Starmer's vision quest

[laurentian]

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This is literally 2 miles from me.
Some first hand facts:

1. There is a migrant hotel about 1/2 mile outside of the village on the other side of M1 J18
2. The asylum seekers go to play football in the park of an evening. They did this for a while but were allegedly keeping kids awake in houyses adjacent to the park in the late evening with their football (I guess calling for a pass, laughing etc.)
3. Local bloke has a word with them about the noise, as have representatives of Serco
4. No more noise or uproar about it on the village facebook group and they continue to play football in the evening
5. Crick is far from a no-go zone. There are people of a particular persuasion who's agenda suits this narrative but, trust me, it is not. I go there a lot - it has the nearest shop and post office to where I live.
6. A "curfew" may or may not be on the agenda - I don't know this. I do know there's a lot of hate from a certain section of the community and a lot of tolerance and understanding from others.
6. The cricket club mentioned organised a game against some of the migrants from the hotel a while ago
7. One of the migrants has recently been charged with sexual assault in nearby Rugby - so some concerns are justified in my view. This is the only misdemeanor attributable to the migrants that I am aware of.

 

[CXRAndy]

Thanks for confirming

 

[Bromptonaut]

This is literally 2 miles from me.
Some first hand facts:

Not far from me either and Crick as a no go space is laughable.

 

[tarric]

As you say, just because someone writes something doesn't make it true. Shall I apply that to your second sentence?

Here's something about the job market from the Guardian if you prefer that source:
https://www.theguardian.com/busines...-hiring-as-economic-slowdown-hits-jobs-market
The reason for the falling vacancy rate is explained in that: "
Giving a strong indication of employers’ reluctance to hire new staff, the vacancy rate fell by 44,000. The drop of more than 5% in the three months to June on the previous quarter was the 37th consecutive fall in vacancies and took the total to well below pre-pandemic levels at 718,000. The ONS said its research “suggests some firms may not be recruiting new workers or replacing workers who have left”."

Here's something else from the ONS showing the number of payrolled employees is falling:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment

Any thoughts on those?

Not particularly, the number of advertised jobs is down and has been falling for the last 3 years but then the percentage of people in employment is up again.