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Recent political stuff:
- The vote to see if Britain should adopt Alternative Voting has failed.
- Lib Dems lose lots of councils and councillors, whilst Labour make the majority of the gains in England.
- The Scottish National Party do really well in the elections.
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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 3rd 2023 at 11:15:30 AM
Oh, bother.
The gig economy kind of muddles it further.
Disgusted, but not surprised
I see, and then adding in those who don't work and don't want to work, or can't work, brings us up to 21.5%...?
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You’ve also probably got a small group of people who want part time employment (students, stay at home parents, ect...) but can’t find any.
Most unemployment numbers just cover the people actively looking for work though the established systems, so people on Jobseakers over here, in the US people on unemployment.
That doesn’t count people who can work but don’t qualify due to not being able to take any work (many disabled people can do jobs, just not any job), people who have given up finding work, people with jobs that aren’t full time, people who technically work for themselves for are basically employees without reliable income (gig jobs), people who want a job but are also doing something else that means they don’t claim (so retired people who’d like to work, many students, some stay at home parents).
edited 15th Jun '18 9:11:41 AM by Silasw
Economically inactive people haven't sought work in the previous four weeks and/or aren't available to start work in the next two weeks. This includes students, people looking after homes/family, sick and disabled people (long-term or short-term), retired people, and discouraged workers.
The economically active group is made up of people who are employed and unemployed. Unemployed people have sought work in the previous four weeks and/or are available to begin work in the next two.
The 21% seems to be the economically inactive figure, which will exclude the unemployment figure.
edited 15th Jun '18 2:41:24 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
Teenagers 'let down over degree choices'
The Of S said it welcomed the report's "sharp focus on student opportunity, choice, quality and value for money", saying its job was to "protect and promote" students' interests.
I'm so glad you have figured this out, Mr Gyimah and company. Unfortunately you made two million people take on sixty grand of debt to try and make universities compete more in areas they were competing in already, so now a significant fraction of the younger generations hate you regardless.
At this stage I have absolutely no idea what this "meaningful vote" thing constitutes, since they're quibbling over minor adjustments to the wording and I am not a lawyer and lack the mental equipment to dissect it.
Brexit: Theresa May wins 'meaningful vote' battle
Repeated claims at PM Qs by May that Labour wouldn't be able to spend on public services because they'd "bankrupt the country". Do you think she's just talking in economic monosyllables for the camera or does she actually not realize that Britain can't go bankrupt?
Trump and Queen Elizabeth will meet next month when Trump visits the UK.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/politics/trump-queen-england-visit/index.html
Captain of the Dead City
Hope she trains her Corgis to defecate on his shoes.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
Thought the last corgi died some time ago. 
Poor Elizabeth..
Tief girl with eartude
On the one hand, the idea that he's going to even be allowed to step foot here again, let alone be welcomed is abhorrent. On the other, the idea of the rotting orange being stuck in a room with a lady who can have him shot on the spot for even looking at her the wrong way is amusing.
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In a building where a good chunk of the people are armed.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Captain of the Dead City
Hot damn, you're right. She's stopped breeding them because she didn't want any left behind her when she dies. She has two dorgis apparently (daschund/corgi cross-breeds). So get them to crap on his toupé.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
I think her patented Death Glare is more terrifying than any dog.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Brexit: Three 'simple' questions for EU citizens to stay in UK
Prove who you are, if you live here and that you lackany serious criminal convictions, get settled status if you've been here five years and pre-settled status if you haven't. Much as I enjoy pillorying this government I see few problems with what little detail we know at the moment
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Easier to wash out though.
"proof" is the important word there...what kind of proof is requested?
But applicants without smartphones will have to send their passports in to the Home Office to verify their identity.
Applicants with Android phones will be able to download an app which can read the chip in their passport to verify their identity - and they will be able to take a "selfie" that can be checked against Home Office records, said Mr Javid.
But he said there was an "an issue at the moment" with Apple device users, who will not be able to make use of this app, and instead will have to send in their passport to prove their identity.
The home secretary said he had raised the issue with Apple on a recent visit to Silicon Valley and the company was "looking at it actively".
Potential for a bit of a bureaucratic snafu there, but not the worst plan I've ever heard.
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Given that I've, over the last few months, saw a number of headlines of long term Eu citizens in the UK not getting permission....I'm gonna say deliver before I clap applause.
"You can reply to this Message!"
Between Windrush and all the trouble EU citizens already had in the UK plus the "hostile environment" May likes so much, the tiny word "hope" in the text tells me "empty promise".
If May had her way we'd stud the White Cliffs of Dover with machine-gun turrets to deter the frogs, this is hardly new.
Rt Hon Greg Hands MP has resigned as Minister of State for Trade & Investment. His replacement is George Hollingbery MP, who also serves as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
As if we'd want to invade you after Brexit.
BBC: Airbus warns no-deal Brexit could see it leave UK
The European planemaker said the warning was not part of "project fear, but its "dawning reality".
Airbus employs about 14,000 people at 25 different sites in the UK.
Last week, the outgoing president of the CBI said sections of UK industry faced extinction unless the UK stayed in the EU customs union.
It brings together the EU's 28 members in a duty-free area, with a common import tariff for non-EU goods.
Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out staying in the customs union. The UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March 2019.
From what I see in that article and can get from two minutes of google, "officially unemployed" is the 4.5% that are out of work, could start a job within two weeks if they had one and have looked for work in the last 28 days. If you include people who haven't looked for work in the last month but say they would like a job it's somewhere between 10 and 11%, and if you include part-time workers (which can be zero-hour contracts, I think) who want full-time work it's 14%. Going from the stricter definitions of unemployment used back from 1945->1980ish where we were actually spending to more-or-less full employment we are about five million jobs short, plus or minus a bit depending on the makeup of those part-time workers contracts.
edited 15th Jun '18 5:54:30 AM by DeathorCake