http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17753347 I don't think he is right. Companies should hire the candidate who puts themselves forward as the best person for the job. Where they come from should be irrelevant. A well dressed person from Eastern Europe with 10 years experience who displays professionalism, motivation and a willingness to work; or a local with a terrible attitude, scruffy appearance who gives the impression that he/she doesn't care. I know which one I would employ in any economic climate.
You present a good case Paddy, but why don't you just submit a quote for my driveway like everyone else?
You missed out the important second part of what he said, Sam. Don't pay them. "He will also attack those who "rail with outrage" at the idea of young people doing unpaid work experience." So either hire people from other countries and underpay them or hire locals and don't pay them at all. That'll end well. I wonder why he doesn't like union leaders?
Those 'work placements' are another thing I disagree with and I am one of those people who 'rail with outrage' at them. I was just commenting on the "hire locals regardless of their suitability for the job" thing.
I love the Tory fuss over a slight reduction in unemployment in the 3 months up to February. They forget the fact that seasonal Christmas work would be included in that and the fact that benefit claimants still rose.
Typical condescending ruling class ****er, generalizing that UK-born working class males are 'surly young men in hoodies'.
They didn't forget it, they just didn't mention it and exactly the same thing will happen when financial figures for the first quarter come out, everyone will have conveniently forgotten about the extra £100m+ added to the Exchequer in the last few days of the quarter because of the panic buying of fuel, it wasn't ineptitude from tory ministers like most seem to believe, it was a calculated plan to manipulate figures.
