Comment threads have been busy with honest and open discussion about Brexit and trouble brewing for the Tories.
There is also discussion of Rhik Samadder’s adventures in extreme dentistry, readers have been sharing similar experiences. And there has been a lively debate about the fact automation is set to take 1 in 3 jobs in UK’s northern centres.
To join in you can click on the links in the comments below to expand and add your thoughts. We’ll continue to highlight more comments worth reading as the day goes on.
Automation to take 1 in 3 jobs in UK’s northern centres, report finds
‘Cities that voted heavily for Brexit are the ones most likely to be adversely effected by automation’
The really sad aspect of this report is that the towns and cities that voted heavily for Brexit are the ones most likely to be adversely effected by automation, with replacement jobs being low paid and low skilled.
In the slash and burn free market utopia that Brexit supporters in government seek, where will be the protective regulations that cushion the impact of automation, where will be the public expenditure on retraining and education, where will be the social security net for those most damaged by technological change?
Where indeed.
jakedog
Going back to my roots: my adventures in extreme dentistry
‘The reference to the majority of dentists no longer taking NHS patients is an extremely serious point’
I appreciate that this is meant in some way to be a lighthearted piece but the reference to the majority of dentists no longer taking NHS patients is an extremely serious point.
In all the talk about the crisis besetting the NHS, dentistry is rarely if ever mentioned. Amongst my family and friends I am the only one registered with an NHS dentist and this is by dint of having registered years ago near to where I worked, 25 miles from where I actually live. A few go private but most don’t go at all and it strikes me that it is almost the one part of the NHS that has in effect been privatised and has been done so without any real outcry that were it related to general health would rightly be banner headlines.
Kurwenal
Mount Tory is ready to blow over Brexit – and May can’t stop it
‘A strong PM would be driving this, not being driven.’
The PM is not to blame: no leader could keep a cap on boiling Brextremists
Well, she could. If she was worth her salt she would stand in front of the nation, outline her idea of Brexit – if soft is her preferred option then tell us why, and if any of those within her party are in disagreement, say so and be prepared to back up their stance with bare facts.Facts are what we’re missing (Mr Davis) facts, or rather the lack of, are why we are where we are and why Mrs May, and the nation are in no mans land.
A strong PM would be driving this, not being driven. We’re all being held to ransom because of an extremely weak PM, the Tories terrified of losing power.Yes, this is her fault, but is the real issue Brexit, and the health of the nation, or the unity of the Tory party?
Blenheim
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