I'm confused. The amount of spin from politicians of all parties with all kinds of "reframe speak" from our journalists is alarming. I dont know who I should believe. I see qualified women and men (many with their children) emigrating, not just for a year, but forever. I see people of middle age emigrating also. Some companies are returning record profits and in an alleged economy of scale argument are closing down places of work of people who have earned their profit.
The rise of call centres is akin to the major supermarkets employing school-kids while simultaneously letting go fulltime staff. Sources of employment, banks, post-office, local authorities, nursing, civil service have ceased to be.
Is it a case of last man out turn off the lights or is there a realistic happy ending to our plight?