100 Compamnies Sign Letter Supporting The Conservatives

[Gromit]

The Daily Torygraph have put together a letter which they have pursauded 100 companies to sign...

// Dear Sirs,
We run some of the leading businesses in the UK. We believe this Conservative-led Government has been good for business and has pursued policies which have supported investment and job creation.

David Cameron and George Osborne’s flagship policy of progressively lowering Corporation Tax to 20% has been very important in showing the UK is open for business. It has been a key part of their economic plan.

The result is that Britain grew faster than any other major economy last year and businesses like ours have created over 1.85m new jobs.

We believe a change in course will threaten jobs and deter investment. This would send a negative message about Britain and put the recovery at risk. //

A ringing endorsement. If you were going to vote Labour, would this change your mind?

[dave50]

I don't think the Labour party have any understanding how business works or how wealth is created that pays for their beloved 'public services'

[dannyk13]

How many labour supporters read the Telegraph?

[Gromit]

Dave50

From 1997 to 2008 British business was booming. The CBI was falling over itself to chummy up to Blair.
but that was a different Labour.

[DTCwordfan]

Gromit - it is April Fool's Day......

[Deskdiary]

I'm intrigued - how do you know the letter was "put together" by the Telegraph and the signatories had to be "persuaded"?

If this were the case, I'd be extremely surprised if the Guardian didn't bring this to our attention, but they have not!

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/01/over-100-business-leaders-back-tories-change-in-course-risk-uk-economy

I find it a little difficult to believe that business leaders would need to be persuaded to sign the letter.

As far as the question is concerned....if I were going to vote labour I don't think it would change my mind for the simple reason if I were going to vote Labour the economy wouldn't have been a consideration of mine in the first place. If it were a consideration, then I wouldn't have been voting Labour.

[TWR]

All letters signed under threat by Zero Hours Workforce.

[mikey4444]

" Big business support the Tories"

Well....you could have knocked me down with a feather ! Who could have predicted that !

Tomorrows shock headline ..." Tories support a return to Hunting with Dogs "

[TWR]

They already do that Mickey.

[mikey4444]

If dave does get another term in Number Ten, he is committed to bring forth a referendum on Britain's continuing membership of the EU.

But the CBI is against Britain leaving, as is the Tory Party, the Labour Party, and the LibDems.

So perhaps big business had better be careful about what they wish for, as it might come back and bite them in the b u m.

[Old_Geezer]

Of course they support paying lower taxes so the shareholders get bigger dividends, and leaving the public to make up the difference. What else would you expect them to say ? They always prioritise return for owners and see staff as mere resouce rather than an equal stakeholder. The right thing to do would be to vote for whoever pledged to distribute the created wealth to benefit the whole community most rather than line the pockets of the rich, powerful, and uncaring.

[mikey4444]

OG has made a powerful point.

How many of these 100 Companies are paying their workers minimum wage ?
How many of them are employing people on restrictive zero hours contracts ?
How many of them have contributed to Tory Party funds, thus trying to ensure that the Tories win ?

[naomi24]

OG, //They always prioritise return for owners and see staff as mere resouce rather than an equal stakeholder.//

Why should staff be viewed as equal stakeholders? They’re not. Staff are are paid for the work they do. Shareholders help build companies and hence to create jobs by investing – and risking - their own money. They are entitled to a return on it.

[Gromit]

I am sure as we speak, there are researchers looking at each of the companies who are named on the letter to check their 'record'.

Phillip Greene who is a signatory has long been targeted for paying very little tax due to clever tax avoidance schemes.

[youngmafbog]

Ohhh Naomi, you have stepped on the left wing communist mantra there !

[mikey4444]

Naomi....OG is right, at least about some companies. Some companies don't even see the need to pay very much in taxes. At the same time, we see the big bosses and the Boards rewarding themselves with huge salaries, at the same time as paying their workers as little as possible.

[youngmafbog]

If it is so easy Mickey, why dont you form a company that pays the workers well?

As for zero hours contracts, may I direct you back to the post down below pointing out the hypocrisy of labour MP's with regard to this topic?

People in glass houses ?

[naomi24]

Mikey, OG is not right – and he’s not right for the reasons I’ve given. What companies pay their employees is not the issue, neither is the tax they pay, nor the directors’ salaries or bonuses. The simple fact is employees are not stakeholders – they are employees and they are paid a wage that they have agreed to accept to do a job.

[mikey4444]

Naomi....OG and I are not wrong, and it is something you are just going to have to put up with once in a while !

[naomi24]

Mikey, spiteful little personal digs mean nothing. Tell me why you think you're not wrong.

[Old_Geezer]

Shareholders just money suppliers, in the hope of profit; the workers are the company, their whole working life is around the organisation they are part of. Clearly they are not equal stakeholders but the main ones.