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    #51
    This was discussed on Farming Today a while back. Farmers were anticipating the supply of pickers from the EU to dry up fairly soon anyway due to improvements back in their home countries. Brexit, and especially the fall in the £, has just accelerated this. They are counting on the Govt allowing them to hire temporary workers from other countries. Spanish farmers use (exploit) African workers.

    Exploited to put food on our plates: ‘we live like animals’ – Channel 4 News
    Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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      #52
      No-deal Brexit would push UK debt to 50-year high, says think tank - BBC News

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        #53
        2016...

        "The government is now adrift without any effective fiscal anchor," said IFS director Paul Johnson.

        IFS warns of biggest squeeze on pay for 70 years over Brexit | Business | The Guardian
        UK faces two decades of no earnings growth and more austerity, says IFS | Business | The Guardian

        2017...

        UK pay growth rises to 3.1%, the highest in almost a decade | Business | The Guardian

        2018...

        UK wage growth fastest for nearly 10 years - BBC News

        2019..

        UK wage growth picks up to 11-year high - BBC News

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          #54
          Originally posted by The Article
          The think tank said borrowing was likely to rise to £100bn and total debt would soar to 90% of national income.
          It's still better than France.

          Grand scheme of things when you're already $8 trillion in debt £100bn is small change.
          Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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            #55
            The BBC seems to spend a lot of time commenting on Paul Johnson's fantastic insights.

            Never seems to question him on his bulltulip.

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              #56
              Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
              It's still better than France.
              The french are detestable.

              I'm glad they made a word for themselves.

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                #57
                I picked bananas on a kibbutz, grapes in France when I was young as it was an adventure.
                I would not have picked fruit in the UK.
                Maybe a lot of EU workers come to the UK to pick fruit and other low paid jobs to practice their English.
                The English are quite prepared to go to australia and work on farms but wouldn't dream of picking fruit in the UK.





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                  #58
                  Daily wail alternative headline:

                  Given the earth is 4.543 billion years old, 50 year debt pile is a rounding error.
                  "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by minestrone View Post

                    Agent on the phone last week offering a job in Bristol that was just a fraction above that I charged in 2008. Of course it was a 11 year high! All 3% extra

                    Ludicrous.
                    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by Brussels Slumdog View Post
                      I picked bananas on a kibbutz, grapes in France when I was young as it was an adventure.
                      I would not have picked fruit in the UK.
                      Maybe a lot of EU workers come to the UK to pick fruit and other low paid jobs to practice their English.
                      The English are quite prepared to go to australia and work on farms but wouldn't dream of picking fruit in the UK.





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                      You know - I think this may have something to do with the fact that they are 'travelling the world' and need jobs to fund that...

                      If you only work in the UK you are probably not doing as much traveling as you would like - obviously if you get to a farm in Australia then you are travelling.

                      So I think the people who do go work on farms in Australia are not the sort of the people who would actually see fruit picking in the UK as a career they would pursue.

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