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[samscafeamericain]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...litics-19300051

British workers are "among the worst idlers in the world", a group of Conservative MPs have claimed.

The UK "rewards laziness", does not encourage risk-taking and must strive to emulate the work ethic and low-tax culture in parts of Asia, the five MPs argue in a book due out next month.

The authors include Elizabeth Truss and Dominic Raab, both tipped to be promoted in a future reshuffle.

"Too many people in Britain prefer a lie-in to hard work," they argue

[tig]

pot, kettle, black

theyre the most useless creatures in the country

[Pat]

I wonder how they are judging all the young people who have never even had the opportunity to work?

I think the answers to the problems with the economy don't lie in the lap of the workforce and I'm more inclined to share the views of the TUC.

"The problem with the UK economy is not its workers, but a severe lack of jobs," said TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.

"It's not the UK work ethic which is holding the country back but a lack of demand in the economy - a situation that is being made considerably worse by government spending cuts."

[Dexter St. Clair]

I think Elizabeth Truss is the only one who can claim she "worked" in industry. From Paisley although educated at a private tax avoiding school in Leeds then off to Oxford.
Dominic Raab Grammar school boy and worked as a lawyer after graduating for Oxford.


Priti Patel attended a comprehensive school then Keele University and was offered a job by Andrew Lansley at Conservative Central Office.

Chris Skidmore was privately educated in Bristol the Oxford and was picked up by David Willetts and Michael Gove as an advisor.

Kwasi Kwarteng attended Eton (on a scholarship as he points out on his official web site) the went up to Cambridge and over to Harvard before getting a job as an analyst in financial services and still works as a
Consultant to Odey Asset Management.

[Pat]

I think Elizabeth Truss is the only one who can claim she "worked" in industry. From Paisley although educated at a private tax avoiding school in Leeds then off to Oxford.
Dominic Raab Grammar school boy and worked as a lawyer after graduating for Oxford.


Priti Patel attended a comprehensive school then Keele University and was offered a job by Andrew Lansley at Conservative Central Office.

Chris Skidmore was privately educated in Bristol the Oxford and was picked up by David Willetts and Michael Gove as an advisor.

Kwasi Kwarteng attended Eton (on a scholarship as he points out on his official web site) the went up to Cambridge and over to Harvard before getting a job as an analyst in financial services and still works as a
Consultant to Odey Asset Management.

So vast and varied experience of the world of work. And nae honners fae pals.
Thanks, Dex. Some crew.

I know there must be many excellent consultants around and my knowledge of them isn't great but I do remember working for one charity which was particularly keen on consultants. We (the workers) told them everything we knew, issues, problems and how we would resolve them. They reported back to management and got their big fee. Why didn't our bosses just ask us directly? Would have been much cheaper - and quicker.