Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Chris Heaton-Harris appears to want to adopt a ‘pick and mix’ approach where he can intervene to direct policy when it suits him on some issues, but then claim no powers to intervene when it comes to improving workers’ pay.
The reality is that he is using these brutal budgets as a weapon to corral the political parties back into government. That amounts to a policy of collective punishment of workers and the most vulnerable and will never be acceptable. - SIPTU regional organiser Niall McNally.
Chris Heaton-Harris appears to want to adopt a ‘pick and mix’ approach where he can intervene to direct policy when it suits him on some issues, but then claim no powers to intervene when it comes to improving workers’ pay.
The reality is that he is using these brutal budgets as a weapon to corral the political parties back into government. That amounts to a policy of collective punishment of workers and the most vulnerable and will never be acceptable. - SIPTU regional organiser Niall McNally.
