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The pandemic has underlined the importance of many so-called unskilled jobs. The label ‚’unskilled‚’ harks back to the days when most employment was in the manufacturing sector but it has become increasingly irrelevant for decades. Many of the jobs in our extensive service sector demand traits such as interpersonal skills, conscientiousness, initiative and flexibility whichContinue reading “Let‚’s abolish ‚’unskilled‚’ workers”

COVID-19 has seen a refreshing rise in the quality of decision making,drawing on the best advice of Professionals in every field and level of society. In the past an enormous amount of energy and expertise has been frustrated by political parties who put ideology beyond common sense, effectiveness and current thinking. It has been veryContinue reading “Consensual Politics – A Reform of our Poitical System”

The move to flexible and home-working has been vastly accelerated by the pandemic. Whereas in many cases this has increased the quality of life with less commute time, less poluting emmissions and greater family time, it has also reduced people’s ‘movement’. More often than not the physical act of going to work was the onlyContinue reading “Addressing the homeworking sedentary timebomb”

COVID-19 has brought into focus the widening divide between British society’s ‘have’s’ and the ‘have not’s’. The have’s, generally knowledge workers, continue to work from the homes they own, earning comfortable salaries and with limited exposure to COVID. According to the ONS, 35% of a person’s wealth is tied up in their property. If youContinue reading “Narrowing the Have and Have Not divide through a train and self-buiild scheme”

The key challenge is the significant step change in single use face masks. They are a regular sight discarded on the streets. If they do end up in the waste they head to landfill. Reports of billions of these items going to landfill or worse into the oceans is unacceptable especially as the country nowContinue reading “Single use face masks and other waste re-purposing”

One of the great challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed is the stark educational inequality that exists between the children of rich and poor. In May 2020, a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that whereas children of wealthier backgrounds spent 5.8 hours a day on educational activities, their peers in theContinue reading “On The Lack Of Access To Educational Content Between Different Social Classes In The UK”

The prominence of the novel Corona Virus has highlighted three key areas where the UK’s education system are deficient. Firstly, the need to adopt online learning as a response to national lockdowns has shown the extent to which wealth disparity affects the quality of education received by young Britons. Whilst many leading private schools wereContinue reading “Inadequacies in United Kingdom’s Education System”

During the last year Covid-19 has caused disruptions within our society that have not been seen for many years. There is no doubt that mistakes were made and lessons need to be learnt for future. There are many obvious questions that arise as a result of the crisis. Many people might say that the governmentContinue reading “Fixing the problems which COVID-19 has exposed within the NHS and the Care Sector.”

Look at the recent situation in Syria, where a proxy war between western nations and Russia hasn’t provided either side with a diplomatic or political victory, instead it has only succeeded in destroying a whole country, obliterating its economy and displacing millions. Instead of maintaining a failing foreign policy, the UK should take the unityContinue reading “For too long, the UK and Russia have been at loggerheads, locked in a confrontational
situation in a way that has failed to secure positive results.”

A large part of this activity is unregulated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) yet the situation is totally legal. There are 5 main problems with this: 1. All food businesses are required by law to register with the local authority – but small scale operations are exempt so long as the supply of foodContinue reading “During the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a huge increase in the number of people selling food to the public from home.”