laura Pidcock - Labour Party - 18,846

[@millwallholdings]

Argh yeah but the people did not know what they voted for COUGH

[@dpurcell5]

@@millwallholdings Yes, but for goodness' sake, she definitely won the argument. ( Didn't she?)

[@noiseythunder9151]

@Benjamin Playford Lets not be hasty now. We've not seen the Johnson government over the long term yet. I have to admit though, this was poor representation for Labour.

[@katerinafitzridley3992]

She should be renamed to Laura Pillock

[@JD-vb8ov]

No wonder she lost her seat if she cant give a valid argument. She can't answer a question she just laughs and says that's ridiculous. She didn't even know how many workers were involved. I'm not saying the tories are any better. We just have a very poor calibre of people wanting to run the country.

[@Ronsta229]

When she says "pay has stagnated for years", she clearly doesn't include MP's in that statement.

She is fighting for supermarket workeres pay,not her own.

[@kevinlongman007]

@ well she is not an MP anymore as she lost her seat in December.

[@pablohanc]

It's irrelevant to the point whether mps pay goes up or not. Are we now saying mps (or former mps) can't pass comment on low pay? Whats the point of them if they arent going to discuss such things.

[@pablohanc]

@Paul Buskie the mp being interviewed didn't become an mp until 2017. Are you really laying the mistakes of Blair at her feet. She was also a very vocal supporter of corbyn, so it's doubtful she would have been someone Blair would have been happy to see either in the labour party or parliament. I repeat, what's the point of mps if they arent even going to pass comment on low pay?

[@tcsl7764]

yes,becuase the rich are allowed to be paid more, thats ok. the poor are not.

[@E171955]

Bet she’s not laughing now after Thursday’s results!

[@DFandV]

Nor will the country

[@southpakrules]

@@DFandV The country will. YOU will not though.

[@DFandV]

@meder Once it is wrecked you will see.

[@colinosborne3877]

@@DFandV That's silly isn't it? The Tories have been in power for much more of the time, yet we are still one of the greatest countries to live in.

[@Frserthegreenengine]

@@DFandV the country would have been wrecked faster under the likes Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Emily Thornberry and Diane Abbott, all of whom are dyslexic in economics and maths. And even then, your average dyslexic person would have better knowledge with maths and would have greater economic sense than these shmucks

[@cymruisrael]

Since when is a 32 year-old who has only been in the Commons since June 2017 a "senior Labour politician"?

[@MrOzzy281]

She was a labour party MP, an MP is a senior position.

[@55tamcam]

When you look at the standard of the people in the Labour party it is easy to understand. When their minister for education has no qualifications from school , that should answer your question.

[@jamesblackwell2067]

she was probly only there to tick the "female" gender box in the first place

[@nakkadu]

@@MrOzzy281 the question was about whether she was a senior politician....not if she's in a senior position.

[@MrOzzy281]

@@nakkadu Nick was referring to her role as senior, not her age.

[@kelsohunt460]

Who is this muppet? Why is she getting air time?

[@garsm2290]

If there is a minimum wage, then wages can't be depressed beyond that. Farrari would have to pay his cleaner ten quid an hour, hardly too much given the fortune he gets from LBC.

[@psychominded3243]

@@garsm2290 to cover the cost of this would mean all prices going up to cover it. So while we get a tenna an hour, everything is costing more in the shops... So effectively, be no better off...

[@Si_Mondo]

@@garsm2290 Ferrari's cleaner, if he has one, would probably be a self employed lone trader. They aren't bound by the minimum wage rule. If my assumption about this hyperthetical cleaner is correct, your argument is irrelevant.

[@Si_Mondo]

@@garsm2290 Also; what Nightmare said.....

[@psychominded3243]

@@mrfedupable not going to give anymore than that? At least challenge what I said with something...

[@garethdavies3123]

She wouldn't even shake hands with the victorious candidate when she lost her seat. Total lack of class.

[@colinwhyte1526]

She previously stated that she couldn't be friends with a Tory, thought she'd need all the friends she could now she's out of a job.

[@Mark_T]

I thought she did shake hands in the video? I was surprised tbh

[@nickcud3310]

Bad looooooossser

[@robertsimkin3949]

She's as thick as a plank

[@nakkadu]

I think you mean "turtle lack of class"

[@suttercane6]

Laura Pillock is one of Labour's thickest MPs. Quite a feat!

[@nuttysquirrel8574]

Allegedly she has a MSc in Disaster Management - let's see how she manages the disaster of being the first labour MP to lose North West Durham since it's creation in 1950. Congrats to laura pillock, well done; couldn't happen to a nicer twatette.

[@helenantrichan3987]

Lives up to her name then....

[@darengardner6219]

Wrong . Ex MP .

[@EugVR6]

I'd still say Abbott the hut takes that title and Rayner is a close 2nd.

[@valansley]

ABBOTT has to be Nunero Uno

[@harryrambler]

We need to raise the level of the minimum brain.

[@lucavandresh9788]

Completely agree after reading the comments under this video

[@allen921]

Comment of the day.

