Thursday, November 10, 2022
The reality of post-Brexit Tory Britain
Two articles that stood out on the Mirror's website today underline the stark reality of post-Brexit, Tory Britain.
The first one tells us that vital NHS and education workers are quitting their roles for better-paid jobs in supermarkets.
They quote union chief Christina McAnea, many of whose 1.3 million Unison members work in hospitals and schools, who says:
The first one tells us that vital NHS and education workers are quitting their roles for better-paid jobs in supermarkets.
They quote union chief Christina McAnea, many of whose 1.3 million Unison members work in hospitals and schools, who says:
“I was on a TV programme recently with the chairman of Tesco and he was actually apologising for the fact that his company, his shops, are taking on ex-NHS workers because people are leaving the NHS to go and work there because they can get more money,” she told Committee Corridor, the podcast from House of Commons select committees.
“That's a dreadful situation to be in where people can leave what is a stressful job as a healthcare assistant or a nurse and go and get more money because you can go and work in a supermarket.
“It's not that it's an easy job to work in a supermarket - it's a different level of stress and you can get more money for it.
“That just can't be good for society, that we've got people leaving our essential services to go and work in retail because they can get more money.”
Meanwhile, another article says that the country's largest foodbank charity handed out 11.5million meals over a six month period. That is more than 63,000 a day on average:
The Trussell Trust distributed 1,281,148 emergency parcels between April and the end of September, figures show today.
Each contained enough food for three meals a day for three days - meaning 11,530,332 meals were provided.
The figure rocketed by 32% compared with the same period last year and by 52% compared with April to September 2019 - before the coronavirus pandemic.
I read elsewhere that we are the only country to have lower employment levels post-Covid than before that pandemic. What a sorry state of affaits the Tories have created for us.
“That's a dreadful situation to be in where people can leave what is a stressful job as a healthcare assistant or a nurse and go and get more money because you can go and work in a supermarket.
“It's not that it's an easy job to work in a supermarket - it's a different level of stress and you can get more money for it.
“That just can't be good for society, that we've got people leaving our essential services to go and work in retail because they can get more money.”
Meanwhile, another article says that the country's largest foodbank charity handed out 11.5million meals over a six month period. That is more than 63,000 a day on average:
The Trussell Trust distributed 1,281,148 emergency parcels between April and the end of September, figures show today.
Each contained enough food for three meals a day for three days - meaning 11,530,332 meals were provided.
The figure rocketed by 32% compared with the same period last year and by 52% compared with April to September 2019 - before the coronavirus pandemic.
I read elsewhere that we are the only country to have lower employment levels post-Covid than before that pandemic. What a sorry state of affaits the Tories have created for us.
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Today I was listening to the boss of Next (a brexiteer)asking that the govnt should bury the hatchet(my words) and bring people from the EU and allow migrants to work.Is the tide turning?
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