Should the UK remain a member of the EU

[Strontium]

Just now, Bjornebye said:

Yep or people who lost their jobs have got back into work. 

 

Right. And it says all this in the article, if you read past the headline. I'd have expected Gnasher to start doing that by now.

[Bjornebye]

8 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Right. And it says all this in the article, if you read past the headline. I'd have expected Gnasher to start doing that by now.

Yet more evidence that people who believe in Brexit will believe any spin as long as the writings big and bold enough. 

[Bruce Spanner]

Fact check.

 

Our wage increases are the same as Ireland, half as much as Spain and a third of Romania.

 

We are still -500,000 less employed than at the start of 2019 and we still have around a million to come off furlough with uncertain futures.

 

We are now lagging behind lots of European countries on vaccine rollout.

 

But, yeah, Brexit, hooray! 

[Gnasher]

48 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Right. And it says all this in the article, if you read past the headline. I'd have expected Gnasher to start doing that by now.

More terrible news for you...

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/economy/uk-economy-jobs-wages-inflation/index.html

[Gnasher]

The Carpenter in the below  article is probably a good gauge to how a lot in the country feel at present...

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58241006.amp

[Gnasher]

44 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Fact check.

 

Our wage increases are the same as Ireland, half as much as Spain and a third of Romania.

 

We are still -500,000 less employed than at the start of 2019 and we still have around a million to come off furlough with uncertain futures.

 

We are now lagging behind lots of European countries on vaccine rollout.

 

But, yeah, Brexit, hooray! 

But our inflation rate is lower than America and Germany yet you still pretend to worry. Swings and roundabouts and all that.

[Pidge]

Parmenter the carpenter? 

 

Come on, no one's falling for that...

[Gnasher]

26 minutes ago, Pidge said:

Parmenter the carpenter? 

 

Come on, no one's falling for that...

Yeah now you mention it...

[cloggypop]

2 hours ago, Gnasher said:

More Britpop...

 

Wages rise, unemployment falls, vacancies rise...

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58241006.amp

Not so sure that's because of Brexit. We have more vacancies than unemployed for the first time in 50 years over here. 

 

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/08/job-vacancies-outstrip-unemployment-due-to-coronavirus-and-ageing/

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Gnasher said:

The Carpenter in the below  article is probably a good gauge to how a lot in the country feel at present...

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58241006.amp

"We just don't know what's around the corner, so we're just going to make the most of it."

 

You'd burn him at the stake as a Thatcherite for that obvious lack of faith in the Sunlit Uplands.

 

As for the ONS bloke saying you shouldn't read too much into these figures, because of the obviously exceptional circumstances - well, he just hates poor people.

[Gnasher]

Bad news all the way...

 

 

 

 

[Arniepie]

Presumably when furlough finishes there will be loads of job seekers?

[Section_31]

Nando's has run out of chicken. Shit just got real.

[Rico1304]

9 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Nando's has run out of chicken. Shit just got real.

Who was it claiming the shortage of food would be a good thing, teach us a bit of humility?  

[Gnasher]

22 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

Who was it claiming the shortage of food would be a good thing, teach us a bit of humility?  

Probably me, wasn't expecting the Nando crisis though, 

 

More bad news, 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/17/uk-unemployment-falls-record-rise-job-vacancies-covid-lockdown-workers

[Gnasher]

Let's all ignore the official figures, ignore the analysis, ignore the data and just listen to a few commentators on twitter saying the country has gone to shit because of brexit, then wonder why the tories are still ten points ahead.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/17/uk-unemployment-falls-record-rise-job-vacancies-covid-lockdown-workers

[Bruce Spanner]

From the article...

 

'The proportion of the working population out of work is still higher than before the pandemic, when unemployment was 3.9%, but the reopening of the economy and the rocketing demand for workers in some industries has pushed up the number of people in work.'

 

We are still -500,000 on previous levels.

 

With nearly a million still on furlough.

 

At least read beyond the headline, it saves fucking time.

[Bobby Hundreds]

The devastating consequences aside Furlough was fucking great I imagine it's how life is for rich kids all the time, except they can leave the house and buy cool shit.

 

Carry on.

 

[Gnasher]

16 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

From the article...

 

'The proportion of the working population out of work is still higher than before the pandemic, when unemployment was 3.9%, but the reopening of the economy and the rocketing demand for workers in some industries has pushed up the number of people in work.'

 

We are still -500,000 on previous levels.

 

With nearly a million still on furlough.

 

At least read beyond the headline, it saves fucking time.

And the other parts? 

[Bruce Spanner]

3 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

And the other parts? 

 

Come on tubby, you know the answer.

 

They disprove your argument, as always, as you've not bothered to actually read it and are just clinging on to any scrap of infomation that might, just might, prove the unmitigated disater not so and prove your delusion has merit.

[Gnasher]

6 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

The devastating consequences aside Furlough was fucking great I imagine it's how life is for rich kids all the time, except they can leave the house and buy cool shit.

 

Carry on.

 

Does that comply with the carpenter who's had a pay rise in the article? 

 

[Bruce Spanner]

4 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

Does that comply with the carpenter who's had a pay rise in the article? 

 

 

As above, the pay rises are comparable to Ireland, half that of Spain and a third of that of Romania, with others of a similar level.

 

This has nothing to do with Brexitania, does it, chubbs?

[Bjornebye]

Gnasher why do you love Brexit so much? 

[Mudface]

 

Just now, Bruce Spanner said:

 

As above, the pay rises are comparable to Ireland, half that of Spain and a third of that of Romania, with others of a similar level.

 

This has nothing to do with Brextania, does it, chubbs?

Hahaha, he's citing the carpenter in that article? The fella was on £19 an hour, which is £35K+ based on a 35-40 hour week and is now on £45K+. Not exactly minimum waged, is he?

[Bruce Spanner]

19 minutes ago, Mudface said:

 

Hahaha, he's citing the carpenter in that article? The fella was on £19 an hour, which is £35K+ based on a 35-40 hour week and is now on £45K+. Not exactly minimum waged, is he?

He'll show you!

 

He's frantically trawling trade magazines for any headline, irrespective of the full context of the article or wider argument, which will prove you a dummy, dummy.

 

Any minute now...