Question Time & This Week

Did they need a Comedian on the panel.
I think Kane's been very good. His words about his family are very much the things I hear when I talk to people from 'Vote Leave' areas.
 
Finding a way to doing something about cheap labour, improving labour conditions and providing a level playing field would go a long way for people to accept freedom of movement and pave the way for the UK to keep acces to the single market. This is probably the key to sorting Britains future out. This has to be the priority of the next government.
 
Melanie going for Gove. Now there's a surprise. Daily Mail will be pleased.
 
Finding a way to doing something about cheap labour, improving labour conditions and providing a level playing field would go a long way for people to accept freedom of movement and pave the way for the UK to keep acces to the single market. This is probably the key to sorting Britains future out. This has to be the priority of the next government.
They've tried to address it through minimu then living wage? Not sure an economic slowdown is the best way to promote real wage growth tbh.
 
They've tried to address it through minimu then living wage? Not sure an economic slowdown is the best way to promote real wage growth tbh.

The minimum wage in the UK is a joke and the labour conditions of many professions are at the level of those of a 3rd world country. Ironically, had the wages or conditions been at the same level as countries like Germany or the Netherlands, then there would be far less resentment of Westminster or Brussels. So again I can only conclude the EU is not to blame, successive British governments are.
 
Yeah, she's credible and no-nonsense. Is Kane really a comedian? Seems more like a coked up bouncy Only Way is Essex extra.
Not really sure where you're getting that from, beyond his accent and the fact he's obviously trying to contribute to a political discussion rather than making jokes.
 
The minimum wage in the UK is a joke and the labour conditions of many professions are at the level of those of a 3rd world country. Ironically, had the wages or conditions been at the same level as countries like Germany or the Netherlands, then there would be far less resentment of Westminster or Brussels. So again I can only conclude the EU is not to blame, successive British governments are.
EU the space goat though, in Caf parlance. I've no idea, what level are German/Dutch minimum wages at, assuming they have them?
Not really sure where you're getting that from, beyond his accent and the fact he's obviously trying to contribute to a political discussion rather than making jokes.
His bouncing around annoyed me tbh. Frankie Dettori-lite.
 
They also do take a lot of coke tbf.
That is also true... But he's been better at stopping talking, when required, than the average coked up bloke I've met.
 
EU the space goat though, in Caf parlance. I've no idea, what level are German/Dutch minimum wages at, assuming they have them?

His bouncing around annoyed me tbh. Frankie Dettori-lite.

Holland is €16 I think, Germany similar after tax. Working hours are 40 a week. There's little resentment towards EU immigration in. Nearly all resentment, if any, is towards none EU immigrants due to the lack of integration. So it's a different perspective completely over here.
 
Holland is €16 I think, Germany similar after tax. Working hours are 40 a week. There's little resentment towards EU immigration in. Nearly all resentment, if any, is towards none EU immigrants due to the lack of integration. So it's a different perspective completely over here.
I guess you have colonial immigration from Suriname and East Indies? That wage is obviously higher. I'm baffled by the sudden anti-Pole stuff. I work with a few and live in Hammersmith, where the big Polish centre is. Never felt any animosity before. It's sad and worrying- my mate's wife is Polish and my wifw is Mauritian- we're going for a weekend in the Dales next year and both are genuinely worried.
 
Holland is €16 I think, Germany similar after tax. Working hours are 40 a week. There's little resentment towards EU immigration in. Nearly all resentment, if any, is towards none EU immigrants due to the lack of integration. So it's a different perspective completely over here.

Could be wrong but I think there's a lot more of that in the north of england Rams, it's in the south, and in rural areas, that people complain more about the effects on jobs, housing, and services.
 
Interesting that there a 2 conflicting post one after each other @Jippy @712

One thing does seem to be clear by analyzing the pattern of votes is that the leave vote was very evident in the North
 
I guess you have colonial immigration from Suriname and East Indies? That wage is obviously higher. I'm baffled by the sudden anti-Pole stuff. I work with a few and live in Hammersmith, where the big Polish centre is. Never felt any animosity before. It's sad and worrying- my mate's wife is Polish and my wifw is Mauritian- we're going for a weekend in the Dales next year and both are genuinely worried.

The People from Surinamese and Indonesians ethnic backgrounds are integrated. It's the people from Maroccan back ground who have the bad press nowadays.
 
Could be wrong but I think there's a lot more of that in the north of england Rams, it's in the south, and in rural areas, that people complain more about the effects on jobs, housing, and services.
Indeed.
 
I guess you the colonial immigration from Suriname and East Indies? That wage is obviously higher. I'm baffled by the sudden anti-Pole stuff. I work with a few and live in Hammersmith, where the big Polish centre is. Never felt any animosity before. It's sad and worrying- my mate's wife is Polish and my wifw is Mauritian- we're going for a weekend in the Dales next year and both are genuinely worried.

Lancashire people aren't supposed to say this Jips, but the Yorkshire dales is absolutely brilliant. The countryside at the moment is lush and stunningly beautiful, the locals are welcoming and friendly to everyone, and it's not the sort of place knobheads choose for a holiday anyway. I often walk in the dales with people of all colours, nobody even notices. Go for a meal and you'll find folk from all over the place. It might rain, but if you've got the right gear even that doesn't matter.

If you were going to live in a sink white housing estate in some of the larger towns and cities of the north that might be different, but I suspect a lot of the world has similar problems.
 
Interesting that there a 2 conflicting post one after each other @Jippy @712

One thing does seem to be clear by analyzing the pattern of votes is that the leave vote was very evident in the North
Am just speaking from my own experience. The Hammersmith Polish centre got covered in racist graffiti this week. There have been reports of Asians being abused around the country too. It's grim Rams. We have emboldened racist idiots who feel they are the majority. Can only hope it remains isolated incidents, but it is worrying.