The current endless stream of striking by the new generation must be working wonders for the economy
They have to blame someone so the boomers is the easy option rather rather than looking in the mirror, it could be a fair statement that we ignored the environment but it should be borne in mind we didn't have the current level of knowledge either.
We just made our own way raising and educating a young family of three in a quiet modest way and still live in our 3 bedroom house of 44 years with no plans to move, some people are just happier than others as always
Tomhez - not looking forward to the 2025 loonies either..
Think you are on dodgy ground with the strikes Richard.
1972 23.9 million days lost to strikes
1979 29.4 million days lost to strikes Public sector workers
1984 27.1 million days lost to strikes
1989 4.1 million days lost to strikes
2022 2.5 million lost to strikes
I do agree that we live in times when taking responsibility for ones own situation is in short supply though. I think the young will add, final salary pensions and the best of the housing market to your comment on the environment.
Indeed -
It might also be worth noting that by & large the younger end of society didn't vote to take some 4% off the nation's GDP by leaving our closest and largest commercial market, and creating the situation where government says it has no money to pay public servants properly. By 'properly' I think I mean that they should earn a steady income at real prices over a period of years. I've worked with a lot of civil servants over the past decade, and can't help but notice that they're being ground down, and there's people leaving who have hard to replace skills and experience.
There's also the question of what sort of society we want to live in?
I'd like a properly resourced, motivated and rewarded health service, teachers, clean safe streets and so on. (But then I do live in Brighton & Hove, which is a liberal fantasy eco-bubble ;-) )
I'm really not sure our society's values are right. For example, while I admire my younger son for his 1st in Economics and landing a solid econometrics gig targeting media campaigns, and a solid salary package that in his 2nd year of working is as much as a highly experienced nurse earns in the NHS.
Will
