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AnatolyKasparov wrote:

PorFavor wrote:I think it was a mistake to elevate Shami Chakrabarti to the House of Lords after having stated that that there would be no names put forward by Labour. Just stupid - and asking for trouble.

Its the original statement there would be no new nominations under Corbyn that was the real mistake IMO.

Being opposed to the HoL in principle is all well and good, but as long as it exists as a branch of our legislature Labour needs to maintain its strength there.

However, the fact that incidents of antisemitism—particularly online—have made their way into a major political party is a new and deplorable phenomenon, and one which has not recently affected the mainstream right wing of British politics.

Shelter: More than four in 10 homes fail acceptable standards

More than four in 10 homes in Britain do not reach acceptable standards in areas such as cleanliness, safety and space, housing charity Shelter says.

Shelter's Living Home Standard covers affordability, decent conditions, stability, space and neighbourhood.

It said affordability was the biggest problem, and people should "live and thrive" in homes, not just "get by". (BBC News website)

adam wrote:From the home affairs select committee report, quoted above

However, the fact that incidents of antisemitism—particularly online—have made their way into a major political party is a new and deplorable phenomenon, and one which has not recently affected the mainstream right wing of British politics.

From Dorset Eye - Anti Semitism in Labour Party? Probably. Anti Semitism in Tory Party and Establishment? Absolutely
From the Daily Mirror - 27 Times the Tory Party Have Had A Racism Problem
From Left Foot Forward - The Antisemitic Traditions of the Tory Party
From Consented - Why the press furore on Labour anti-semitism but silence on Tory racism?
From Campaign Against AntiSemitism - Confusion over suspension of anti-semitic conservative councillor

That took me five minutes and involved the first few pages of a google search. The home affairs select committee should be ashamed of themselves. (Edit - tidy up links)

RogerOThornhill wrote:Technology.

It's probably way past time when people coming up with this stuff should have said "yes, we can do this but if it makes x numbers of people redundant, should we?"

When people point to how many manufacturing jobs have been lost, it's not easy to say how many have been lost due to loss of capacity i.e. offshoring, and how many because of technological advance.

The question for society should be "Who does this benefit?"

Accelerating technological unemployment will likely be one of the most challenging societal issues in the 21st Century. Never before in history are so many industries being simultaneously upended by new technologies. Though "creative destruction," in which lost jobs are replaced with new ones, will be a factor, our newest technologies have the clear potential to eliminate many more jobs than we create. With technology advancing at a geometric pace, robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D-printing, and other innovations with enormous disruptive potential will soon hit the mainstream. Billions of people worldwide are currently employed in industries that will likely be affected—and billions of new entrants to the workforce will need jobs.
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As summarized by Mr. Autor, “the structure of job opportunities in the United States has sharply polarized over the past two decades, with expanding job opportunities in both high-skill, high-wage occupations and low-skill, low-wage occupations, coupled with contracting opportunities in middle-wage, middle-skill white-collar and blue-collar jobs.”

A recent WSJ article noted that the 2014 median earnings of a typical male full time worker was $50,383 based on Census Bureau statistics. Back in 1973, the median earnings of a similar typical full time male worker was $53,294 measured in 2014 dollars to adjust for inflation.
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HindleA wrote:Technological" solutions "are already replacing human contact in the health/social sphere-tracking devices in lieu of a daily call etc,no doubt the argument is that if it saves money it frees it up for others who need more help,but isolation also has costs.