[@annemcniell6956]

First sensible thing ever said on here 😊👍

[@andrewray9200]

its too late im afraid, global warming, and too many mixed breeding reduces the capacity of human cerebrum. The decay starts at the top, for example, traitor politicians who ignore a democratic vote

[@yipyee1809]

Pingu Wetone I could say the same for you too...

[@johnbeck5795]

This interview, along with others, demonstrating such attitude, have lost her that seat in parliament - no longer an MP.

[@alim3611]

Their arrogance and aloofness lost them their seats ...rightfully so

[@johnbeck5795]

@@alim3611 Lets wait to see if she matures, learns to debate in a professional manner, then perhaps she can stand at the next GE.

[@albertmarsh4934]

John Beck as a American citizen here what does MP mean in your country I read it all the time but have never understood exactly what the initials meant can you tell me

[@jordiejonny]

@@albertmarsh4934 member of parliament

[@albertmarsh4934]

@@jordiejonny thank you much merry Christmas

[@ronaldwood9247]

She isn't laughing now. 😂

[@garycochrane893]

She's on minimum wage now or benefits with her work record i.e unemployable

[@garymcteer7620]

Yes Ronald, she stormed off the podium when the result was announced. An arrogant waste of space with a putty on Northern accent.

[@mrsrosebank]

@@garymcteer7620 Disagree Its you feeble minded Wiggs that are a waste of space. English man !

[@alucard7218]

@@mrsrosebank wow throw a little tanty diddums lol. You say Englsh man like it's bad lol. Ffs SMH...

[@petertherealist7089]

Bet you arent either 2 yrs on oh the irony , hows your sunlit uplands

[@gwenstone8171]

Is that the standard of many labour candidates? We are in a state aren’t we? She needs to go back to school and learn how to debate. I’ve heard better from 14 year olds.

[@stretchmorgan]

Remind me how many companies Johnson & Patel have run?

[@angusgow1887]

In her world uummm is a valid point

[@deeestuary]

She was one of the better ones, tipped as a future leader. That is how low Labour have sunk.

[@stoptheworldiwannagetoff4780]

@@stretchmorgan Johnson and Patel aren't telling people how to run their business/finance. See the difference?

[@michaellamont2605]

Schools are run by socialists. That's where she got it from

[@Anti_Woke]

Soul-successor to Corbyn and touted as future Labour leader or similar. 9 days after this she was sacked by the electorate and is now unemployed. Hahahahahaha

[@Johnnytightfit]

I don't think our MP's are worth £70.000 per year

[@imaginger2475]

johnnytightfit £70.000 per year is just an mp's basic it is £120.000 if they become a minister, and on top of the HUGE wage they can claim expesnses for alsorts of things that regular people would have to pay for from thier own pocket how many mp's have you heard calling for scrapping expenses? there is no reason for them to get such perks 'NONE!

[@jackflash743]

I don't think they are worth 2 Bob

[@petergordon4525]

Pidcock certainly isn't.

[@barriejackson3294]

Well, if you divide £70,000 between the 650 of them, that would mean they got about £107 each, so that would be ok, I think?

[@antonyhay9066]

yes pay them minimum rate i am sure they will flocking to join up

[@richcurtis813]

Debating skills of a 15 yr old. The laughing is just to cover her lack of knowledge. Embarrassing.

[@gumusluk05]

Can you imagine Tony Benn or John Smith acting this way. No classy politicians nowadays

[@gumusluk05]

@Phil The Messer i live in the real world. It will cost jobs

[@gumusluk05]

@@mrfedupable nicks a great radio host !!!

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

@@gumusluk05 But definitely a Tory. That's what makes him great in your eyes.

[@MrMartibobs]

@@gumusluk05 I bet he's mastered the use of the apostrophe as well.

[@stuartsteel1]

They spend so much time and energy trying to square the hole its embarrassing.

[@noonrich336]

I cant find her acceptance speech anywhere 😂😂

[@Falco45able]

He who laughs last, karma is a wonderful thing😂

[@andymoss2490]

Cloud cuckoo land endlessly generous with other peoples money.

[@iangraham4510]

Yet all the companies mentioned have employees in receipt of various benefits, just to keep a rood over their heads, food on their tables and heat in their homes. Is it right that the wage bill is publicly subsidised, while profits are protected offshore?

[@SoundAssault]

@@iangraham4510 maybe you're right... maybe we shouldn't be giving those workers benefits...

[@iangraham4510]

@@SoundAssault so as long as the companies keep making profits, sod the workers, eh? The businesses that employ them don't have to pay them enough to live off and the state's safety net needn't be there?

[@christophersargent6385]

Ian Graham . The tax payer is subsidising these companies, and I bet they are not paying enough tax. Make them pay a proper wage to their and close the tax loopholes they are using.

[@davidc4571]

That moment when you realise that shutting someone down by laughing at them doesn't work as well on the radio as it did in the student union bar!

[@garsm2290]

Ferrari doesn't want to pay ten quid an hour to whoever cleans his mansion.

