Ed's apprenticeships

Labour’s new policy on immigration has come unstuck almost at once.

Ed the Clown has recently argued that a Labour government led by his oafish self would force British employers to recruit and train a British apprentice for every worker hired from outside the EU.  It is now reported that this would be illegal under EU law.  Any apprenticeship would have to be available to nationals of any EU country.

Even if this barrier could be overcome, other problems are that the policy has met with a hostile reception in the business community, which is not surprising given that many employers in this country are pretty well devoid of any sense of decency.  Some readers might think that there are some situations in which an employer might reasonably want to recruit a foreigner, but surely those cases – if genuine – are rare.

Another problem with Ed’s policy is that training an apprentice is not the same as giving anyone a job.  If an employer who recruits a worker from outside the EU were to train a British apprentice, then would Ed the Clown then require the said employer to give the fully trained British apprentice a job once the apprenticeship had been completed?

Yet another problem is that Ed’s policy does not discourage companies from recruiting foreigners from other EU countries.

In other words, Ed Miliband is a clown.  If you vote Labour, then you are voting for failure.  Having said that though, neither the Conservative Party nor the LibDems have better policies.  This country will not have sensible laws until we leave the European Union and the Council of Europe.

Are you a member of a political party which supports leaving the EU and the Council of Europe?  It would be easier for politicians to ignore the parrot cries of nasty employers if they know that they have the support of the public.