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Exactly well said 👏

IDK, £11.44 doesn't seem too bad

over one million new arrivals and still 900,000 jobs to fill , people still aint cottoned on , try looking at the biggest demographic that come here and the percentage of them that work , 51% source ONS

The reality is - people just can't afford to work for £11.44 per hour so why do it?

@@gearupgifts stop mass migration and wages will rise

The question is, "why are we having a mental health crisis?" I think part of it has to be due to the modern societal changes we see.

99% of people who claim to have mental health issues do not infact have real mental health issues, its been a normalised trend . this generation is too soft.

​@@FLPhotoCatchersocial media and everything being online is the main issue. You cant catch a break from any of it. I wish i could go back in time. Even by 20 years and i would be happy

spot on

@23erisx can you elaborate on the point: “no meaning in the jobs to connect to”? Is it a matter of salary and tax, or something more philosophical like performing the job doesn’t make you feel like you’re contributing to society as a whole? I mean surely nobody would like to starve or be homeless when you can just work a few hours a day to not be so (under the assumption that the salary is enough to achieve that)

stopping welfare all together will focus their minds ha ha ha

When you get taxes to oblivion and don't get anything in return. It's depressing and demotivating.

​@@hygruschech2643a few hours a day? Mate even the 9-5 plus commute time is three quarters of the face of the clock. Plus a lot of these jobs unfilled are jobs that offer low contacted hours but expect full flexibility. For example my sister working 45 hours a week consistently for over a year on an eight hour contract. Working 12-9pm and then the next day 9am-6pm.

Depression, bad nerves, anxiety…. In other words make up excuse for choosing not to work. Let other people work and live off their labour….

@@jan2000nlah yes the medically and scientifically recognised mental illness are comepltey BS now as Jan2000 think so 😂😂😂😂

​@@jan2000nluntil you suffer from mental health daily dont judge. You have no idea the effect mental health has on people.

I'm disabled, and I'll only work when I'm paid a proper wage.

@@jan2000nl well your low IQ is no excuse for for your lack of education….

EXACTLY. WHY THE FUCK SHOULD I WORK DAY AND NIGHT FOR WAGES WHERE I CANT AFFORD TO LIVE COMFORTABLY EVEN AS A SINGLE PERSON. OF COURSE WE ARE DEPRESSED.

And not working helps, how?

@@greg_nicholls it doesn't

​@@ben8878why would you work all day and night anyway? Thats just crazy😂

@@user-iw2bn3gz1n I was making a point about how insane the housing market is. that it doesn't matter how hard you work, you cannot afford the basics such as housing.

I'm an award-winning author and my previous work was 30+ years of live productions, teaching classes, directing, designing over 9000 sounds, and more. I HAVE NO CHANCE, lol. 😂 No chance at any even remotely plausible glimpse of a legitimately awesome end-of-life scenario. I'm guaranteed to be unalived in 6-12 years. There's no other logical, mathematical possibility. It is what it is. 💪😎✌️ #StayInYourLane

Everyone has to start somewhere, you can’t expect to enter the work force on higher wages. Work hard, gain experience and skills that allows you to climb up the ladder.

@@arslanasad5980 It doesn't work like that for the vast majority of the British population.

This is, unfortunately, accurate. Add to this reduced life expectancy, which reduces the earning potential of an individual across the course of their life.

@@arslanasad5980I agree with your overall thought process but this isn’t feasible nowadays. I went to university for 7 years, interned for 1, worked 4 years in corporate and I couldn’t afford to buy a vehicle and rent at the same time. I’m unemployed right now but I’m up skilling but that costs money and time and not everyone can afford that. The crisis is bigger than people not wanting to work their way up.

A cleaning job yesterday I saw had 482 applicants, for 11.50 an hour..

@@RafaquaQuetta Church janitor in Canada had over 100 applicants. For a part-time job.

Or job listings which are simply agencies looking for people to put on their books!

Considering that these people are not “unemployed”, but rather unwilling to work, it is a concern for all working people and taxpayers regardless of their wealth.

​@@meh4770It really depends on why they are not working. There are thousands of different medical conditions. Many within mental health. The government's answer from next year is to make them work from home. Oh fine. Do you want to call customer services dealing with someone with chronic PTSD and depression. We are not fun at times.

More like slave owners talking about their slaves or a farmer talking about their herd of livestock.

@@paul7TM Stop with the excuses. Work is hard, but you have to do it. That’s it.

That's exactly what it is. Britain has a royal Family, that is extremely wealthy while not doing any work, and we are all their subjects who are expected to work.

at least they are actually working

Exactly. There is literally no reason to participate in the economy anymore. The benefits of working would have to increase by 400% before it would even make sense to have a job. You'd literally have to be stupid to be working now.

