Tim Blackwell

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• mbclists commented on A nation of slaves
  I like all of this, but George Osborne didn't go to Eton....
• Antonia T Tiger commented on A nation of slaves
  One quite commonplace feature is that the same job can be advertised in multiple places, and that can throw off figures for available jobs. I suppose the classic instance is the travelling salesman. He can be covering a large area, and that job can be justifiably advertised as "local" throughout the area. While it varies with geography and population density, one job could be legitimately advertised a couple of dozen times. And the politicians are going to be tempted to count it as a couple of dozen jobs....
• scott-sanford commented on A nation of slaves
  One quite commonplace feature is that the same job can be advertised in multiple places, and that can throw off figures for available jobs. Indeed, and also in the literal sense. A few minutes before coming here I was on another site and saw several job advertisements (for which I imagine someone got a micropayment). However, I live on North America, so knowing there are openings for biochemists in Sheffield or teachers in Leeds don't help me much. But now I've got the whimsical idea of assigning people employment by some random selection method. Once a year everyone could be...
• ARNOLD commented on A nation of slaves
  " However, I live on North America, so knowing there are openings for biochemists in Sheffield or teachers in Leeds don't help me much. " Good Grief! Such dismal pessimism. It would help you if you held relevant qualifications and were willing to come and work in the U.K. For example... " Opportunities are available throughout England, including the greater London area, so if you are looking for short term work in different locations or a single long term contract / permanant role, we would love to hear from you - We can even secure work for you before you...
• Bellinghman commented on A nation of slaves
  Can't have a decent standard of living with good graduate level Scientific /Mathmatics based qualifications in the U.S. of A? Yes? Then its well worth looking into the posibilities of emigration to the U.K. Which is fine if it's just you. But if you have a family, a partner who also has a job, children who are settled in schools, perhaps elderly parents you need to be within reach of, migrating to a different continent is far from trivial. Thinking of friends who have switched country, most of them seem to have done so at the age before children or...