Nick Ferrari slams Labour's Laura Pidcock for laughing when asked about job losses
NICK FERRARI criticised Labour Party candidate Laura Pidcock for laughing when being asked about the job losses her party's policies could cause.
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When the Labour Party announced their Workers' Manifesto, Jeremy Corbyn dennounced what he called the UK’s five worst employers - Amazon, Uber, Asda, Sports Direct and ISS. Ms Pidcock was explaining Labour's plan to ban zero-hours contracts and introduce a £10 minimum wage for all employees. The clash between Mr Ferrari and the Labour candidate happened during an interview on LBC.
The LBC host said: "Of the five companies that Mr Corbyn mentioned yesterday, Asda, Amazon, Sports Direct, Uber and the cleaning company ISS.
"You’re aware of how many people they employ, are you?"
Ms Pidcock replied: "What I am a bit worried about is why you’re not concerned."
Mr Ferrari replied: "Well no, I am just going through numbers.
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"Are you aware of how many people they employ?
"It is 250,000 people that they employ
"Do you know how much they paid in corporation tax?
"It’s £195million.
"Now respectfully, how many companies has Mr Corbyn set up or run?
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"How many companies have you set up and run?"
The Labour candidate then burst into laughter and said: "This is so ridiculous"
Mr Ferrari asked: "Why?"
Ms Pidcock responded: "I’ll tell you why it is ridiculous, because we, of course, want business to remain in the UK.
"We obviously want them to do well but at the moment their workers cannot live a good life on the wages that are paid to them."
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Later in the interview, the LBC host concluded: "Lastly not only will Labour seek to run the country, you’ll also be effectively running all the supermarkets because you’re telling them what to pay."
The Labour candidate burst into laughter again before replying: "Honestly, this is quite hilarious."
Mr Ferrari said: "Why is it funny because people's jobs could be on the line?
"I don’t see why that is funny."