You can't simply 'choose to be on benefits'. The system is designed to appease an electorate that lacks the slightest clue how the system functions, and who accuse each other on their own street of being 'on the fiddle'. The justice system is designed so that it's better nine guilty go free rather than one innocent is punished; the benefits system is the inverse of that.

mass migration is the cause of all this , cant build our way out of it either , its still rocketing , without tackling that its futile , then add on top of that the biggest demographic who come only 51% work , source ONS , they wont tell you that on the news though

It is interesting perhaps, at this point, this is the whole world over, in some ways, China, Korea, Japan, perhaps even US, this phenomenon.

Is benefits more lucrative than the compensation from work? I quite like being able to go and have a decent meal once in a while, doubt I'd be able to do that on benefits... 🤷‍♂️

It's a relief when someone older looking down on the problem actually offers sympathy and sees whats really going on

That doesn’t pay taxes

@@user-cz8ed1ho7n When Russia is knocking on the door see how you feel about it then.

​​@@buntyjoy1800 how by swimming? Their navy is gone.

@@wangjchen1763 Yeh cos we are really good at stopping boats coming across the channel 😂

@@wangjchen1763 who told you their navy is gone, because of 4 ships that were sank. They have navy ships in the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, off the coast of Syria, and in the far east close to Japan and they can manufacture more

Exactly. I really dont understand this narrative. How can there be 900k vacancies yet almost every job vacancy ive seen on indeed, LinkedIn etc has like 100+ applications. To me, it does seem like propaganda to support having more cheap labour from migration. But things are so bad it took me applying for over 200 vacancies over the course of 2 months to finally get a job. And I was literally looking for anything. Nothing specific.

@@wjorb857 I was unemployed for 2 years straight out of school apart from the odd 2 weeks temp jobs every now and then and I am applying to every job but it is partly my fault because I can't be motivated enough to apply to billion jobs in a month

It’s even worse when u think most of the time they only employ you when know some European language especially in London why do u need to know Italian to work in Britain like wtf.

Everybody not working is an enemy in a purely capitalist, and heavily consumerist society.

I don't get why you are acting like a unwanted prehistoric Republican American and trying to discriminate people via age when it come to sickness... Sorry the one country on the Planet Brits don't want to be anything like... is USA... and not even a apocalypse will change that. Signed: Britain

@@CR-og5hothose people are likely to be rich who can’t claim benefits or very sick

Not a mention of Post Covid sickness. That now plays a big role. Most people don’t even realize and just put it down to general sickness.

@@CR-og5ho or too disabled or ill to work, or funded by rich parents.. or asylum seeker awaiting process.. Or children.. There’s more to it than retirement. 👍

Exactly! How terrible is that?

And normal people can't afford anything.

​Only bacause the system is built that way, it doesnt have to be...​@@4nlimited3dition_4n3d

It's actually easier to drive prices of things down than increase wages. A salary increase has to be equal across the board otherwise people with less increase end up getting it worse. Driving prices down is equal for everyone and easier to implement. Oh, but it's better with Brexit, so we can't be part of a bulk buying group, and oh, it's better to fund a war and buy more expensive gas and oil. The solution is simple, but no one is implementing it, and no one wants to implement it.

Nonsense, there are many things still cheap.

It also creates inflation which hurts all people.

Most people in developed countries are "rich" when looking from the outside.

lazy brits

Erodes the primary savings of ordinary middle class people, more than anything else. The elite find ways to evade tax, middle class folk don't.

Richard Branson is skint. He needs a few more billion dollars by next year to be able to afford to grow out his magnificent hair.

Independence

You can't become independent on low wages.

because they cant profit off of your work and taxes if you arent working

If you ain't rich, you ain't sheet. That's just reality. No exceptions.

It's just in case we actually have time to enjoy ourselves and think and share ideas with others about how the world could be better organised.

You don't have to work if you don't want to but don't expect those who do to pay for you through their taxes.

Where do you think roads, the medical system... everything, basically - comes from? From paying taxes into a society-based system. You want to enjoy the fruits of other's labour then.

Maybe those people don't work because they are waiting 1 year + for treatment

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Demand reassessment of care needs you are entitled to this by law. Demand your carers assessment is carried out by a qualified social worker. Demand more hours care, or you will resign from your caring role. Good luck incidentally. Have either an advocate with you or tell the SW you will record meeting as an aide memoir ❤

It's gonna get worse because of Ai , Even Bigheaded trade people who think they will never lose work to Ai , will still lose work if it's cheaper to get a Robot, Because Google have interested into Biomemory DNA HARD Drives , you can Basically put someone's Consciousness into a Robot, I think in 10 years, even Bigheaded Trade's people are gonna struggle if they gotta Compete with robots, people need to be Doing coding courses, or something to do with computers

Pathetic! Bringing your third world view of women to the UK. It's why this country has gone down the toilet.

