Funkstain wrote:It’s difficult to complain if local workers are getting a fairer, more appropriate local wage for the same work that used to underpay eu workers - not getting into the lack of prep and support etc the gov failed to sort out - isn’t it?
Escape wrote:We benefitted greatly from the EU at the cost of reinforcing inequality, not just abroad, but at home via unliveable wages for Brits as a result of this competition.
Yossarian wrote:Things are a touch more complicated than that, I’d say. The fact that our food retailing is pretty much entirely in the hands of a few big retailers gives those retailers an awful lot of power when it comes to negotiating prices with suppliers, driving profit margins down for them. The poor wages are also as much, if not more, the result of the government not bringing in a living wage as the minimum, which they could have done at any time.Escape wrote:We benefitted greatly from the EU at the cost of reinforcing inequality, not just abroad, but at home via unliveable wages for Brits as a result of this competition.
davyK wrote:Over here, the DUP backed leave because they were distracted by the fantasy of a hard border between NI and RoI. Of course it has backfired spectacularly.
RedDave2 wrote:One of the things my company does outside of the restaurant stuff is produce food for clients who then sell it into Supermarkets. There is way too much power in the hands of the Supermarkets in terms of price they want, promotion you must provide etc. At least a few of them are terrible payers - think 3-4 months waiting for payment. Covid has only made the situation worse.Yossarian wrote:Things are a touch more complicated than that, I’d say. The fact that our food retailing is pretty much entirely in the hands of a few big retailers gives those retailers an awful lot of power when it comes to negotiating prices with suppliers, driving profit margins down for them. The poor wages are also as much, if not more, the result of the government not bringing in a living wage as the minimum, which they could have done at any time.Escape wrote:We benefitted greatly from the EU at the cost of reinforcing inequality, not just abroad, but at home via unliveable wages for Brits as a result of this competition.
LivDiv wrote:Thats not Kerry Foods is it?One of the things my company does outside of the restaurant stuff is produce food for clients who then sell it into Supermarkets. There is way too much power in the hands of the Supermarkets in terms of price they want, promotion you must provide etc. At least a few of them are terrible payers - think 3-4 months waiting for payment. Covid has only made the situation worse.Things are a touch more complicated than that, I’d say. The fact that our food retailing is pretty much entirely in the hands of a few big retailers gives those retailers an awful lot of power when it comes to negotiating prices with suppliers, driving profit margins down for them. The poor wages are also as much, if not more, the result of the government not bringing in a living wage as the minimum, which they could have done at any time.We benefitted greatly from the EU at the cost of reinforcing inequality, not just abroad, but at home via unliveable wages for Brits as a result of this competition.
Britons think Brexit is going badly, and it's an opinion more people have come to as the year has gone on
Going well: 18% (-7)
Going badly: 53% (+15)
Neither: 21% (-4)
Changes from Jun 21, 2021[…]
Who thinks Brexit has been going well this year?
Con voters: 39% (-12)
Leave voters: 35% (-10)
British public: 18% (-7)
Remain voters: 5% (-3)
Lab voters: 3% (-2)
Changes from Jun 21, 2021
Yeah that has to be the "Damn the consequences" brigade.Diluted Dante wrote:I imagine the 'going well' is based on the literal fact we have left and nothing else whatsoever.
Yeah, not sure of the thought process thereThe Daddy wrote:What about the 5% of remainers that think it’s going well? Fuckwits.
Yossarian wrote:Britons think Brexit is going badly, and it's an opinion more people have come to as the year has gone on
Going well: 18% (-7)
Going badly: 53% (+15)
Neither: 21% (-4)
Changes from Jun 21, 2021[…]
Who thinks Brexit has been going well this year?
Con voters: 39% (-12)
Leave voters: 35% (-10)
British public: 18% (-7)
Remain voters: 5% (-3)
Lab voters: 3% (-2)
Changes from Jun 21, 2021
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1443245359749373962
Impressed with the strength of the delusion from the 18% TBH.
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Yossarian wrote:Britons think Brexit is going badly, and it's an opinion more people have come to as the year has gone on
Going well: 18% (-7)
Going badly: 53% (+15)
Neither: 21% (-4)
Changes from Jun 21, 2021[…]
Who thinks Brexit has been going well this year?
Con voters: 39% (-12)
Leave voters: 35% (-10)
British public: 18% (-7)
Remain voters: 5% (-3)
Lab voters: 3% (-2)
Changes from Jun 21, 2021
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1443245359749373962
Impressed with the strength of the delusion from the 18% TBH.
It's who they blame for it going badly that matters.
Yossarian wrote:The poor wages are also as much, if not more, the result of the government not bringing in a living wage as the minimum, which they could have done at any time.
Diluted Dante wrote:What would happen if the Alliance party won?
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