[@johnlawrence2757]

Tywin Lannister what a revolting comment! No wonder you hide behind anonymity

[@chrisg7121]

She's laughing because she knows they couldn't close so basically they would bully all companies

[@Roisinblacm]

10 pound minimum is crazy, here in Ireland which is one of the most expensive places to live it's not that big

[@geoffgane4861]

David C the student union bar - also known as a Communist Party Congress.

[@kreigrastalovich2577]

I was expecting Jess Phillips laughing about men's issues again.

[@motleycrewer]

I bet shes not laughing now

[@Wolves1963]

I will vote for her providing she changes her surname by deed poll to Pillock.

[@streamsofconsciousness8651]

She laughed at his line of questioning because it was laughable. Setting a minimum wage is not "telling people how to run their business". You don't need to have run a business to understand that employers should pay a living wage to their employees. All businesses are able to run exactly as they wish to within the law.

[@LabTech41]

Actually, setting a minimum wage IS telling a business owner how to run their business, because labor is the biggest chunk of a company's operating costs, unless it's in production or manufacturing and materials costs have to be taken into account. Raising the minimum wage means that the chunk of the costs grows bigger, and in an economy where businesses are struggling due to politicians mismanagement of the economy, that chunk could be enough to sink the entire company, and then everyone's out of a job. Businesses are under enormous pressure to comply with all manner of regulations and stipulations that only make sense in a government office and are really counterproductive and often irrelevant to the facts on the ground. That mostly applies to small businesses, because the big ones can afford to offset things more easily, but the bigger they are, the less they're allowed to fail, so if Tesco were to go belly up, chances are the government would have to bail them out, which means the taxpayer would be bailing them out, same as all the big corporations were bailed out in the crashes of 2008. Why do you think that every business that could has invested into automation? It's because every employee they don't have to pay minimum wage to is technically a sound investment, because now all you have to deal with is the sunk cost of installing it, and the operating/maintaining costs. It's already a proven fact beyond question that every state in the US that voted to substantially raise the minimum wage has also seen more unemployment due to automation and positions being phased out. I guess that means the people that manage to keep their jobs are okay, but it's small comfort to those who are laid off.

[@streamsofconsciousness8651]

@@LabTech41 if a business is unable to pay a living wage to its employees then the business isn’t viable and has failed.

[@LabTech41]

@@streamsofconsciousness8651 Not every job can or is even intended to provide a living wage. It's NEVER worked that way, period; and if it did the entire financial/economic system would collapse. Minimum wage jobs are typically jobs that are very low skilled, and thus the market prices the value of that labor the least, hence the fact that it pays the least the law will allow. It's never been the case that a person is meant to buoy themselves financially for life off of such a job; the only time such work paid well enough to get by on was back when women weren't part of the workforce in significant numbers and thus labor across the board was more valuable. Minimum wage jobs are primarily meant to be filled by young workers who are just starting in the labor market, and use the money to help fund their higher education in order to acquire the skills they can then parley into the jobs that actually DO pay them a living wage. Minimum wage jobs are like the training wheels on a bike; the whole point is that once you've figured out how to ride, you take them off and move on.

[@streamsofconsciousness8651]

@@LabTech41 I love how people type out the word “period” and think it indicates that they’ve just said an incontrovertible truth that cannot be argued against. It’s not part of a discussion, it’s an attempt to shut down discussion. Yes, I realise that businesses have, for a very long time, existed on the back of labour exploitation by failing to pay a living wage. That doesn’t mean that it’s a reasonable way of doing business, or that it should continue that way and cannot be changed. The old cliche that minimum wage jobs are for young people to get a step on the employment ladder is as tired as I am of hearing it. Minimum wage jobs exist throughout society and at all age levels and are often essential jobs that are just undervalued. Yes, they should be paid a living wage too.

[@alansouthall8221]

And now we have hardly any manned isles in major supermarkets. Macdonald's in the US now has no serving staff in many restaurants. When you raise the price of something (in this case the cost of labour) it reduces demand. Minimum wage hurts the poorest, the low skilled, the young and the disabled hardest of all. It should be abolished

[@nasskhan4543]

Same old thing "Acting like a 9 year old arguing when its time to go to bed"

[@jimseltzer2002]

She sounds empty headed.Makes a trendy point of not pronouncing t when it suits her. Great next leader material. Fabulous world knowledge.

[@ryanx3584]

How was she ever a senior labour figure? Shocking.

[@1986verity]

she's not laughing now!! whining actually,,

[@mikeford1273]

They love spending other peoples money! No experience of business,! Venezuela here we come!! This woman is a clown!

[@saberint]

@Mike Ford what do you mean a country run by a gov who has had the opposition leaders killed or imprisoned? The UK is not yet Venezuela or Russia... even if we know 7 Russian oligarchs back Johnson.

[@daveruda]

Giving workers a decent wage equals venezuela? Are you born with a silver spoon in mouth or just a useful idiot for them?

[@emmanuelrobert208]

Too much listening to those bonkers sites>

[@shipwreckjs673]

Oh wow.. this was special even for labour. Basic economic throw this out the window in seconds. Bravo

[@blairrobert3438]

Which part of 10ph is undoable? Keep licking the elites boots.

