Party Conference

dingleydangley said:

I lived in a cardboard box, equidistant between the kerbs of the road. We broke our teeth on the gravel that constituted our main meal. However, I am now very wealthy and take no greater pleasure than publicly comparing myself with those less fortunate, irrespective of the environmental factors that affect their prospects.

Thank God for Thatcher and her spawn. That social cohesion stuff was clearly never going to work. Leave that to the charities. They're not businesses, you know.

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superblue24 said:

I left school at 16 with 6 GCSE grade A-C. I was cleaning out bird cages at 17.... 17 years on and I work for one of the biggest law firms in the world earning a salary that makes "average earnings" look a dot on the horizon.

Did I ever blame the government when I was getting crapped on from great heights? No. Did I feel like I was in some way held back and unable to achieve the position I'm in now all those years ago? No Did the government have any role in getting from where I was to where I am now? No.....

I look on the jobs market today and see an abundance of jobs available in an array of sectors and fields. At the end of the day, each individual needs to prove that they are above a "low quality job" as you put it. It again comes down to the fact that you need to make your own way in life as David Cameron is not going to come knocking on an unemplyed persons house and say "Here you go Joe, I've just got you a job as a Director at Ernst & Young".....People need to prove themselves.

Unfortunately those who dont want to put in the effort or better themselves are not going to make it very far, and you're forgetting those walking liabilities who are simply too thick to be put in any kind of position of responsibility will never make it to anything higher than a toilet cleaner. But without toilet cleaners we end up with disgusting potentially dangerous toilets....So whilst low quality, it's still a necessary job.

Businesses are not charities, they need to employ people who will add value to their firm as they need to make money or they tend to disappear into liquidation.

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Another Surrey Shrimper said:

It's not just school leavers that are looking for jobs, it's people at all levels of their career and the stats say that the jobs created recently are low level jobs - so the unemployment drop is not all good news as it is largely in jobs that do not sustain the economy as they give low spending power. That is the issue.

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dingleydangley said:

I lived in a cardboard box, equidistant between the kerbs of the road. We broke our teeth on the gravel that constituted our main meal. However, I am now very wealthy and take no greater pleasure than publicly comparing myself with those less fortunate, irrespective of the environmental factors that affect their prospects.

Thank God for Thatcher and her spawn. That social cohesion stuff was clearly never going to work. Leave that to the charities. They're not businesses, you know.

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Yorkshire Blue said:

I think Grayling is the first Lord Chancellor since about the time of the Great Fire of London not to know anything about law.

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superblue24 said:

Well said, haven't you got toilets to clean?

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Yorkshire Blue said:

I see Dominic Grieve, the former Attorney-General has laid into Grayling's abhorrent attempt to put politicians above the law.

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Yorkshire Blue said:

And Kenneth Clarke the former Justice Minister.

I've even a Grauniad link for Barna

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