If their children are in school then they should be working.

@@user-ds8rj2vc4v did you shit the bed or something? Why the shitty comments to strangers? Bot much?

@@user-ds8rj2vc4v mass migration , only 51% of the largest demographic that arrive work , source ONS

​@@user-ds8rj2vc4vmate. The majority of unfilled jobs the brew want to push people like single mothers into are shitty retail jobs that require full flexibility. My sister worked 12-9pm and then 9am-6pm the next day. You make it sound like there's lots of jobs out there mother's can get that align perfectly with school hours and as if they don't have other things like cleaning and ironing clothes to do when their kids are at school

Straight up!

Wonder how well an economy can do where most people can only afford to pay rent/mortgage/bills + food. No socialising, no travel, no buying clothes. Just survival on a full time wage

@Tommyleini I've been doing that for years now. Easily 95% of my purchases are bills, food and drink.

That's exactly what wealthy people want - a return to the Victorian era where the majority of people worked for low wages to service wealthy people in their mines, mills, fishing fleets, gardens and as actual servants, and either had their own needs met in a meagre way, or had to buy what they needed on credit from shops owned by their employers.

This is actually true, one cannot live a day without paying some tax.

More like raising children to be economically inactive for future. Children from parents on dole, would be likely the same to exploit the welfare system

our problem is mass migration , our system not designed for it , one million new people a year means raised house prices and rents , lowered wages , limited services such as health and education , add to that the largest demographic that arrive only 51% work and pay tax , which i can back up with source , 51% muslims are employed , source ONS

I found it super weird that this is implying it's inappropriate for students, the retired and disabled to not be working. Like is someone suppose to quit college because parliament needs them working at McDonald's for $7 an hour? Are disabled suppose to just magically stop being disabled? The old should just stop being old? At this rate, they're going to be bringing child labor back. Seems like common sense and morality is going out the window.

£3000? universal credit & esa limit is £16,000, pip has no limit

Ya this is how we become Venezuela.. more money printing. We need to go back on the gold standard.

Wherever you look in the Commonwealth countries, the Tories have always had that authoritarian tinge to them...And also, an incredible amount of hypocritical arrogance. The ''do as I say. Don't do as do'' crowd. It's only getting worse, because the people funding their political campaigns are getting richer and richer by decades. Now, if you look at the USA, this phenomenon has reached peak corruption with the revolting help of their crackpot religion. The ''Dominionists''. You have no idea how extreme these people are.

Same. I also said COVID was intentionally released and man made right off the bat. Everyone also called me crazy. Until the evidence supporting my claim started to slowly leak out over the one/two years following

We pay tax on everything we buy. Even the stuff that doesn't have vat .. as the company is later taxed on thier profits from the sale of those goods. Its just another con to wring more out of the poor for the rich

While I’m sorry about your mum, why should you not contribute. You are a bloodsucker off people who work and pay taxes

@@Bingo12331 UK Caribbeans Tax Heavens would like to have a word with you? Are you a corporate Lawyer, advising the nepotism babies of the higher crust how to avoid paying Millions in taxes, while you watch your investments in these same corporations grow? Congratulations. Now, buzz-off!

Any reason to sit at home and be a bum. Pretty sure even without your mother's incident, you'd still drum up an excuse, like, "can't work, got a pet bee to look after."

Lazy ass

Same, i havent work since i was 35yo. Now that i am 50 i dont see the point of working and getting taxed. I live modestly, dont wear branded clothes but by savings up from the benefits money i could go on holiday to magaluf and tennerife at least once a year. Let the kids who want to work work and getting taxed but for me i would rather get free money.

@@ghosthdel3098 You can't be a real person! This is exactly why I left the UK permanently after graduating uni.

​@@mylesm12923yes, he is a real person.

thank god u left @@mylesm12923

"The tighter your grip, the more grains of sand that will fall through your fingers". 14 Years of cuts to pay, healthcare, social care, pensions and human rights. 14 Years of increased working hours, reduced contract security and prices doubling every few years. 31 million to MP security is because in just a few years... if it continues... not even the British Military will be able to stop the public flattening parliament and Buckingham palace... and no façade of "changing the regime" will stop it.

Lol! Aren't we all? It's kind of of thin in analyses...And shoddy work, overall.