[@lesbetts9895]

Another one who can't grasp that raising wages could leave to shorter working hours or job losses.For some strange reason socialist's think all companies make vast profits with no thought to smaller firms that are barely breaking even.Labour want to introduce a 4 day working week,now what i want to know will workers still be paid 40 hours or will their income drop to to 32 hours and lose 8 hours pay.

[@bettyblack2781]

L is for Labour L is for Lice Quote from Harry Enfield skit.

[@frazerduncan356]

Blair Robert, most boring insult of all time.

[@benny210169]

Big business could do £10ph but its the smaller businesses that will suffer and be destroyed leaving only the very thing Labour hates - huge corporations.

[@ianbetts4435]

These Labour candidates are so thick.

[@johnlawrence2757]

Ian Betts unlike you, eh squire????

[@lightningleaf23]

“Candidates” Ian no need for the apostrophe. The irony that you can’t grasp basic grammar but are calling people thick.

[@mattjagger4360]

Jesus. So offended and free speech ey. I'm thick. I'm not offended.

[@PeakyBlinder]

Like all labour, clueless naz zie braindeads

[@ianbetts4435]

@@lightningleaf23 I'm not applying to run the government. Did you actually listen to that woman. Plus Churchill was dyslexic.

[@brynjones7371]

She lost her seat to the conservative, 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Realroyrogers]

Pidcock lost her seat at the 2019 general election. Her successor, Richard Holden apologised for unseating her during his acceptance speech, but said she "represented a branch of the Labour Party that wasn't mainstream". It was the first time the seat had not returned a Labour MP since its creation in 1950.

[@lukedrewry6509]

Because Holden knows the damage tory governments do to the north.

[@jeffsuter344]

​@@lukedrewry6509The Tory party damages the whole country.

[@Nickle314]

Go and stand outside a super market. Demand that Tescos raise prices by 50% so they can pay their staff more. Also that the Tesco's workers pay more tax, get their benefits cut. Do you think that you will get many signatures?

[@lordlogic3190]

Nickle when you make billions in profit you can afford to pay your employees a liveable wage

[@Nickle314]

@@lordlogic3190 Really name the supermarket making billions?

[@Nickle314]

@Phil The Messer Complete lies. They made a profit of 2.08 bn. Then the state took its cut. Then the share holders, pension funds etc and people, had to pay tax on top of that So what pay cuts do you expect pensioners to take? In terms of profit margin, 2.08 bn on sales of 56.9 is 3.1%. That's what they are making on sales. And you propose they increase they labour costs by what percentage?

[@Nickle314]

@Phil The Messer So how are you going to pay your £550,000 state debt, increasing at 17.5% or are you going evade paying your fair share?

[@Nickle314]

@Phil The Messer The state doesn't have to do anything. The worker demands the subsidy. But you're clearly a socialist. Why import millions of low paid workers driving down pay? You then have to pay massive subsidies, paid by those Tesco workers in taxes, cuts to their services. But perhaps you want to rub people's noses in diversity and low wages is, well what the heck, you're on a high wage and you get cheap servants.

[@63mckenzie]

The employers will put their prices up to pay for the increased wages and therefore it will be us and not the companies that pay for it..

[@jamestodd1104]

Graham Mckenzie it will create a state of constant inflation.

[@BrianclarkChannel]

Yes they will have to put up their cost, so those very same people will be back at square one

[@dlogan3099]

How much do you get yourself?

[@63mckenzie]

@@dlogan3099 Self employed but that doesn't change anything. Not saying it's wrong to get paid more, just stating what will happen.

[@Mac-dx4rd]

Because customers will nearly always buy what’s cheapest

[@TheOffroader7458]

This is why labour must not be allowed to govern

[@Jon908584]

Labour Governments tend to get nothing done as they self destruct through internal warfare and squabbling. Corbyn's troops are already set firmly on that path and appear to be in disarray. Govern? They 've never done that.

[@pacman4568]

so what is your alternative?

[@VincentRE79]

@Jon908584 If Labour were a business it would be bankrupt at the end of it's first year.

[@justjames1111]

@@VincentRE79 So what about the longest period of UK growth, the introduction of the minimum wage which boosted the economy, a fiscal policy that worked well until the banks in the USA with their extreme right wing narrative almost brought this nation and others to financial collapse, the fact that the tories borrowed more than all the Labour Government's combined etc etc... Unfortunately, you really don't know what you're talking about, or do you believe in paying people £2/hour if you can get away with it. Imagine working for 40 hours and taking home less than £200, and then finding that your rent (due to the tories policies) is £175 and you can't afford heating and food, so you have to choose.

[@pentre21]

This is the party who don't mention or fight for the modern day slaves being paid £2.50 per hour in Leicester, a Labour run council and Labour MPs.

