Future Southampton conference looks ahead to business success (From This is Hampshire)

quote" They heard former business minister and director general of bosses organisation the CBI, Lord Digby Jones, caution against complacency about the rising Asian economies.
Recalling his experiences as trade and investment minister, he took entertaining pot shots at a range of targets from civil servants and politicians to wanting to “stick an exocet missile up” benefit spongers who refuse to work." unquote.
cbi digby jones this is your free market that you wanted and its not a case of rising asians economy its more of a case of rising damp in the cbi membership and its supporters, your lot was told is bu the unions back in the 80's that your greed would take over and kill the uk market. its not the problem of civil servants or politicians or those on benefits. its a problem of the bosses own making.

southy wrote:
quote" They heard former business minister and director general of bosses organisation the CBI, Lord Digby Jones, caution against complacency about the rising Asian economies. Recalling his experiences as trade and investment minister, he took entertaining pot shots at a range of targets from civil servants and politicians to wanting to “stick an exocet missile up” benefit spongers who refuse to work." unquote. cbi digby jones this is your free market that you wanted and its not a case of rising asians economy its more of a case of rising damp in the cbi membership and its supporters, your lot was told is bu the unions back in the 80's that your greed would take over and kill the uk market. its not the problem of civil servants or politicians or those on benefits. its a problem of the bosses own making.

Not just the bosses.
Increases in private and corporate taxation, house prices/cost of living rises, unions fighting for better pay and condition deals are among many of the reasons our manufacturing has got too expensive and now gone abroad.

hulla baloo wrote:

southy wrote:
quote" They heard former business minister and director general of bosses organisation the CBI, Lord Digby Jones, caution against complacency about the rising Asian economies. Recalling his experiences as trade and investment minister, he took entertaining pot shots at a range of targets from civil servants and politicians to wanting to “stick an exocet missile up” benefit spongers who refuse to work." unquote. cbi digby jones this is your free market that you wanted and its not a case of rising asians economy its more of a case of rising damp in the cbi membership and its supporters, your lot was told is bu the unions back in the 80's that your greed would take over and kill the uk market. its not the problem of civil servants or politicians or those on benefits. its a problem of the bosses own making.

Not just the bosses.
Increases in private and corporate taxation, house prices/cost of living rises, unions fighting for better pay and condition deals are among many of the reasons our manufacturing has got too expensive and now gone abroad.

and who to blame for all those things happening your bosses, and there political partys that they support, wanting more than what is really needed. bosses dont care about the ordinary people never have done never will do, all they care about is them selfs. like i said its more of a case of rising damp with in the cbi and its supporters. they are a wasre of space.

When you look at the huge numbers of Chinese students coming to Southampton it's frightening when so many of our local students are totally incapable of learning. This is the reason a lot of blue-chip firm have shied away from the city.

Condor Man wrote:
When you look at the huge numbers of Chinese students coming to Southampton it's frightening when so many of our local students are totally incapable of learning. This is the reason a lot of blue-chip firm have shied away from the city.

the chinese are great learners that for sure condor, but one thing they got but we have not and thats a nationalise industry they know if you keep the unemployment figures down you dont go into deep recession nor do it last has long, they learned that from the english back in the 50's 60's and 70's then saw what happen when a country loses in its nationalise industry

southy wrote:

Condor Man wrote: When you look at the huge numbers of Chinese students coming to Southampton it's frightening when so many of our local students are totally incapable of learning. This is the reason a lot of blue-chip firm have shied away from the city.

the chinese are great learners that for sure condor, but one thing they got but we have not and thats a nationalise industry they know if you keep the unemployment figures down you dont go into deep recession nor do it last has long, they learned that from the english back in the 50's 60's and 70's then saw what happen when a country loses in its nationalise industry

billions also live in poverty, carefully hidden by the Party.

Billions, you say? *sigh*

We do have a large number of asian students, who are paying to study here. These fees are a way to make money to keep the standards up, preferable to increasing UK student fees.

However, the government has announced it's investing in the future with massive cuts to research and teaching, so something will have to give. Number of students, teaching quality or research quality. No doubt the second wave of cuts will be announced about a year after the election.

It was disappointing to read tired cliches about scrounging dole scum, i could read that in the daily mail. More interesting is the group's vision for Southampton. What should Southampton look like - should post war concrete go, instead attractive architecture and open spaces? Would people prefer diverse local shops and services to more homogenous commercial developments? Quality housing that is reasonably priced is essential so that people can afford to live here. Should the port be developed? What about tourism? Do the group agree that more people-oriented cities lead to a better quality of life? How are they going to involve people who live here and how would they prevent their ideas becoming ignored as businesses capitalise especially in the current recession