Philip Hammond - we need to bring in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers

[sherlock]

To do the jobs that aren’t getting done. He argues we need to do this through treaty with the EU.

Hmm, if only there had been a way to do this before….

https://twitter.com/x/status/1613610645194145795

 

[atypical_boro]

To do the jobs that aren’t getting done. He argues we need to do this through treaty with the EU.

Hmm, if only there had been a way to do this before….

https://twitter.com/x/status/1613610645194145795

In fairness he was a passionate remainer.

 

[sherlock]

In fairness he was a passionate remainer.

True.

It’s just madness to me that there are still people who claim Bexit wasn’t madness.

 

[Nano]

Or maybe, hear me out, we make the wages for all these jobs nobody wants to do like carer etc higher so people want to do them. Just my opinion but I think allowing businesses to import cheap labour instead of paying people adequately is the wrong way to go. The money is in the system, instead of the shareholders maintaining their profit margins ad infinitum maybe it was about time they accept they have to take a smaller slice of the pie instead.

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

Or maybe, hear me out, we make the wages for all these jobs nobody wants to do like carer etc higher so people want to do them. Just my opinion but I think allowing businesses to import cheap labour instead of paying people adequately is the wrong way to go. The money is in the system, instead of the shareholders maintaining their profit margins ad infinitum maybe it was about time they accept they have to take a smaller slice of the pie instead.

That's a bit utopian and can only be a long term plan. Companies need workers now.

 

[LaPennaBianca]

In fairness he was a passionate remainer.

No he wasn't.

He was an Eurosceptic who, upon becoming Foreign Secretary, saw his beliefs collide with reality and then accepted that the UK's membership of the EU was, on balance, 'a good thing'. A sober recognition of facts isn't passion.

From when he was appointed FS:

Philip Hammond: Eurosceptic with the stamina to take PM's fight to Brussels | Philip Hammond | The Guardian

Hammond, set to replace William Hague as foreign secretary, is regarded by the Conservative party as an impressive operator

www.google.com

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Or maybe, hear me out, we make the wages for all these jobs nobody wants to do like carer etc higher so people want to do them. Just my opinion but I think allowing businesses to import cheap labour instead of paying people adequately is the wrong way to go. The money is in the system, instead of the shareholders maintaining their profit margins ad infinitum maybe it was about time they accept they have to take a smaller slice of the pie instead.

Nailed it

Plus it puts more money into the treasury to pay for OUR health service, social care, education and transport needs.

 

[atypical_boro]

No he wasn't.

He was an Eurosceptic who, upon becoming Foreign Secretary, saw his beliefs collide with reality and then accepted that the UK's membership of the EU was, on balance, 'a good thing'. A sober recognition of facts isn't passion.

From when he was appointed FS:

Philip Hammond: Eurosceptic with the stamina to take PM's fight to Brussels | Philip Hammond | The Guardian

Hammond, set to replace William Hague as foreign secretary, is regarded by the Conservative party as an impressive operator

www.google.com

Fair enough, well he was at the end at least.