Davy51 Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 The future will see the UK needing a mighty Welfare State to support the robotically unemployed. No doubt it will be funded by the country's obscenely rich factory owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 They will need people to look after the repair and cleaning of the robotic worker though unless they come up with a robot for that in which case they will need people to clean and repair the robotic workers robotic cleaning robots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 There will be a need for an army of care workers, unless of course, the robots take over politics and introduce euthanasia !Talking of robots: it seems a passport photo booth in N/Zealand refused to issue a photo of an Asian man, cos it claimed he had his eyes closed ! So I guess the robots require the same PC programming as our snowflake generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Hang on Obs, Manufacturing is down, prices are going up, inward investment in this country is going down, all things that were predicted, and what was it Brexit said.......... Scaremongering, well it wasn't was it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Of course it was : Unemployment is low, despite the presence in the workforce of over 3 million migrants. The lower end of the workforce are no doubt extremely poor, but that's thanks to the 2008 crash and austerity, and a lack of trade unions. But with access to cheap labour from the EU, unscrupulous employers are having a field day in feats of exploitation that Dickens would be familiar with. As for currency speculations, it's just that - speculation, something no Gov can control in our capitalst system. And you can note that the Euro is now under pressure due to the Italian shambles . The last time we had threats from a closed Europe we discovered that the world was a large place in which to trade, and Napoleon's Empire faded from history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 Inward investment down, manurfacturing despite the low pound down, jobs expected to go down in the new year, prices going up, all predicted all happening, but you said scaremongering, how about a bit of honesty, you were wrong, Brexit was wrong. Do you think the pound will go back to pre Brexit level?, it's just gone down again, it matters because international trade is in dollors, we already have a massive hole in our defence budget because of it, and who will make the difference up?, would it be the tax payer Obs? If it is I don't remember Brexit saying taxes would go up, do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 You do a good imitation of Cassandra Lt Kije :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 He could get a job on Blackpool pier ! Hope he's right about the taxes though, as that's what is needed, a radical re-distribution of wealth, if HMRC and HMG ever get the gonads to sort out the super-rich. Then the "left behind" can start affording food and shelter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 And now we see that McDonald's are moving one of the headquarters from Luxemburg to the UK. The burghers just aren't doing it for the burgers any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 According to Andrew Niell , growth since 2008 - US 15%; UK 8%; EU 0% ! Unemployment and financial collapse in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal; wonder where their workers will go for a job and better pay ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Still avoidin, Brexit said no effect, the in campaign said there would be, it's happening and you are all avoiding answering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 "It's happening" is it? Well something's gone wrong then, as we're STILL IN the EU. btw Still waiting for that apocolyptic budget threatened by Osborne ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Being in the EU has not been a bed of roses but some people's memories of the 40 years are being clouded by nostalgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 There was a lot of misinformation put out by both sides before the referendum, but for some reason the only people who were taken in voted to remain. And they're now complaining about it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/12/09/record-uk-exports-drive-huge-narrowing-trade-deficit/ Clearly not doomed just yet....and hopefully never. With a more realistically valued £, there are great opportunities for British companies to increase their exports and to compete more favourably in the home market. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Well George Osbourne and David Cameron have come out of it OK... George making half a million and Dave even more since they were booted out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Thanks Baz, I've not been able to sleep properly through worrying about how those two millionaire wastes of space were coping :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 Odd a weak £, and still are manufacturing is down, and prices are going up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 According to many commentators (some of whom post on here) manufacturing in this country has been falling off the cliff for the last 50 years. The pound has been overvalued for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 What manufacturing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 politicians and experts obs. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 . ....... and now we've got the saga of the poor, 3 million, EU migrants demanding assurances that they can stay in the UK after Brexit. Hang on a minute; if the EU is so good, and the UK is going to get so bad, why would they want to stay ? Simple: they can be treated exactly the same way as the EU treats ex-pat Brits in the EU - sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Did you not know Obs, exports are down, despite the weak £, So the £ has been overvalued for along time, and its all good then is it. is it still overvalued? A weak currency is a sign of a weak economy is it not?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 13, 2016 Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 Ask the 3 million migrants who are gagging to stay here ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 I'm asking you Obs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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