http://www.ndcorporate.co.uk/index.php/2007/11/time-to-train-says-gordon/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:29:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.ndcorporate.co.uk/index.php/2007/11/time-to-train-says-gordon/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Roger Howe Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:01:18 +0000 http://www.ndcorporate.co.uk/?p=42#comment-4 The main obstacle to unemployed people getting jobs in the UK is the attitude of employers. They would far rather go abroad to recruit unskilled labour because it is more profitable; no other reason. By playing along with the tabloid slogan of 'kicking the workshy scroungers up the backside' Gordon Brown is reinforcing this negative stereotype undoing any minimal good government 'employability' policies might do. The main obstacle to unemployed people getting jobs in the UK is the attitude of employers. They would far rather go abroad to recruit unskilled labour because it is more profitable; no other reason. By playing along with the tabloid slogan of 'kicking the workshy scroungers up the backside' Gordon Brown is reinforcing this negative stereotype undoing any minimal good government 'employability' policies might do.

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