Owned: Scrounging skinflint Tory Nigel Adams gets what he deserves
Nigel Adams: He only recently resigned as a government minister so there’s not much he can do in recompense for this goof.
Labour has announced that, the next time the party is voted into office, it will extend the adult living wage to cover people aged 16 and 17. That means it will be £10 per hour.
This didn’t go down well with Nigel Adams, the Conservative MP for Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire, whose political career (so far) has been conspicuously inconspicuous. He was a Wales Office minister and a government whip, but resigned over Theresa May’s Brexit talks with Theresa May.
“Why not throw in a free iPad and free Spotify subscription?” he sneered on Twitter.
Why not indeed?
After all, as Rob Thompson made perfectly clear – with an illustration: “You bought a keypad for £169 and then made US BLOODY PAY FOR IT!”
Yes indeed. It was all in the expenses account. He charged the taxpayer for that so, if Labour did thrown in a free iPad and Spotify subscription, he wouldn’t have a leg to stand on if he opposed it.
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Labour isn’t planning to throw in a free iPad and Spotify subscription, to the best of This Writer’s knowledge.
So when the legislation comes around to extend the living wage to £10 per hour for everyone aged 16 onwards, it’s good to know Mr Adams will support it. Right?
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“Why not throw in a free iPad and free Spotify subscription?” he sneered on Twitter.
I suppose the obvious retort to his query is that there would be no need because they would be able to afford to buy their own or maybe they’ll start saving for the deposit on a house of their own. Whatever they decide to do with their earnings will be their choice. You would have thought that a Tory, of all people, would have understood this basic principle.
It’s not fair that youngsters doing the same job as adults don’t get the same pay. My partner’s daughter worked for a well known chain of card shops when she was 16 and still at school. The manager kept trying to make her and the other 16/17 year olds do longer shifts than legally allowed, she was opening up the shop, cashing up the till, locking up, all the responsible stuff. In the Christmas holidays they weren’t allowed time off, they were forced to do more hours than contracted, and the older woman with kids who wanted more hours was ignored as she was more expensive. Seemed to me like exploitation.
If there is no minimum wage for under 18s then there is no minimum wage, because if any can be paid below a minimum then no minimum exists. And to those on minimum wage who won’t get paid any higher it’s also the maximum wage.