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Bad policy for who though? A lot of blue-collar workers are finding themselves in demand, with higher pay either here already or coming soon.
by jl6 5y ago
Bad policy for who though? A lot of blue-collar workers are finding themselves in demand, with higher pay either here already or coming soon.
- azernik 5y agoBad policy for all of the people who need petrol to drive; for all of the people who work at the (temporarily, thankfully) closed stations; and for anyone who works at businesses that rely on regular petrol supplies. Basic functioning of the economy and of supply chains is an objective public good.
- jl6 5y agoMy point is that there are winners and losers here. It sure would have been convenient for the rest of the UK if they had carried on importing cheap labor, but that wasn’t what the Brexit-voting working classes were thinking about.
- mkr-hn 5y agoThe lack of preparation for the demand in licensing and training for those workers is part of the bad policy.