I hope this guy is wrong about our future

[BlasterBates]

Whilst one cannot be entirely happy with the state of UK politics or the UK's direction of travel for the foreseeable future, this statement is inevitably true.We would have been totally arse-****ed had the Corbyistas taken charge.

The fact that Corbyn would have driven the economy down the plug hole faster doesn't mean that the Tories aren't driving the economy down the plug hole.

[tazdevil]

The fact that Corbyn would have driven the economy down the plug hole faster doesn't mean that the Tories aren't driving the economy down the plug hole.

Boris and the conservatives are more likely to make the UK a success but in reality it us the people that'll make or break the UK. I for one am optimistic for the future and will support rather than denigrate our great nation.

[BlasterBates]

Boris and the conservatives are more likely to make the UK a success but in reality it us the people that'll make or break the UK. I for one am optimistic for the future and will support rather than denigrate our great nation.

Try recruiting a Brit to get up at 6:00 AM to work on a fruit farm, and when you've tried it you'll know where the people will be taking the UK.

[tazdevil]

Try recruiting a Brit to get up at 6:00 AM to work on a fruit farm, and when you've tried it you'll know where the people will be taking the UK.

Better learn to roll up our sleeves then and get on with things Perhaps a new national service scheme with people working on farms and in care homes rather than the military will instil a work ethic Reduced to nothing student loan debts as a reward

[DimPrawn]

Try recruiting a Brit to get up at 6:00 AM to work on a fruit farm, and when you've tried it you'll know where the people will be taking the UK.

Most farm work can be done by sophisticated and advanced machines, but farmers are used to paying some person £1/hr instead of investing in the automation required.

[meridian]

Most VB6 work can be done by sophisticated and advanced machines, but Swindon is used to paying some person £1/hr instead of investing in the automation required.

FTFY.

[BlasterBates]

Most farm work can be done by sophisticated and advanced machines, but farmers are used to paying some person £1/hr instead of investing in the automation required.

...drive the buses, man the machine on the production line, sweep the roads, work in the nursing home, work in the shop, build houses...etc etc etc

[DaveB]

Most farm work can be done by sophisticated and advanced machines, but farmers are used to paying some person £1/hr instead of investing in the automation required.

Some farm work can be automated, but the tech to take on the unpredictable manual jobs like picking fruit and salad crops etc. isn't here yet and isn't going to be for years. These guys have spent 6 years and $10m on a machine to pick strawberries and still don't have an Alpha product yet, and that won't work on other crops because the physical requirements are all different..

It will come, but not in time to mitigate the impact on agricultural labour we are experiencing now, and which is only going to get worse.

The Age of Robot Farmers | The New Yorker

[jamesbrown]

FTFY.

You gravely underestimate prawnie. He's on £1.20/hr.

[JohntheBike]

Some farm work can be automated, but the tech to take on the unpredictable manual jobs like picking fruit and salad crops etc. isn't here yet and isn't going to be for years. These guys have spent 6 years and $10m on a machine to pick strawberries and still don't have an Alpha product yet, and that won't work on other crops because the physical requirements are all different..

It will come, but not in time to mitigate the impact on agricultural labour we are experiencing now, and which is only going to get worse.

The Age of Robot Farmers | The New Yorker

I'll ask again, who was picking the fruit before the UK joined the EU and for that matter, any of the other jobs that non UK nationals are doing?