[@dirksmith896]

If you want to know if someone is a socialist... Talk to them about economics.. If they are clueless like this lass... Then youl find they are usually a socialist

[@naemer_dazeaff]

Higher wages, higher prices in shops = poorer poor people

[@End-Result]

No... higher wages = increased disposable income = increased demand for consumer goods & increased profits for businesses to expand

[@stejack5520]

@@End-Result sounds like you have full time employment from your statement

[@busteredwards8762]

@@End-Result higher wages (in the respect we are discussing them) do not lead to a higher level of disposable income. Every extra penny paid goes onto the price of goods (and by more than just the wage increase, an employer's national insurance costs also rise for example). It just increases the poverty threshold. It is a zero sum game that appeals to the inept and those trapped in poverty. This is precisely why tax credits and minimum wage have done nothing to reduce poverty.

[@jalalalap-akalala]

@@End-Result no the cost of paying the extra wages is passed onto the consumer, generally, companies that pay low wages work on very small margins, they simply can't afford to pay more. the cost is then passed onto the consumer through increasing the price of the products/services. its basic economics. there's no such thing as a free lunch.

[@busteredwards8762]

@@jalalalap-akalala can you actually believe that people believe these companies make massive margins and no one comes along and undercuts them to compete lol. Most companies now are lucky to actually make a 5% margin net.

[@shaunp4946]

They always talk of pay stagnation but want open boarders. Do they not see any logic in that...

[@garsm2290]

Boarders - like at Eton?

[@Aman1012]

Plonkers don't see the link.

[@gavpowell1981]

Open borders shouldn't make any difference to paying fair wages.

[@bravoalley228]

@DriftZ TwoSeven what's the connection between the two please?

[@Evanrolfe]

​@@bravoalley228 Have you heard of supply and demand?

[@paullawtable]

Someone needs to tell Corbyn how to run the labour party.

[@robertphillifent5401]

Don't you mean "....RUIN the Labour Party...?

[@benratcliffe6307]

Paul ~ I imagine the MCB are already doing this....

[@Lennythewinner]

Someone needs to tell him directly to his face to just @$!#% off.

[@paullawtable]

@@robertphillifent5401 No. He can do that all by himself.

[@williamclegg8787]

Please tell us all how YOU would run it ?

[@bbcisrubbish]

An old saying, " Labour is a wonderful theorist, until other peoples money runs out".

[@Cashback13]

Tesco's alone had a revenue of £63.9 Billion just in 2019..... please tell me the exact date that this will somehow 'Run Out' when they are still in operation?

[@philipmartin4920]

Sorry think that is turnover not profit ,Tesco does not have £63 billion to play with

[@SuperAllanjames]

An old lie actually. From 1945 to 2008 tory governments have borrowed an average £33bn* every year they've been in power. In the same period Labour borrowed an average £26bn* per year they governed. They actually repaid borrowings in four of their years. Tories have never repaid a penny. *Calculated at 2008 values.

[@SuperAllanjames]

@@philipmartin4920 tesco operating profit 2019, £2.15bn

[@duncansmith8992]

I am from Newcastle, and this individual has a fake North East accent. This is because she is the middle class accented daughter, of two middle class local councillors. That is why she says ‘pover’ee, instead of ‘poverty’. The North East accent does not have that lazy inflection. That, along with her betrayal of local people regarding Brexit, is why she got her P45. She is immensely disliked in these parts and will not stand again up here. You mark my words.

[@seanedwardfitz]

"If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists." - F.A. Hayek

[@marcdavies6915]

Excellent point.

[@soup8786]

They only paid 195 million in corporation tax? They have shareholders taking out more in dividends

[@ASLEFshrugged]

If F. A. Hayek had to work a zero hours contract for minimum wage and rely on a food bank to feed his family he might have had a different opinion

[@mesh01550]

Funny quote you’re using and you’re a libertarian. I wonder how Chile and Argentina are doing with their currency crisis under neoliberalism?

[@marascomedywig5350]

Andrew Balletto Life is easy if you make the right choices When you make the wrong choices it becomes difficult

[@JRHartley.]

It's like listening to a child. Embarrassing that she's an MP.

[@SafetyProMalta]

A lot of them are like that. Dumbing down of parliament since the 70's

[@chrisneedham5803]

MP...... Muppet person?

[@malcolmrowe5031]

She's an MP? She hasn't a basic grasp on the English language!

[@margaretgordon7481]

And yet she is correct.....

[@Mewsfinder]

Arken Hemnall Not really LABOUR are a joke VOTE BLUE

[@carrie-anneking3461]

Is it requisite that you must have the one brain cell to become a labour MP

[@guyverjay1289]

They each take turns using it

[@stevetaylor5933]

They obviously use that brain cell on time share

[@1948treetop]

One brain cell, jeez, that much?

[@robertspringett1623]

tree top and they don’t contribute to their pension

[@miketriggs2156]

carrie-anne King no they have two brain cells but the left one doesn’t get on with the right one

[@jasonkingshott2971]

Thanks Nick, this is one of the reasons why Labour will be out of it for years.

