If workers’ rights are ‘a bit French’, as the Tories suggest, then vive la révolution | Heather Stewart

Economics, Employment law, Labour, General election 2024, Angela Rayner, Politics, Conservatives, Workers’ rights, Gig economy, Business, Zero-hours contracts Business | The Guardian

​A Conservative campaign video mocks Angela Rayner for wanting a European model of employment. But it’s just what British workers needTo the stirring strains of the Marseillaise, a monochrome Angela Rayner reels off her plans for workers’ rights, as a red beret and a Gallic moustache jiggle around her head. “Angela Rayner’s Britain?” demands the title, alongside a tiny tricolour.Tory messaging has become ever more bizarre as this gaffe-strewn campaign lurches towards a close, but Thursday’s example, warning that Labour may make the UK’s labour market un peu French, hit new heights of weirdness. Continue reading… 

A Conservative campaign video mocks Angela Rayner for wanting a European model of employment. But it’s just what British workers need

To the stirring strains of the Marseillaise, a monochrome Angela Rayner reels off her plans for workers’ rights, as a red beret and a Gallic moustache jiggle around her head. “Angela Rayner’s Britain?” demands the title, alongside a tiny tricolour.

Tory messaging has become ever more bizarre as this gaffe-strewn campaign lurches towards a close, but Thursday’s example, warning that Labour may make the UK’s labour market un peu French, hit new heights of weirdness.

Continue reading… 

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