Shocking figures,just apart from money what damage does this do to a nation ?

[Leekbrookgull]

Shameful figures all round. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23958763

 

[easynow]

People that shouldn't be breeding...breed.

 

[yxee]

can't blame them when the government has turned benefits from a safety net into a lifestyle choice.

 

[Soulman]

Maybe England should have a vote on their independence.....if they vote No.

 

[Creaky]

Those figures include households where all the occupants have retired. In another few years I'll be joining that group.

 

[drew]

The report doesn't mention anywhere the number of unfilled vacancies in Glasgow!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

https://jobsearch.direct.gov.uk/register.aspx?redirect=http://jobsearch.direct.gov.uk/home.aspx

There seem to be plenty of vacancies.

(You might have to type in 'Glasgow')

 

[hybrid_x]

can't blame them when the government has turned benefits from a safety net into a lifestyle choice.

People that shouldn't be breeding...breed.

so if someone does not have a boss they should not be having children if with a long steady partner they love?


the world has changed, the UK is all desk jobs and service industry, computers do all the jobs that were about 20 years ago, or the job / industry was sold off, or is now brought in.

don't blame the mega-corporations or capitalism, blame the poor man - just as the sun and daily mail engineer you to do.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

MMmm! Yet somehow amongst all this we have the fastest growing economy in Europe....

 

[blue2]

SNP

 

[Notters]

so if someone does not have a boss they should not be having children if with a long steady partner they love?


the world has changed, the UK is all desk jobs and service industry, computers do all the jobs that were about 20 years ago, or the job / industry was sold off, or is now brought in.

don't blame the mega-corporations or capitalism, blame the poor man - just as the sun and daily mail engineer you to do.

Yup.

 

[Gwylan]

MMmm! Yet somehow amongst all this we have the fastest growing economy in Europe....

We don't. The latest quarterly figures show a 0.6% growth while Germany's showed a 0.7% rise but that was dwarfed by Portugal's 1.1% increase.

The indications are the UK's figures will pick up in the current quarter but no-one could say for definite yet.

Yes, I should get more ...

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

I would suggest that both Glasgow and Liverpool are both docks and shipbuilding cities with no modern deep water docks for container ships and no ships being built there anymore. Quelle surprise that their on their arses up there.

 

[drew]

https://jobsearch.direct.gov.uk/register.aspx?redirect=http://jobsearch.direct.gov.uk/home.aspx

There seem to be plenty of vacancies.

(You might have to type in 'Glasgow')

I did. 4391 (that was within 5 miles). Population of Glasgow and the Clyde Valley conurbation 1.755 million. 30% of households so, unscientifically, let's say 70% of the population are of working age, that amounts to 1,228,500. Unemployment rate for Glasgow is 30% so that is 368,550 out of work for which there are 4391 vacancies on the government website!!!!

As I said, not scientific, but just trying to demonstrate the old adage about statistics!!! Of course there will be scroungers but there will be many, especially older ones who can't get a job because no one wants to retrain them.

MMmm! Yet somehow amongst all this we have the fastest growing economy in Europe....

Rate of growth might be a positive sign but it's where you are growing from that counts.

 

[Creaky]

I did. 4391 (that was within 5 miles). Population of Glasgow and the Clyde Valley conurbation 1.755 million. 30% of households so, unscientifically, let's say 70% of the population are of working age, that amounts to 1,228,500. Unemployment rate for Glasgow is 30% so that is 368,550 out of work for which there are 4391 vacancies on the government website!!!!

As I said, not scientific, but just trying to demonstrate the old adage about statistics!!! Of course there will be scroungers but there will be many, especially older ones who can't get a job because no one wants to retrain them.



Rate of growth might be a positive sign but it's where you are growing from that counts.

The unemployment figure for the whole of Scotland is less than 200,000

http://www.heraldscotland.com/polit...employment-rate-falls-below-200000-x.20832473

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

so if someone does not have a boss they should not be having children if with a long steady partner they love?


the world has changed, the UK is all desk jobs and service industry, computers do all the jobs that were about 20 years ago, or the job / industry was sold off, or is now brought in.

don't blame the mega-corporations or capitalism, blame the poor man - just as the sun and daily mail engineer you to do.

I was wondering if you had any conspiracy theories that you'd like to share with NSC on the Ariel Castro thread? I could do with a giggle. Or do the tin foil hat brigade stay away from rape, kidnap and torture.

 

[MICK PATCHAM]

can't blame them when the government has turned benefits from a safety net into a lifestyle choice.

indeed

 

[RexCathedra]

Shocking figures,just apart from money what damage does this do to a nation ?

None really. Not compared to the Black Death, or the Luftwaffe, or the demise of the UK coal industry....or shipbuilding, or heavy engineering generally.

I have a feeling Blighty will survive even this...

 

[wellquickwoody]

I was wondering if you had any conspiracy theories that you'd like to share with NSC on the Ariel Castro thread? I could do with a giggle. Or do the tin foil hat brigade stay away from rape, kidnap and torture.

ROFL! Thank you

 

[Husty]

That's households without anyone working, not households claiming benefits, there is a significant difference. These numbers include the retired, those unable to work for genuine reasons such as disabilities or dependencies.