[@davidwindross7302]

thanks Nick 😂 is he your mate? 🤷‍♀️😂😂

[@petertherealist7089]

Out for 2 more yrs you plonker then in for at least 16 thanks to clowns like nik ferarri and liz truss bojo etc

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@davidwindross7302 If you laugh *really really* hard it just might constitute an argument..

[@adam_sports1983]

Pidcock was so smug and arrogant until she lost her seat.

[@london_james]

Why people listen to labour I will never understand

[@wink1eafc774]

James McNeil I will never vote for this Labour government, especially for this awfully led version of it. But people will vote for this Labour Party because they’re promising so much for free. Free broadband, free this and free that. They’re trying to bribe people for votes and if Labour win this election all the promises will never be delivered. but yet the conservatives will end up being blame for it.

[@mw01908]

I think its because they are taken in by the illusion of having everything for free from labour expecting everyone else to work and give them money so that they can continue to wallow in self pity on the dole or on low wages

[@london_james]

I wish people would understand that free is never free

[@MrPetebuster1]

deluded labour, they really haven't a clue ,its frightening

[@emmapritchard7003]

Nick I have no idea how you keep your patience, this woman is driving me completely mad

[@PianoFatso]

I started a job in payroll in 2012 and the minimum wage was £5.08 per hour. It is now £8.21 if I heard correctly. That's a 60% increase (ish) in the last 8 years. I don't call that years and years of stagnation.

[@droge192]

On behalf of all Geordies, I'm embarrassed she's one of ours...

[@kartel8844]

Pay has stagnated for years and years and years, as the lady said because of uncontrolled and mass immigration. It is simply put, the law of supply and demand. The more workers available, the lower the wages.

[@Angryhippo9117]

leon landowski And that was exactly the reason they let them all in and labour want to continue the same!

[@daveruda]

How about anti union policies? Outsourcing? Trickle down economics? Austerity? All these will have a much bigger impact than immigration. All all of them have been long standing Tory policies.

[@MrBigSeanno]

The irony of someone having such anti immigration view, if you're in fact living in the UK and your surname is in fact Landowski, then presumably someone in your family made the move over here too at some point.

[@kartel8844]

Sean, My post was intended to promote the necessity of paying working-class people a decent wage. That you confused my point with an anti-immigration stance would be surprising except for the fact that your name is Sean, if indeed that is your real name.

[@MrBigSeanno]

@@kartel8844 Well done, please do tell me what information you can gather about my from my forename, which is simply a name that my parents chose at random, I'm very curious as to what you mean by that? You say your post wasn't anti-immigration, yet you brought immigration up where nobody else did. Since the EU introduced freedom of movement, the unemployment statistics from the ONS in the UK don't support your argument in any way, shape or form unfortunately. That is if you wish to solely attribute wage stanation to supply and demand, which you appear to be doing so.

[@djscottfree2008]

No wonder the country is in a mess this woman is a plank.

[@blairrobert3438]

no you are. The wealthy horde money and bootlickers like you bend over and accept it. 10ph is not undoable.

[@cena1641]

In the words of Jethro Tull , Thick as a brick !

[@johnenochpowellmbe1294]

@@blairrobert3438 So what do you pay all the people already on £10 an hour who may be more qualified than the lower paid? Is that doable as well, or do their wages stay stagnent? Pay reflects your skill, paying non skilled workers the same as skilled workers is not only not doable, but is also just another tax grab by the government. the more you earn the more tax and NI you pay. If this was implemented, what would happen is, businesses would loose as many workers as needed to run at their desired profit margin, then incentivise the workers it kept by paying them more to cover the extra workload, this is cheaper than keeping the lower paid employees, In essence, this would increase unemployment and widen the pay gap. It's simple economics, let businesses drive wage growth, not megalomaniac politicians handing out sweets to get a vote.

[@philekiert1251]

....she’s labour, not conservative. She hasn’t been responsible for the state of country for 9 years, that was the Tories.

[@rnf1227]

@@blairrobert3438 And Corbyn isn't wealthy? And the union bosses, raking in millions from workers, arn't wealthy? Bend over and accept those FACTS.

[@greenp6]

And that ladies and gentlemen is why we have self service tills

[@alexharrison9340]

Which most people hate.

[@Havensand]

Retail staff our overworked and will be more over labour we cant keep up . We have less staff every year.

[@alanglasgowbassist]

Alex Harrison I hate them too but like em or hate em they are here to stay :-(

[@alexharrison9340]

@@alanglasgowbassist very true, & great when we robot tax Asda etc on their automation savings to redistribute to the poor & righteous

[@darrenporter1850]

I try avoid them, like to keep people in a job. Plus feels like I have to work! After a full day in the office last thing I want.

[@davidstewart8104]

In years gone Labour had some intellectual heavyweights with gravitas . How times have changed, sadly. Angela Rayner, Rebecca Long-Bailey et al are more examples of state Labour's in.

[@jeffsimon9594]

Whatever happened to Long-Forgotten?

[@stevenlawrence278]

Which no doubt, is one of the reasons Laura Pidcock lost a Labour "safe seat" in this years General Election!!

