wetherspoons boss wants more european immigration

[Thomas]

It isn't immigration that is needed it is permits for seasonal foreign workers.
(For England that is around 180000.)

Well im sure you read my posts yeasterday , both scotland and englands governments and the rest of the developed world arecommitted to long term mass immigration , whatever the tories say to appease the masses.

Thats not gonnae change in or out the EU. Merely the origin of where they come from.

[papasmurf]

Thats similar to many parts of scotland though pappy outside the central belt.

We will have to wait and see what happens , but from my point of view its a farce having your country control immigration into mine when quite clearly our migration needs are vastly different.

Business always get theri way though , especially with the two cheeks of the same westmisnter party arse. Blair caved into business demands for mass migration in the new labour years , and johnson will do the same.

It isn't immigration that is needed it is permits for seasonal foreign workers.
(For England that is around 180000.)

[Thomas]

Frankly he knows bugger all about the reality. (Seriously.) Most of those pontificating about crop picking would not last an hour at the job.
As for the hospitality industry where I live major obstacles to getting staff, is the ability to be able to get to work during the unsocial hours, no public transport in those unsocial hours and a high percentage of under 25s do not have a driving licence.
Other than that most of the local people who have the skills needed are approaching needing a Zimmer frame or waiting for God.

Thats similar to many parts of scotland though pappy outside the central belt.

We will have to wait and see what happens , but from my point of view its a farce having your country control immigration into mine when quite clearly our migration needs are vastly different.

Business always get theri way though , especially with the two cheeks of the same westmisnter party arse. Blair caved into business demands for mass migration in the new labour years , and johnson will do the same.

[papasmurf]

You know whats coming  , borkie will be along any minute to tell you the lazy feckless unemployed should be dragged out their beds to lift glasses and pick turnips.

Frankly he knows bugger all about the reality. (Seriously.) Most of those pontificating about crop picking would not last an hour at the job.
As for the hospitality industry where I live major obstacles to getting staff, is the ability to be able to get to work during the unsocial hours, no public transport in those unsocial hours and a high percentage of under 25s do not have a driving licence.
Other than that most of the local people who have the skills needed are approaching needing a Zimmer frame or waiting for God.

[Thomas]

On million people from  Europe have gone back there during the pandemic and The Angel Of Death, (Priti Patel,) won't let them back in. It isn't just the hospitality industry suffering. Agriculture cannot get anywhere enough crop pickers/food processor with disastrous consequences.

You know whats coming  , borkie will be along any minute to tell you the lazy feckless unemployed should be dragged out their beds to lift glasses and pick turnips.

Priti patel wont let migrants in through the usual routes  allegedly , but she is of course turning a blind eye if you rock up on hastings beach in a dingy.

[papasmurf]

To be fair to him though pappy , im hearing the same thing about the lack of staff for pubs and restaurants.

So its not just down to tim martin being a bad employer , but its right across the industry in both scotland and england.

On million people from  Europe have gone back there during the pandemic and The Angel Of Death, (Priti Patel,) won't let them back in. It isn't just the hospitality industry suffering. Agriculture cannot get anywhere enough crop pickers/food processor with disastrous consequences.

[Thomas]

Tim Martin is an idiot. He treats his employees with contempt and then wonders why he now can't get staff.

To be fair to him though pappy , im hearing the same thing about the lack of staff for pubs and restaurants.

So its not just down to tim martin being a bad employer , but its right across the industry in both scotland and england.

[papasmurf]

Tim Martin is an idiot. He treats his employees with contempt and then wonders why he now can't get staff.

[Thomas]

Arch Brexiteer Wetherspoons boss now echoes Scotland's support for EU immigration

Scottish politicians arguing that the UK's post-Brexit immigration laws are unfit for purpose found support today from the unlikeliest of allies ... arch Brexiteer Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin.

Mr Martin was a key supporter of the campaign to leave Europe with a hard Brexit that included quitting the single market and an end to freedom of movement.

Now though he has urged Westminster to increase migration from Europe because of a shortage of workers in the hospitality sector.

This shortage can hardly have come as a surprise to anyone. Indeed it was predicted by those arguing for a softer Brexit. The Scottish government and SNP MPs at Westminster consistently argued against the Brexit deal being proposed by Westminster and for the continuation of freedom for movement.

All the points they made were dismissed by Westminster, where Boris Johnson supported the hardest version of Brexit.

At the beginning of 2020 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said ending free movement from within the EU would harm the UK as a whole but would be "uniquely" damaging for the economy and public services in Scotland, where population decline is steeper.

Nicola Sturgeon argued last year in favour of a ''Scottish visa'' to recognise the different situation north of the Border but Westminster dismissed the idea out of hand.

The Wetherspoons boss now favours a visa scheme which would give countries close to Britain preferential treatment – in contradiction to pro-Brexit arguments which said the change would allow immigrants from all countries to be treated equally.

Tim Martin says he wants the UK government to consider a ''reasonably liberal'' visa scheme to encourage workers from abroad to move to the UK.

https://www.businessforscotland.com/arch-brexiteer-tim-martin-now-echoes-scotlands-support-for-eu-immigration/