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    #51
    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    It may be coincidence, but I've noticed a marked increase in emails for my saved contract searches over the last month or so.

    So far then Brexit is suiting me just fine, if it means less competition from overseas contractors resident in the UK.

    (Nothing against them personally whatever, but I put my own needs first.)
    Even if this is true, it's stage 1. Unfortunately IT (and many other service sector industries) is a non-location-specific industry:

    1. Shortage of labour, wages rise
    2. Companies decide to offshore faster/move jobs to cheaper countries - private sector jobs decline
    3. Tax take from private sector declines, squeeze on public sector finances - public sector jobs decline

    Thus does a country become poorer. Only those with exceptional skills can buck the trend.

    Stage 3 seems to have escaped some public sector Brexiters notice - the same people who talk about Corbyn's magic money tree seem to think it doesn't apply to them
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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