[@clivebonneywell6967]

The lacking in mps at the moment of wisdom and knowledge is frightening most of these young mps have no life knowledge have no experience in anything that relates to running a country

[@garsm2290]

As opposed to LBC presenters on 150K? If there is a minimum wage, then wages can't be depressed beyond that. Farrari would have to pay his cleaner ten quid an hour, hardly too much given the fortune he gets from LBC.

[@judgeporceddu8057]

looking and sounding _the right way_ has always been enough for nulabour..

[@philmcdonald4778]

It's rumoured she can boil an egg .. unsupervised.

[@millwallholdings]

@@garsm2290 As opposed to a Millionaire Liebore leaders wage 100k plus you mean, can you give me evidence of Ferraris wage ? A link ? I await

[@kenhanson27]

Clive Bonnywell Yes, that's right across the board.

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

the most worrying thing is she doent realise why it is relevant.......

[@mw01908]

It is above the comprehension of her tiny brain and Phils having problems too

[@JosephStealin]

Maybe the boss of ASDA should tell Corbyn how to run the Labour Party

[@karyne826]

Malcolm Harvey they’ve got something right then!

[@chele277]

I'd love Walmart telling Steptoe, I'll grab the popcorn

[@therespectedlex9794]

Malcolm Harvey But not by the American government.

[@annemcniell6956]

😂😂😂

[@Upstreamprovider]

Maybe the boss of ASDA should be strung up with piano wire?

[@adamdyer6187]

I think being on the radio has gone to her head 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 just lost her seat in 4.minutes of radio 🤣🤦🏼‍♂️

[@tbluebird1421]

"such a spurious line of questioning, asking me basic figures and facts about one of our policies, how dare you"

[@corpgov]

to be fair to her, it's akin to telling people that, unless they've managed a football club, they can't tell a manager what to do. See how far that opinion flies!

[@lukedrewry6509]

It is spurious, if you're a business and you don't pay full time people enough money to be able live then you have a failing business.

[@Paradox-gf3mw]

Listening to a Labour MP/voter explaining economics is just painful. The only experience they have is with a fisher price till and money

[@tomwilson5108]

Torys are no better. They just have a posh voice

[@ryanrpriest]

What's painful is being hungry. You don't need a background in economics to demand big employers pay their workers enough so they can eat.

[@TheConscientiousView]

MPs take an annual salary in excess of £75k. So, just throwing that out there.

[@welcome2insanity]

Nick : It would be like the boss of Asda or Tesco telling Mr.Corbyn how to run the labour party...might work actually. 😂😂

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

Unwarranted admiration of business people. Shocking how many buy that nonsense.

[@chrismaynard6016]

HAHA......Pidcockup will be signing on next Monday at her local DWP . Nice one.

[@sugma6723]

Why is she talking about tesco in regards to this? In 2018 I was getting paid £9 an hour at tesco as a 16 year old (who has a lower min wage than 18 year olds) and shops like aldi already pay £10 an hour lol.

[@brendandunne6313]

Did we pay for her education? We should ask fir the money back

[@pamholmes1174]

Or even for

[@williamkennedy5492]

being an old timer, 35 years ago another old timer told me he was always better off under the cons, now i can honestly say i agree totally with him. They just do not understand, is this the standard of MPs cant we do better than this. or those other loafers and lounge lizards that inhabit both houses, what a useless out of touch bunch they are !

[@stretchmorgan]

Yeah, we need more people like Johnson who's life we can relate to so much better.

[@edwardramm6992]

So Labour blame large companies for the cost of living when they want to raise taxes.

[@Will831100]

Yes and also bear in mind that the whole system of tax credits is not only an admission that wages are too low but also they are essentially a form of taxpayers subsidising employer wages. I certainly agree with you but something does need to change there.

[@Will831100]

@Martin Shepherd Yes I fully agree we need to stop that too but why first and not both at the same time?

[@Will831100]

@akakiashi Agreed but we should be doing both. Mass migration must stop and taxpayers certainly shouldn't be subsidising wages via tax credits because employers pay such low wages.

[@williamclegg8787]

@@Will831100 No Mention of those who are paying them cheap wages instead of a living wage because they are so greedy with their profits.

[@Will831100]

@@williamclegg8787 That's essentially the point i'm making on tax credits. Taxpayers are subsidising employer wages via tax credits for that very reason. Have you missed the point or have I misinterpreted you as i'm reading your comment as you saying i've not mentioned it?

[@itsallgood8347]

I'm on the minimum wage. Because £8.71 p/h isn't enough to live off, it doesn't exactly mean that's the problem. How about the living costs, such as property, and travel? If property then went up another 100%, does that then fall to the employer to solve?

[@rm-ni4rb]

She is laugh as she has no idea. Awkward

[@MrJevman]

Pillock was her usual condescending self on Mike Graham’s show too. How incompetent is this woman?

[@judgeporceddu8057]

being a nulabour mp as easy as filling in a form, virtue signalling while looking down on the working class while sponging off them, and being an extremist.

[@nuttysquirrel8574]

And then getting unseated!!!! woohoooo!!!!

