Another policy that's going to be an immigrant magnet.
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostPerhaps the greater question is why are there so many unskilled people who can't do anything better? And that comes back to education.- low skilled jobs
- low skilled job wages
- education
- technology, in particular automation (eg, why is it that in 2015 I still can't order my fast food from a robot and get it made and delivered by another robot? eg, why can't I do a self-check-in at the pub using my contactless card and receive a pint poured by a robot?)
- government regulation
- globalisation
- energy return on energy invested
Anyone fancy doing a phd?Comment
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Originally posted by alphadog View Post[*]technology, in particular automation (eg, why is it that in 2015 I still can't order my fast food from a robot and get it made and delivered by another robot? eg, why can't I do a self-check-in at the pub using my contactless card and receive a pint poured by a robot?)Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostThere's a depressing lack of robots making our day to day lives easier.
34 Robots You Can Have Sex WithFirst Law of Contracting: Only the strong surviveComment
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Originally posted by _V_ View PostAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by _V_ View PostAnother policy that's going to be an immigrant magnet.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostThat's right. We must make the UK a hell-hole to discourage immigrants.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Can anyone tell me how a "mandatory living wage" differs from a "minimum wage"
How will it be enforced? Will the minimum wage be abolished? Will the living wage take account of regional variations in the cost of living?Comment
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Originally posted by Bacchus View PostCan anyone tell me how a "mandatory living wage" differs from a "minimum wage"Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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I'm probably against a minimum wage, I think the country generally worked quite well before it was introduced.
Sadly I think this is the pawn that has to be pushed up the table to get rid of working tax credits which are an abomination left by Labour.Comment
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