EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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hoefla in reply to @JWestland

The UK has to transition to a service economy

No country or society can exist on a service economy only. I thought there were encouraging signs in recent years that that aspiration is fading. We need skilled trades (and there are always unskilled jobs that need doing) and a positive outcome of the Brexit undercurrent would be if we actually resourced training properly and encouraged young people who wanted to go into skilled trades, rather than perpetuating a misplaced snobbishness. This might eventually lead to less need for trades to come from abroad.

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bluebikerider in reply to @hoefla

There's plenty of skilled tradesman in this country who are brilliant at their jobs. The problem is, the Great British public prefer cheaper imported 'talent', ironic isn't it?

I was one for over 20 years and glad I got out. What imported talent is willing to work for cash in hand makes being a tradesman difficult in my area any ways.

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hoefla in reply to @bluebikerider

I didn't know that.
The general perception is that we need to import skilled trades as there aren't enough here, exacerbated by cutting numbers of apprenticeships and training for years. Not true?
The public will always prefer cheaper, I'm not sure it's ironic...
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edscoble in reply to @bluebikerider

Skilled tradesman? In the UK?

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