[@jimgoodwin6294]

If Labour gets in I'm afraid we'll have to look at slimming down our company.......

[@ayyylma0]

If you can't afford to pay your staff a wage they can live on, you don't deserve to be in business, period.

[@maccagrabme]

I don't support Labour at all but at the same time there are far too many businesses relying on their staff claiming tax credits and housing benefits to subsidise poor wages. This is unacceptable as no working person should require benefits unless disabled or unable to work a normal week.

[@maccagrabme]

@@ayyylma0 Agreed but Labour got it all wrong with mass immigration and working tax credits.

[@mariogmajner6549]

@@maccagrabme Mass immigration has increased ten fold under the tories..

[@simongaughan9060]

@@ayyylma0then they wouldnt have a job?

[@kuantize]

what a simpleton

[@hmuga111]

Isn't not about if big companies can afford it, it's is small business that make up 80 - 90% of the economy can afford it.

[@karlosthejackel69]

Remember this MP went on a full rant in PMQs because she found being an MP ‘too complicated’ .

[@isobar5857]

Yeah, and they were still in poverty under Labour,...when was the last time they ever gave the pensioners a rise...errr.......let me think?

[@DFandV]

It reminds me of an SNL sketch were both Republicans and Democrats were asked "Do you still want the poor to be poor" and both replied Yes. Moral of the story is they both want them to be poor.

[@stephenbeevers2565]

There would be a lot less people in poverty if we slimmed down the number of MP's and their expenses and gave it to the poor.

[@Rich-oc8pi]

No there wouldn't, it's a drop in the ocean. MPs should only be allowed one job so they haven't got a conflict of interest.

[@AlexJacksonTempleSounds]

"years and years and years, lots and lots and lots, thousands and thousands and thousands, loads and loads and loads." The woman has nothing else to say.

[@apathyintheuk265]

Currently residing in the 'Where is she now' file.

[@bibekd]

Lets just pay everyone £50 an hour from the Labour party budget

[@millwallholdings]

Magic grandpa cares so much why don't he give the poor paid workers some of his vast wages and his minted up ting tong indoors Job done

[@BrianclarkChannel]

No that's not at all possible, as that's not someone else's money

[@daveruda]

How about Boris imaginary £350 million a week Brexit claim?

[@dlogan3099]

Do you get 8 an hour yourself?

[@baylis76]

NLC PHOTOGRAPHY how is everything ‘free’ when the policies for Fully Costed? Please elaborate

[@MrPantss]

Is the new ethos of Labour to keep saying “can you let me finish” then they ramble on and on and avoid the question....

[@canzukcommonwealth7309]

I see more automated till than actually staff so yeah increase the wage and we will get more machines instead!

[@iamtomkills]

I refuse to use auto tills... I will always use a person. Great point rust bucket !

[@gavpowell1981]

Automation is going to happen in several areas, but interestingly when Sainsburys recently tried to go one further and have a totally till-less shop, the technology didn't work properly and people preferred to use human cashiers.

[@gavpowell1981]

@@iamtomkills I'm the same, and pay-at-the-pump. I got told off in Asda one night for NOT using the robotill..by the one human checkout woman!

[@gavpowell1981]

@meder Imagine thinking the only place to get food was a supermarket...

[@scottmacdonald4230]

Is she now working in a supermarket? Maybe that's why she wanted them to pay more lol

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

This is one of the dumbest lines of questioning I have ever heard.

[@latchdoorlatch996]

Its scary how thick and so out of touch with reality these MPs are ...

[@fitnready4]

She sounded like she needs to wear a safety helmet...just for everyday tasks.

[@dreamfpv7865]

fitnready4 🤣

[@sunnyup2089]

This Labour girl should stick to her Playstation.

[@annemcniell6956]

I would say that’s a little to complicated for her 😂

[@thenomadsurvivalist4459]

Priceless 👊

[@carlhamilton8531]

How many of these MPs does the Labour party have? Totally inept and incompetent. Scary

[@PropBoyGinge]

Luckily not that many.

[@jimbowenbowen2945]

“They’ll have more money so they’ll be able to buy more goods” But those goods will be more expensive because the companies are being forced to pay more tax and higher wages. 🤷🏻‍♂️🙈🥴

[@iantaylor6538]

dont let the facts get in the way of her arguement

[@garycochrane893]

Absolutely clueless!!To the back of the dole queue with her

[@digitaldragonborn]

Top quailty candidates in all parties well worth wasting your vote.

[@walker3050]

Gobby cow!

[@snowyowel7961]

Most labour female MPs are

[@jameswoodman5467]

Reduce taxes and reduce Beauracrats, reducing the cost of Government.

[@ianmacdonald1956]

Especially the House of Lords.

[@barkerk100]

The poor woman has no inkling of how poorly she justified what could have been a serious proposition to increase the minimum wage. Unfortunately she’s clearly had little experience of making a case to anyone other than believers.

[@smiggo1481]

MAKE THE COST OF LIVING LOWER PARTICULARLY HOUSING COSTS & BBC TV LICENSE!