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Pussay Patrol  20 Dec 18 10.11am |
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Some excellent and relevant points put forward by Maple about the realities of Brexit, a voice of reason. Brexiters are now in complete denial mode, in the face of real life concerns over the impending turmoil and economic harm. 3 months away with useless politicians that cannot agree, no deal, no direction, complete uncertainty, yet people still call it project fear, unbelievable. The disadvantages and negative impact is there for all to see, yet brexiters cannot list single benefit other than tired slogans
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 Midlands Eagle  20 Dec 18 10.21am |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
Oh really So people that wish to remain are regularly using the label? I hadn't noticed. You have used it as a shorthand in order to incite fear that your political opponents are using scaremongering tactics that are without real merit. And there was me thinking that you were one of the more sensible posters but you have deliberately misinterpreted what I said. Far from using "it as a shorthand in order to incite fear that your political opponents are using scaremongering tactics" I quite clearly stated that Project Fear was "a very appropriate label when used by either side to incite fear if they don't get their own way" so nothing to do with my political opponents at all.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 20 Dec 18 10.31am |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
I suggest companies look beyond the old school tie approach, red brick universities only or nepotism and then they won’t need to hire from bl00dy Romania for a Maths graduate. I also suggest we start investing in training for Uk born nurses and while we’re at it, every other industry we’ve tried to avoid investing in and instead have recruited cheaply from abroad. It doesn’t take a mathematician to see that is unsustainable. Is the correct answer. I have suggested in the past an overhaul of the student loan scheme. If students wish to do degrees in subjects that our economy needs then I think they should pay a lot less or none at all. If you want to do degrees in subjects like Media Studies or Gender Studies fine but you pay the bill.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 20 Dec 18 10.40am |
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The operations manager at Dover dock was frank with the C4 news people, stating that he faced 'Armageddon'. East Midlands Airport and the NFU followed in similar vein. As he looked out of his window at Dover one of those double-length lorries pulled up with large letters on the side 'BLAIR'. Noone seemed to notice, I was tickled.
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| Pussay Patrol 20 Dec 18 10.44am |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Is the correct answer. I have suggested in the past an overhaul of the student loan scheme. If students wish to do degrees in subjects that our economy needs then I think they should pay a lot less or none at all. If you want to do degrees in subjects like Media Studies or Gender Studies fine but you pay the bill. Which we could do at anytime. Surely the issue, if we take nursing as an example, is the pay and rewards are so low and the effects of austerity and public sector pay freezes means not enough people coming into it and has nothing to do with brexit
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chateauferret  20 Dec 18 10.59am |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Is the correct answer. I have suggested in the past an overhaul of the student loan scheme. If students wish to do degrees in subjects that our economy needs then I think they should pay a lot less or none at all. If you want to do degrees in subjects like Media Studies or Gender Studies fine but you pay the bill. There was some of this going on more so in Scotland I think but it's been progressively watered down. I did an IT Masters in 2001 and the Scottish Government paid the fee and a reasonable maintenance grant but I don't think it does any more and they definitely didn't do that in England. OTOH there was also the NHS Bursary scheme but I think that's in line for more cuts now. Some degrees are just there to reduce the unemployment figures as far as I can see. A lot of them seem to represent specialism at entry undergraduate level which is stupid because the student needs broader reading and knowledge around a subject at that stage.
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| Mapletree Croydon 20 Dec 18 11.03am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
And there was me thinking that you were one of the more sensible posters but you have deliberately misinterpreted what I said. Far from using "it as a shorthand in order to incite fear that your political opponents are using scaremongering tactics" I quite clearly stated that Project Fear was "a very appropriate label when used by either side to incite fear if they don't get their own way" so nothing to do with my political opponents at all. Yes, I think I took that wrongly. And thanks for the compliment So is your point that you also see it as a meaningless label but it makes plenty of sense if you consider that the label itself generates fear and fear influences action more than anything else? I still don't think that the people supporting remain use this label though.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 20 Dec 18 11.04am |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
Some excellent and relevant points put forward by Maple about the realities of Brexit, a voice of reason. Brexiters are now in complete denial mode, in the face of real life concerns over the impending turmoil and economic harm. 3 months away with useless politicians that cannot agree, no deal, no direction, complete uncertainty, yet people still call it project fear, unbelievable. The disadvantages and negative impact is there for all to see, yet brexiters cannot list single benefit other than tired slogans Turn your WiFi off. We knew there’d be problems ahead. The country lasts for longer than a couple of years.
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| Midlands Eagle 20 Dec 18 11.06am |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
George Osborne was the worst one of the lot
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| Midlands Eagle 20 Dec 18 11.07am |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
The operations manager at Dover dock was frank with the C4 news people, stating that he faced 'Armageddon'. East Midlands Airport and the NFU followed in similar vein. I'm due to fly to The Canaries from East Midlands Airport two weeks after we have Brexited so I'll let you know
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 20 Dec 18 11.07am |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
Which we could do at anytime. Surely the issue, if we take nursing as an example, is the pay and rewards are so low and the effects of austerity and public sector pay freezes means not enough people coming into it and has nothing to do with brexit If we weren’t importing nurses we would have to overhaul the nurse training approach, so Brexit and anything immigration related is a factor in nursing and every other industry we’ve turned the other way to.
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| Mapletree Croydon 20 Dec 18 11.08am |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
There was some of this going on more so in Scotland I think but it's been progressively watered down. I did an IT Masters in 2001 and the Scottish Government paid the fee and a reasonable maintenance grant but I don't think it does any more and they definitely didn't do that in England. OTOH there was also the NHS Bursary scheme but I think that's in line for more cuts now. Some degrees are just there to reduce the unemployment figures as far as I can see. A lot of them seem to represent specialism at entry undergraduate level which is stupid because the student needs broader reading and knowledge around a subject at that stage. It would be helpful if employers offered the support. In Germany there are very well regarded qualifications earned on the job, we are rubbish at that. But be careful which Degrees you write off. I was at a lecture where an IBM recruiter said their favoured Degrees were Classical Studies, Philosophy and Theology. We have to remember that Education is not Training. The well-educated tend to take to training far better because they have learned different ways of thinking.
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