[Merged]Brexit stuff

[jamesbrown]

Oh that's OK, we'll be alright then. Hurrah!

So glad. Have a golf clap.

[Bee]

My opinions are on record.
I personally think that free movement within the EU is a good thing. After all we had only a 5% unemployment rate, which is what most economists call full employment.
But whatever you think about immigration, the ""Brexit is bad" belief regarding the long-term economy is a valid one.
My belief is that the UK economy is too weak and unbalanced for hard Brexit to be a success.
As I've said I may be wrong, but it's not going to affect me particularly, so I will be watching with interest, for the entertainment value

Only 5%!!!!
Do you know the areas/jobs that are afected by the unemployment?

[eek]

My opinions are on record.
I personally think that free movement within the EU is a good thing. After all we had only a 5% unemployment rate, which is what most economists call full employment.
But whatever you think about immigration, the ""Brexit is bad" belief regarding the long-term economy is a valid one.
My belief is that the UK economy is too weak and unbalanced for hard Brexit to be a success.
As I've said I may be wrong, but it's not going to affect me particularly, so I will be watching with interest, for the entertainment value

Given that a zero hours contract with no work offered doesn't count as unemployed I really wouldn't trust that statement. We are only there due to a lot of people working part time due to insane incentives to work just a bit and no more...

[scooterscot]

Given that a zero hours contract with no work offered doesn't count as unemployed I really wouldn't trust that statement.

Over 1.2 million in the UK are on zero hour contracts. Are you suggesting the government is wrong to consider those individuals when reporting employment statistics?

32 million working adults in the UK (conservative estimate)
Unemployment rate 5.6%

Unemployment rate without ZHC 9.35%

[DodgyAgent]

Given that a zero hours contract with no work offered doesn't count as unemployed I really wouldn't trust that statement. We are only there due to a lot of people working part time due to insane incentives to work just a bit and no more...

how many zero hours contracts yield no work?

[DodgyAgent]

on the subject of zero hours contracts Private Eye Street Of Shame: The Guardian’s haughty humbug

[BlasterBates]

Zero hours contracts are part time jobs and most people working zero hours contracts want a zero hours contract because they don't want a full time job i.e. students and mothers.

[DodgyAgent]

Zero hours contracts are part time jobs and most people working zero hours contracts want a zero hours contract because they don't want a full time job.

so why is there a problem with them?

[MrMarkyMark]

on the subject of zero hours contracts Private Eye Street Of Shame: The Guardian’s haughty humbug

Yes, they have similar attitudes to tax avoidance.

They don't like to mention they do it themselves.
The Guardian used to be a reasonable paper with good writers, the Iraq war stuff was very good.
Now its turned into something else

[BlasterBates]

so why is there a problem with them?

Well I don't see one, I think they're a good idea. It's allowing part-time work expand, which is evidently what people want.