To put the Shell and BP profits - a combined £55.2 billion - into perspective...
To give all NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts - not just nurses - a 19% pay rise, would cost £9.8 billion.
If we weren't held back by #ToryIdeology, a #windfalltax on these profits would resolve all public sector pay disputes.
@biffvernon A Tory can only think of reform in terms of someone else paying - not them. That's it. In a nutshell. #ToryIdeology.
State of #UK summed up in one story. 😡 Twelve years of #CorporateProfits before consumers and #ToryIdeology before citizens, and here is our reality. ‘Disabled boy loses overnight NHS care because parents cannot afford heating’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/04/disabled-boy-loses-overnight-nhs-care-because-parents-cannot-afford-heating?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#uk #corporateprofits #toryideology