MENTAL HEALTH BURDEN The effects of a lot of the pressures below, are seen in a rapid increase in mental health problems across all ages, but especially in the young working adults, adults who should if anything, be the most resilient of society. Regardless of political party, many in the UK have lost faith that the government and the civil service will stop the uncontrolled legal migration - note that is legal, the side of migration that we most have control over. The effects of uncontrolled migration are seen in: - increase of people on benefits. See the governments data of unemployment by ethnicity - despite the image fed to us, white British have the lowest unemployment rate compared to all other ethnicities. - artificially lowering the minimum wage due to an abundance of cheap imported labour. We have parts of the indigenous population that rely heavily on low paid low skilled jobs, and they are having to compete with people who are used to earning below the poverty level of Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Middle East etc - increase in house prices and rental prices - more building on our protected Green Belt land due to the housing pressure - more building on existing buildings and causing social tension as people live cheek by jowl. Legislation has been relaxed to encourage this in building. The UK already has some of the smallest homes, compared to Europe. - increase in violence and crime. There is a general increase, plus some which is specific to certain ethnicities. Knife (and machete) crime is more frequent, however whilst it captures the headlines, many other forms of crime, not typical to the indigenous population are flourishing. The Asian (Indian subcontinent) honour killings, and grooming gangs rap_ing/assaulting/drugging white children. - increased demand for extra policing, in the tens of thousands (look at the different police force's online wanted pictures, there is a disproportionately higher number of foreign criminals, especially as a proportion of the population) - increased demand for prison officers, and prison buildings (look at the prison population, where there is again a disproportionately higher number of foreign criminals, as a proportion of the population). We are already releasing criminals early, and not imprisoning others, due to a lack of prison places! And the increase in taxes to pay for these services and buildings. - increased demand on the judiciary. Our courts are blocked with massive queues, and everything is done to delay cases going to the CPS or going to court. We have a lack of staff and buildings. Very serious cases are rarely reaching the CPS or courts, or take years to go through the system. This causes a lack of justice, an increased risk to the population as criminals continue to live amongst us, and it encourages crime (justice needs to be swift to act as a deterrent). - the loss of our capital city London. It is now predominantly populated by people who self identify as belonging to an ethnic minority. You rarely hear English spoken! This will impact tourism - a quarter of a million people work in the tourism sector in London alone. - greater difficulty in seeing a healthcare professional, especially one that speaks fluent clear English, be it a GP, Consultant, or dentist - hospitals frequently declaring emergencies, as their A&E queues of ambulances with patients stuck in them grow longer. Even hospitals, in areas with a vast majority of white British population, if you go to the A&E it will be full of people from the middle east, Indian subcontinent, and Africa. Often you won't hear English being spoken! - increased burden of disabled children, on healthcare, special education needs, and benefits (both for disability, and for the unemployed parents that stay at home caring for their disabled children), unnecessarily caused by cousin marriage, from people from the Indian subcontinent - lack of school and university places. Pressures to change what is being taught, to suit a minority religious population - the enormous congestion on all our roads. Even country lanes, which were once peaceful, have now become rat runs - religious and social tension, especially from ethnicities that are not interested in integrating - increased suffering of female children subjected to FGM and child marriage - increased distortion of UK elections, as women from the Indian subcontinent lose their vote to their husbands - loss of money spent in the UK economy, as migrants send it back to their countries of origin MORAL QUESTION - is it morally right to import cheap labour to be exploited? And what about those skilled migrants, eg nurses and doctors, that are actually needed in their own country. Is it morally right for the UK to benefit from poorer countries paying to educate and train skilled workers? FINANCIAL BURDEN In March 2024, the UK National Debt is over £2.90 trillion! Watch it growing in real time: www.nationaldebtclock.co.uk BIRTH RATE FALSE THEORY Some people believe in the theory, that we need to import people because of our lower birth rate, and that there is certain work that we don't want to do. This ignores the fact that we need to increase productivity, especially with automation/robotics/AI (Artificial Intelligence), because other countries will certainly be investing in this, and all of these REDUCE job vacancies - there will be fewer jobs in the near future! Our population might not apply for very low paid jobs, eg picking fruit, or nursing the elderly, but that is because the rates of pay are ridiculously low. Pay a fair wage in an economy that doesn't tilt the table by importing cheap labour! Young indigenous couples, avoid having children because they cannot afford to have them, or don't have the economic and housing stability that they need. This responsible approach to reproducing, is not shared by migrants coming to the UK - they are prepared to live in poverty, and have their families subsidised by the UK taxpayer. WHAT CAY YOU DO? Please watch, action, and share this Simon Webb RU-vid video: A Parliamentary petition to suspend immigration to Britain for five years And vote for Reform UK. Regardless of if you think this will give the results that we need, it is important for people to see, that there are many others who share their concerns, and this is one very simple and quick way to do it. Many thanks, and don't forget to share👍