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@thaisilver60 @RupertLowe10 Things have changed . There's umpteen mandatory courses to do and report writing also .Somebody who was barely literate wouldn't cope with the job .

True. My late wife was barely literate, had never had a job in her life until, at age 33 I got her a job at an old folks home. She loved it until her lack of affinity with mathematics kicked in (percentages were to her what per capita is to lefties) so she switched to doing home care. She had NO qualifications but was capable of doing the job. So why do we need to fly in people who don't know the difference between "bleeding" and "breathing"?

Care homes. Same issue as the NHS. Too many foreign staff who can't speak proper English and aren't up to the job. Cheap labour. Easy visas. Disaster for Brits. Unfair and cruel on elderly residents who have severe problems understanding and hearing difficulties. Putting a foreign man in charge of their care with broken English and a very heavy accent is not right. How on earth are they supposed to understand what's going on with their medication or routine? I understand there are labour shortages, of course. What's the solution to that? The millions of healthy Brits who are currently sitting on benefits. If they want money, they can work for it. Slash the benefits bill, increase tax revenues and reduce immigration. The solution is so bloody obvious. Care home staff contact me with concerns about foreign colleagues who can barely string a sentence together. And elderly Brits are supposed to trust their care? It's not fair. Do we believe the qualification processes in some of these countries? Are the same people even taking the tests? I have my doubts. There is a flourishing criminal industry forging these documents - I am putting evidence together on this... Care home staff, and families, right across Britain have huge concerns - I will take them to Parliament.

@Lodestar247 @RupertLowe10 As long as they don't mind working weekends and bank holidays . Starting at 7am some shifts and having to work till 10pm . As long as they are ok with bodily fluids and dealing with illness . Its not a job for everyone and it's poorly paid .

@RupertLowe10 Care working training is almost all on the job and through NVQs etc. A new British care worker can, after vetting, get an entry level start in a couple of weeks and then progress while working. Good opportunities for young Brits and no need to recruit from overseas.

Pay carers more money and you will see more Brits taking care jobs. How can carers who clean bottoms, give meds, deal with complex issues be paid the same as someone packing shelves in Asda? Boxes of crisps in Asda don’t need bottoms wiped or meds given and has no complex needs. Carers should not be paid minimum wage. It’s a job that demands special skills and training. If you want to see more English carers just pay more please!

@Th_Angelopoulos @RupertLowe10 👏🏽 I was the receptionist in a care home and got paid more than the carers. Care home staff are disgustingly undervalued & underpaid.

lol You little political grifter, every part of your argument collapses the moment it meets the actual and factual reality of adult social care. First, the sector has over 100,000 vacancies. That isn’t because managers love “cheap foreign labour.” It’s because the jobs are built on low pay, zero-hours contracts, unpaid travel time, huge physical and emotions strain, and constant burnout. That’s why providers recruit internationally. They can’t fill shifts otherwise. The work is hard, and the conditions are poor. End of story. Your “solution” is to push people on benefits into one of the most physically and emotionally demanding jobs in the country. That’s not a workforce policy. It’s nonsense. Most would not cope with lifting, continence care, dementia behaviours, medical routines, or end-of-life support. You would simply create faster churn and even more vacancies. Now your big point about “foreign staff who can’t communicate.” There are already systems for that. If a worker genuinely poses a communication risk, staff are required to report it to the regulators: @CareQualityComm, @SSSCnews, @SocialCareWales, or @RQIANews. If they don’t, they’re putting residents in danger. If they’re lying, that’s misconduct. So if you actually believe these complaints, pass them to the regulators instead of using them for political theatre. Now, tell us; just over 30% percent of the entire care workforce is migrant labour. One in three. You want to deport them. So, Rupert, answer the real question: What happens the day you remove a third of the workforce in a sector already 100,000 staff short? Who covers those shifts? Who lifts those residents? Who manages dementia care? Who provides personal care at 6am to people who cannot move or wash themselves? Because the mythical “millions on benefits” are not going to fill those roles. If they were willing or able to do that work under current conditions, they would already be doing it. This has nothing to do with nationality and everything to do with labour economics. You don’t fix vacancies by deporting a third of the workforce. You fix them by fixing the job. The real solution is straightforward: make adult social care primarily a public service, with stable pay, proper contracts, training, and oversight, and keep private providers only as the premium option for those who want it. That model reduces vacancies, raises standards, and protects residents. Just in 3 regions in the UK, the past 3 years, private firms extracted £250m: cles.org.uk/publications/e… . If social care provision was nationalised that man would have stayed with the local authorities to bring the costs down or improve conditions or hire more staff. Your entire argument falls apart the moment you look at how the sector actually works. Once again: the system survives because of migrant workers. Remove them, and the sector collapses. You don't want immigrant care workers? Improve conditions. It's one or the other, and you clearly want to keep the same bad conditions, that will only get worse with your moronic deportation fixation, and force natives in jobs with poverty wages and even worse conditions.

