Juries have been a pain in the arse for Governments since forever. See ancient Athens and Rome for some comedies. Cicero murdered people under the form of law, because he was worried they would get o… (View Post)

a Nope - virtually certain that industry representatives are working the political scene. Just as the Leicester garment trade did. (View Post)

The fury at the "Nightjack" police blogger for saying the same thing was spectacular. SMT got a tame journalist to unmask him, so they could bin him from the job. (View Post)

a Yup - look for companies using "contractors" for low paid jobs. Often with clauses allowing the "contractors" to farm out work to others. Some Deliveroo "riders" are a… (View Post)

It's also one estimate - they range up to 1.5 million, IIRC. The other thing that is going on, is the selling of visas by companies that are allowed to direct recruit. In some cases, care home p… (View Post)