ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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So blatant now that even the BBC are reporting it.
Brexit factor at play
The obvious question posed to Mr Bailey was about a Brexit factor here. Economists predicted that Brexit would make the trade off between inflation and growth more difficult, both because of trade barriers and labour shortages.
If forecasts of UK underperformance turn out to be true, then this would be consistent with a Brexit factor at play, making inflation more stubborn than elsewhere, and perhaps requiring interest rates to be hiked higher.
A smaller pool of workers should mean the UK labour market is now less flexible. The British Chambers of Commerce yesterday implored the government to review urgently its shortage occupation list, as hotels and restaurants turned away clients amid staff shortages.
Captain Haddock
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'Shortage occupation list' my arse!
Last year we issued over 230,000 work related visas.
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
Jan Higgins
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Just a thought.
With so many places (eg. airports) saying they can not function because of lack of staff I guess our unemployment figures are right the way down and we now need more foreign cheap labour.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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It's nothing to do with Brexit.
https://amp.dw.com/en/will-turkish-workers-ease-germanys-airport-chaos/a-62338679
It will just take a couple of post COVID years for employment to match up to employees.
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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It's nothing to do with Brexit.
No. Of course it isn't. Neither is the shortage of fruit and vegtable pickers, carers, meat processors et al.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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sure has one tit's up hasent it.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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In my time I've lived through shortages of such as bus drivers, bar staff, nurses/carers, foundry workers, textile workers, agricultural workers amongst others which has been met variously with West Indians, Aussies, Filipinos, Sikhs, Bangladeshis and Eastern Europeans by the hundreds of thousands.
Capital will always want cheap overseas labour if it can get away with it. It's always easier than paying appropriate wages or investing in training or automation or asking why the present workforce is not more productive.
Capital does not however have to provide housing, health, education, infrastructure etc.
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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The Walls are closing in maybe - a Labour administration would not seek to 're-enter the EU Single Market, customs union or free movement (of people, I guess):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62034754.
One of things it would do is "strike a new UK-wide agreement [with] the EU on veterinary standards in a bid to cut red tape for British food exporters". Sounds cool, though it raises the issues of regulatory divergence and the role of the ECJ. And I bet fish would come into it somewhere.
Mind you, 'make Brexit work' sounds a whole lot better to me than 'get Brexit done', if somewhat late in the day - 'look before you leap' and all that.
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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I understand Labour's policy here. It's a pragmatic way forward that negates Brexit as a political issue, and prevents the government using it as a means to an end for endless division. Indeed, it goes further and turns the spotlight on government to make Brexit work.
More generally, anyone who has spent any time looking at public opinion will realise that we will of course rejoin the European Union in the long term, as public opinion is split more over generational difference than political. How long it takes public opinion to shift depends on how much benefit/damage is derived from Brexit in the meantime.
Button- Location: Dover
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And on longevity, I guess.
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Button- Location: Dover
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I'm amazed that Portsmouth saw fit to build such large BCP infrastructure and found a place for it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-62052578.
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Button- Location: Dover
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I could've sworn he Got It Done yonks ago; ho-hum, never trust a politician I guess.
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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This is the narrative, Button. They've always known that Brexit won't actually provide any positive benefits - so they have to make it look like it's never quite finished.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Daughter No3 stuck in Italian airport overnight due to cancellation of Irish owned airline flight.
Blames #Brexit!
I give up!
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Is there anyone out there who still struggles to understand the extent to which they have been conned?
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Button- Location: Dover
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Not strictly Brexit I know but Natalie's recent tweet that "The EU is getting ready for its new digital borders, but we’re not. The Government needs to act now creating and supporting the border facilities needed to get ready on time" reminded me so much of the previous catchphrase "Ready on Day One". And we know how well that panned out.
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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Button wrote:Not strictly Brexit I know but Natalie's recent tweet that "The EU is getting ready for its new digital borders, but we’re not. The Government needs to act now creating and supporting the border facilities needed to get ready on time" reminded me so much of the previous catchphrase "Ready on Day One". And we know how well that panned out.
I was surprised with her directness. Feels like this government is not far off falling apart.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Neil Moors wrote:I was surprised with her directness. Feels like this government is not far off falling apart.
I think it has already fallen apart and is now only hanging on by the thinnest thread.
As for Natalie I no longer really care what she says, she no longer has any clout in Westminster since Boris has lost power.
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Button- Location: Dover
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Neil Moors wrote:I was surprised with her directness. Feels like this government is not far off falling apart.
Me too - including her comments on people smuggling and the Truss/Macron meeting.
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