A waste of life

The way this country is going, young people will be fighting the immigrants for their Deliveroo/Just Eat jobs soon. Or just go on the rock 'n' roll.

It's really tough out there now and I'm glad I'm out of it. I left school at the time of Maggie's Millions (I am a one in ten, etc, etc) and it was nowhere near as tough and competitive as it is now. Even with only a handful of O Levels I walked into a reasonable job. May seem like there's jobs out there now, but there's a higher percentage of low skill, service industry jobs. Good jobs with prospects and liveable wage are dwindling and competition for the few that exist is fierce.

Had to laugh recently. Was sitting in a pub one early evening and a pleasant, smart young lady walked in and asked the LL if he has any jobs going. He said possibly, but can you drop your CV in. CV?? For casual bar work?? Jeez!
And because of this, many companies are making prospective employees jump through hoops as part of the recruitment process, often for relatively low level basic positions.

As for jobs like casual bar work, as I touched on earlier, this is becoming increasingly difficult for employers (that do stuff by the book) to offer due to increased legislation. No, we don't want to return to an era where workers were widely exploited, however there's a real danger that in seeking parity for everyone, legislation is having an increasingly detrimental effect on so-called casual employment opportunities.

Re the BIB, I'm mid 50s and just hoping I can see my working career through now without any hurdles.
 
If you think we're saying the gimmigrants are screwing up the economy you show how wide of the mark you are. Blame lies squarely with the politicians - especially the trots we have and their likely replacements (Burnham). The dummy in no. 10 thinks she can save the economy by ever increasing taxes. And you presumably go along with this. If you want proof of their incompetence see how much more of an idiot premium The UK pays to borrow money, compared to EU, US, etc.

Immigrants are definitely guilty of being a massive cost to hard working taxpayers and bring massive damage to the social fabric of The UK, Europe, etc. But the government is the spanner in the works of UK economy.


So why do you think the RW struggle to make more than a couple of posts without getting back to immigrants and immigration?
 
There is no chance the student loans will ever be paid off, they may as well scrap them - remove all the extortionate interest that has built up and allow students - or Mum and Dad to pay off the original loans in full.
The percentage of unpaid loans is now high enough to mean that it would be cheaper not to have tuition fees in the first place...
But it was political ideology to encourage more to go to University (often when previously not needed), and treat education as a business...

The interest rates and the way the conditions are altered are more like the payday loan companies!
Of course the rich can pay up front, so it maintains the social divide...

So how come many of our European neighbours manage to make sure that their kids aren't saddled with a debt for life?

Because they follow a social model that the UK rejected!

And many European countries invest in all sorts of policies to help youngsters who don't go to University...

Hence 'neet' percentages can be lower than in the UK...

But what has to also be noted is those percentages are rising across most of the western world !
 
Agree. A lot of the content being produced by 'amateurs' is far more interesting than mainstream TV. I watch more YT than TV these days. TV companies need to up their game or continuously shed viewers.
What I love about YT is the way I can tailor my viewing to whatever I want to watch at any given time. e.g. I might watch a guy painting a door, then watch someone reviewing a car, then watch someone trying to revive a truck that hasn't moved for 30 years, then watch a lady trying on bikinis, then ... oops ... please ignore the last example :)

Jokes aside, yes lots of great varied content.
 
I wish there was an option to mix things up a bit more on YouTube. I watch on a Google TV dongle plugged into my ancient TV. It's very good at giving you more of what you've already watched. It needs a control to reduce how much it bases its recommendations on what you've already watched. Or perhaps a separate section that just lists random nonsense that others are watching.
 
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