Worst effects of European recession risk becoming permanent

Monday, November 23rd 2015 - 08:16 UTC

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The worst effects of the European recession risk becoming permanent in places, according to a left-leaning think tank. The IPPR's latest report pointed to the high level of unemployment and underemployment across Europe and said the chances of these becoming entrenched is “deeply alarming”. It said there was 10% unemployment and a 5% underemployment rate in Europe. Read full article

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Britworker
Stupid Mercopress, the UK Chancellor has one and only one priority and that is to clear the deficit by 2020, self congratulate and then say I would like to be Prime Minister. He will do this by obliterating public services and then back filling their roles with very cheap and very stupid private sector employees on minimum wage.
The British public are dumb enough to see this yet say nothing, but will be the first to complain when they require assistance from their once well trained and very capable public work force.

You get what you pay for, simple!
Nov 23rd, 2015 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
@1. I fail to see the connection between the title and foreword, and the substance of the article. The FACT is that the UK is doing far better than the eurozone. Whether Mr Osborne would like to be PM is irrelevant. Curiously, it would require a massive legislative programme to do anything other than affect the public sector. This is unfortunate for people who work, as I did, in the “public sector”. But there was a time when people sought employment in the public sector because they wanted to assist the nation and its people. This has changed over time as people working in the public sector have become tired of being denigrated all the time.

The British public is, as you say, dumb because it cannot see that laws and regulations that make life as safe and economically viable as possible have to be administered. And who does that? It's a bit like demanding military protection but refusing to have an air force, army and navy.
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