Saturday 18 August 2012

British workers are idlers

Don't normal comment on politics, like to keep my thoughts to myself, but when British MP's decide to call British worker the worst idlers, in a BBC news story "British workers 'among worst idlers', suggest Tory MPs" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19300051 I made an exception. It is interesting to look at the background of the 5 authors of this claim, I wonder where there got the experience and knowledge to backup their claim. Unless they are talking about those who work in politics, although a lot of workers in Parliment and the polical parties that work hard. I have worked for large and small UK companies and the majority of those I have worked with are hard workers, although their is a small group of slackers just doing what is required it is unfair to label the majority of UK workers as idlers

Elizabeth Truss
http://www.elizabethtruss.com/about-elizabeth-truss-0
Elizabeth worked in the energy and telecommunications industry for ten years as a commercial manager and economics director and is a qualified management accountant. She was a Deputy Director at the think-tank Reform where she advocated more rigorous academic standards in schools, a greater focus on tackling serious and organised crime and urgent action to deal with Britain's falling competitiveness.She has an accountancy background

Dominic Raab
http://www.dominicraab.com/about_dom.html
Dom started his career as an international lawyer at Linklaters, a law firm in the City, working on project finance, international litigation and competition law. He also spent time on secondments at Liberty (the human rights NGO) and in Brussels advising on EU and WTO law. In 2000, Dom joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. He advised on a wide range of briefs, including UK investor protection, maritime issues, counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism, the UK overseas territories and the international law of outer space. In 2003, he was posted to The Hague to head up a new team, focused on bringing war criminals to justice. On return to London, he advised on the Arab-Israeli conflict, EU law and Gibraltar.
Dom left the FCO in 2006, and worked for three years as Chief of Staff to respective Shadow Home and Justice Secretaries, advising in the House of Commons on crime, policing, immigration, counter-terrorism, human rights and constitutional reform.

Priti Patel
http://www.priti4witham.com/about
Priti has worked in the communications industry for over ten years and until recently was the Director of Corporate Communications at a major international company. She has worked around the world and has direct experience of dealing with a diverse range of issues including; bringing education to communities in Africa and India, to foreign direct investment around the world and agricultural issues in the UK.

Chris Skidmore
http://chrisskidmore.com/about-chris-skidmore-mp/
Chris worked briefly in journalism for the People Magazine and as a historical researcher, before going on to write his first book, a biography of the Tudor king Edward VI in 2007. Chris has continued to write, publishing his second book, Death and the Virgin in 2010 and a book on the Battle of Bosworth due later in 2012. He currently teaches history part-time at Bristol University.

Kwasi Kwarteng
http://www.kwart2010.com/about/
Kwasi earned Bachelor and PhD degrees in British History, worked as a financial analyst, journalist and author

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