@honeymoon250 A bit like the song 24 hours from Tulsa ?????

Can you ?

@honeymoon250 Cheating takes planning

In Germany tradespeople are treated much better. A person must belong to a chamber, must be registered, and must have attained Master Craftsperson status in order to undertake work. Practically all trades are regulated and have membership chambers. The UK should adopt the German method IMO then trade work would have the same standing as significance as white collar professions.

@keira_con True story…….

@whatsinitforme @Hamill2086John My point is that employers are now obligated to contribute to their employees personal pension pots . Over say 40 years it's a tidy sum to put in the bank . Back in the 70s many women were excluded from having a workplace pension .

WASPI Women case to be looked at again says Government. Let’s remember all those WASPI women who didn’t live to see this wrong being rectified. #waspi #1950swomen

@Hamill2086John One wonders how long they will be looking at it for ??????

@imamonsta86 @VinnieSull1van @Britains___Pubs Michelin need to get talking to a few 1970s school dinner cooks . Their puds tasted divine Jam Roly ,Manchester Tart , Treacle Sponge .The list is endless

@VinnieSull1van @Britains___Pubs I beg to differ, as a Michelin guided chef at a worldly old time place in the area they make Stilton, even if you made a legitimate roly poly using suet, it would never outsell the sticky toffee pudding. Your images are also stock store made, they don’t look like this.

Jam Roly-Poly and Custard is the greatest dessert/pudding to ever exist, followed closely by Apple Crumble. We need to see these back on pub dessert menus. I have spoken.

@VinnieSull1van @Britains___Pubs Our local fish and chip restaurant does beautiful desserts. Don’t let the prices sway you, they’re huge portions!!

@VinnieSull1van @Britains___Pubs Yes a good jam roly pudding is certainly amongst the finest of puddings !

Following reports in the media and from MPs that Ministers will be announcing compensation for #WASPI women today, we await with bated breath. WASPI's calls for compensation are backed by hundreds of MPs across the Commons, alongside an overwhelming majority of the public. This is an opportunity for the Government to make good on their previous promises to deliver compensation for WASPI women. Any Government statement today will take place after 15.30 in the Commons, so we will know more details later this afternoon.

@gildy61 Certainly worth checking out and probably more cost effective in the long run than buying Deep Heat etc

@lindaroslynd Many natural health remedies. Often simple. Did work and continue to. It is not necessarily going down the total homeopathic route but there is much to learn. I have many 📚 and information is online but when I should look I forget to. 🤣

🧵I have woke. It is 1.30am here. Feeling good. I slept too much on Monday but I guess it was needed. No painkillers since 11am. So far no Deep Heat spray after buying it but good to have it just in case it is needed. My mood is better. Another idea is "floating" 1/

@gildy61 Apparently rubbing castor oil into joints/ back pain is the latest thing . Many say it works wonders . Try a bottle of Amazon . Suppose its worth a go .

in my head. For the knee pain this past 10 days or so. Was it fluid on the knee? Whatever the cause. It feels much better. 2/

@gildy61 I hope they are an improvement on Tesco . Late home from work and hungry I bought a sandwich .. Curled up edges and dry . Filling mainly in the middle and tasteless . The fact it was reduced to 75p was the only thing in its favour .

@lindaroslynd I mostly agree with you. Its rare for me. I just did not have the ingredients. These were(surprise)Festive varieties😀

When I eat today...it will be quick and easy. I have all the essentials like fruit, grains, nuts, veg, salad, chicken and fish. But in my little bedroom fridge I have some decent sandwiches that I purchased yesterday. So how easy is that? I don't eat massive meals anyhow.