TOPIC: Jamie Oliver - Immigrants work harder than locals

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Jamie Oliver has hit the headlines for claiming that his immigrant employees work harder than his local ones and that the poor waste money on ready meals rather than fresh food he cited a scene from one of his TV shows in which a mother and her child eat takeaway chips in front of a massive TV. Many commentators have objected to his views, what are your views?
 

 

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Oh come on! We all know that immigrants work harder than local people. Everybody in the world works harder than your average home grown job seeker! ‘What? Brush that floor? No way! Who do you think I am?’ If you’ve been brought up to think that it’s ‘not cool’ to scrub a floor, that it’s ok to keep your bedroom like a pigsty and someone else will pick up your litter it must be pretty hard to change overnight into employee of the month. Jamie was slagged off in the press but he has done a lot for young, deprived people here and we all like to think his intentions were honourable. People need to realise the competition is tough out there and you do have to make yourself very useful if you are to make it in the world of work. Perhaps Jamie’s right?
 
I’m a little more sceptical about his thoughts on the poor wasting money. Good, fresh food is expensive and is not always so easily available locally. Not so easy to get to the out of town supermarket with a buggy and toddler in tow. And the corner shop veg leaves a lot to be desired. So you’re down to growing your own. If you have a garden that is! That and the expertise to fight off the slugs, the bugs, the squirrels and even the neighbour’s dog. Bring back allotments, say we! (I think I have already mentioned my son-in law’s allotments, haven’t I? Cheap at half the price. Still some availability) And good on Nick Clegg and his free meals for infants! About time we started investing in proper food provision in schools. Just hope that they take a tip from Europe and spend a little more than the presently allocated 67 pence per dinner!