Sir Kier Starmer - Odds on not completing a full term?

[xoggoth]

Having an aging (non-productive) population just compounds the problem.

Yes, but we have an ageing population because of a boom in population after WW2. Having another big boom in population is just kicking the problem down the road, migrants grow old too.

[xoggoth]

Labour cr*p laws coming in already. Ban on oil exploration in North Sea and more restrictions on landlords. Other idiocy to follow.

[WTFH]

Labour cr*p laws coming in already. Ban on oil exploration in North Sea and more restrictions on landlords. Other idiocy to follow.

The whole North Sea thing is a joke - it doesn't make the country any less energy independent, because oil production is done by global businesses at global prices.

If you want energy security in a country, then you need to have the generation and the means of creating it, not just the means to find and sell elsewhere.

[woody1]

If we build more houses, at least we'll be better able to accommodate all the immigrants.

[sadkingbilly]

Well that told him!

Oi Vetran! SadWan KingWilly called your pint a puff!

you kin wind yer neck in an' aw!

[vetran]

House building is probably the easier of the two to influence through Govt policy eg. imposing targets on local authorities, relaxing planning.

Immigration is a very tough nut to crack. It permeates throughout the entire economy/work force. Just as a couple of examples, more than 17% of NHS staff are from overseas, and 24% of university students. Having an aging (non-productive) population just compounds the problem.

Here's quick clue migrants age too.
Immigrants deserve a roof over their head as well.

Students are likely to earn higher wages at the end of their studies but can fill lower paid jobs while studying. However automation & AI are filling lower paid jobs already.

Why do we need a million immigrants a year? What do we do when they get old? Their pensions will be tiny having worked on minimum wage!
You up for building a million council houses a year? Paying for a and paying a million

[vetran]

Labour cr*p laws coming in already. Ban on oil exploration in North Sea and more restrictions on landlords. Other idiocy to follow.

Bye Bye landlords should be god for renting problems but great for AirBnB

[vetran]

Well that told him!

Oi Vetran! SadWan KingWilly called your pint a puff!

He keeps trying to imagine what I am thinking - he is obsessed with me!

[woody1]

Here's quick clue migrants age too.
Immigrants deserve a roof over their head as well.

Students are likely to earn higher wages at the end of their studies but can fill lower paid jobs while studying. However automation & AI are filling lower paid jobs already.

Why do we need a million immigrants a year? What do we do when they get old? Their pensions will be tiny having worked on minimum wage!
You up for building a million council houses a year? Paying for a and paying a million

I was merely pointing out that stemming it ain't easy without impacting many sectors of the economy and disrupting the NHS, universities etc.

After all, if it was easy, surely the Tories would have got a grip of it after 14 years!

[malvolio]

I was merely pointing out that stemming it ain't easy without impacting many sectors of the economy and disrupting the NHS, universities etc.

After all, if it was easy, surely the Tories would have got a grip of it after 14 years!

Foreign students are fine, and they pay a huge amount into the universities. What's wrong is allowing them to bring in their families; they are here to study not work. When you have a proper job in the UK, then you can bring in everyone else.