tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post115939418509029990..comments2023-11-03T08:40:33.012+00:00Comments on Forceful and Moderate: Welfare and society muppetry in Blair's BritainFemme de Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1166364501109975612006-12-17T14:08:00.000+00:002006-12-17T14:08:00.000+00:00I agree that the system as it is at the moment is ...I agree that the system as it is at the moment is simply unfit for purpose. For example, all claiments, regardless of background are treated the same. However, different people have different needs so how is it possible to treat people fairly and in a constructive manner in order to get them back into work (which is where mosr job seekers actually want to be)<BR/><BR/>For example, the needs of anAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1163424379353086412006-11-13T13:26:00.000+00:002006-11-13T13:26:00.000+00:00We should be honest about our unwillingness to pay...We should be honest about our unwillingness to pay benefits and simply lower the level of benefit paid to the long term unemployed rather than making it difficult to claim. Deliberate inefficiency is massively expensive and irritating as you have found out. Make being on benefits uncomfortable because of the amount, rather than the process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159966893495464432006-10-04T14:01:00.000+01:002006-10-04T14:01:00.000+01:00Nail hit on the head.Here are another couple of id...Nail hit on the head.<BR/><BR/>Here are another couple of idiocies from my own experience.<BR/><BR/>1. I'm starting a new job next week, my previous one had finished at the start of august. 1st week of unemployment I applied for this job, 2 weeks later I get an interview. The interview happens to co-incide with signing on day, and is in another part of the country. I go to the job centre the day Planeshifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17525554647038123807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159598885484124122006-09-30T07:48:00.000+01:002006-09-30T07:48:00.000+01:00That should say unskilled manufacturing or agricul...That should say unskilled manufacturing or agricultural jobs. <BR/><BR/>There will always be an almost constant need for cleaners, etc.Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159598636779198952006-09-30T07:43:00.000+01:002006-09-30T07:43:00.000+01:00Is it right that the unskilled are unemployable in...<B>Is it right that the unskilled are unemployable in the twenty-first century?</B><BR/><BR/>I was always under the impression (erroneously maybe) that the number of unskilled jobs had declined to the point that there were far more UNRELIABLE unskilled people than people to fill the jobs IN MY AREA (crucial addition). I suspect it is very area-specific.Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159555619374255862006-09-29T19:46:00.000+01:002006-09-29T19:46:00.000+01:00FdRIs it right that the unskilled are unemployable...FdR<BR/><BR/>Is it right that the unskilled are unemployable in the twenty-first century?<BR/><BR/>I have spent many years working in manufacturing. The main problem from an HR point of view was always getting reliable staff - no shortage of applicants from the job centre, just couldn't get the ones who were willing to turn up for seven hours a day five days a week, and moreover be compos mentis Bishop Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914977525290282450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159555297295943662006-09-29T19:41:00.000+01:002006-09-29T19:41:00.000+01:00Hi DDActually I'm not a LibDem, I come here becau...Hi DD<BR/><BR/>Actually I'm not a LibDem, I come here because I like the writing, and the chat is usually fairly polite.<BR/><BR/>I don't object to your question although I thought it could have been put in a nicer way (although I must confess I'm guilty of worse on occasion).<BR/><BR/>I was just intending to gently wind up you and FdR up. I guess it worked. :-)Bishop Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914977525290282450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159522657081214162006-09-29T10:37:00.000+01:002006-09-29T10:37:00.000+01:00"Then I decided that posh people and people with p..."Then I decided that posh people and people with problems too and we should probably stop picking on them specifically"<BR/><BR/>Typo - should read "*were* people with problems too". Again, the fault of LibertyCat ;)Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159522319416165072006-09-29T10:31:00.000+01:002006-09-29T10:31:00.000+01:00Now look here, 'my Lord Bishop', our hostess says ...Now look here, 'my Lord Bishop', our hostess says it better than I could: "Then I decided that posh people and people with problems too and we should probably stop picking on them specifically", so stop picking on me!<BR/><BR/>And let's stick to the real point, when are you il-Lib-non-Dems going to give back the stolen dosh? <BR/><BR/>Or, if you intend hanging on to it will you please stop being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159513318640281562006-09-29T08:01:00.000+01:002006-09-29T08:01:00.000+01:00No. My views started becoming more right-wing upon...No. My views started becoming more right-wing upon meeting LibertyCat who has been a uniformly terrible influence upon me ;) <BR/><BR/>I thought I was a Marxist when I worked during my Gap Year - when you are working in low-paid, temporary employment you realise just how many people are taking advantage of desperate people in the most shameless way possible. I later decided that Marxists believedFemme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159475613275963152006-09-28T21:33:00.000+01:002006-09-28T21:33:00.000+01:00There is a theory that once people start hitting t...There is a theory that once people start hitting the world of work, their views become more right wing. Perhaps your reactions to the benefits office is the start of this? ;-)<BR/><BR/>Just think, in a few years you might sound like David Duff.Bishop Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914977525290282450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159472863158792882006-09-28T20:47:00.000+01:002006-09-28T20:47:00.000+01:00Talking of OPM (Other People's Money) - er, you we...Talking of OPM (Other People's Money) - er, you were talking about that, weren't you? - when is your grubby little Party going to give back all that stolen dosh? Gladstone is spinning in his grave!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com