That Bloody Woolas F***wit again!!!
There was a programme on telly last night about migrant workers, unemployed british people and the correlation between the two. I found the show quite fascinating, as in my simple mind, it didn't try to make any big arguments. Rather, they found some unemployed people that were willing to do the jobs of some migrants for a few days, and documented what happened.
Okay - perhaps it wasn't quite that scientific - they did seem to match some people to some jobs pretty badly - and when they did match well (e.g. the chippie that was hired to plasterboard a house), then one's racial stock had no bearing on the job.
There were one or two people in the show I wanted to slap, most notably the lad that had never worked, lived with his mum, owned more DVDs than me and was forever playing on his computer - and when given a job, never showed up...
... but the one person I really wanted to slap wasn't even on the show. He was on newsnight afterwards, where he, some tory, one of the unemployed people, and a businessman from the show met to discuss the issues the show raised.
Yes, it was my main man, Woolas, and without Joanna Lumley there to keep in his place was doing his usual smug-git-eye-rolling-don't care-just here for the money- act. At one point he mentioned the new deal; at which point the unemployed man announced that he'd been out of work for over a year and nothing -no help, no new deal, nothing. Woolas rolls his eyes, becomes more smug than ever and dribbles some nonsense back at him. Even the tory bloke seemed to show more interest(!)
So, again, I ask, please can that bloody awful man be banned from our television. Heck, just MY television would be enough. Would a petition on the downing street website work?
P.S. As for the show itself, I think it was called, "the day the immigrants left", and I thought it was fascinating viewing.
Okay - perhaps it wasn't quite that scientific - they did seem to match some people to some jobs pretty badly - and when they did match well (e.g. the chippie that was hired to plasterboard a house), then one's racial stock had no bearing on the job.
There were one or two people in the show I wanted to slap, most notably the lad that had never worked, lived with his mum, owned more DVDs than me and was forever playing on his computer - and when given a job, never showed up...
... but the one person I really wanted to slap wasn't even on the show. He was on newsnight afterwards, where he, some tory, one of the unemployed people, and a businessman from the show met to discuss the issues the show raised.
Yes, it was my main man, Woolas, and without Joanna Lumley there to keep in his place was doing his usual smug-git-eye-rolling-don't care-just here for the money- act. At one point he mentioned the new deal; at which point the unemployed man announced that he'd been out of work for over a year and nothing -no help, no new deal, nothing. Woolas rolls his eyes, becomes more smug than ever and dribbles some nonsense back at him. Even the tory bloke seemed to show more interest(!)
So, again, I ask, please can that bloody awful man be banned from our television. Heck, just MY television would be enough. Would a petition on the downing street website work?
P.S. As for the show itself, I think it was called, "the day the immigrants left", and I thought it was fascinating viewing.