Many newspapers like to portray the British working class as lazy and feckless and project an image of workers too lazy to go job hunting but recent events show this is not the case. "Jaguar Land Rover announced last month that it needed 1,000 more workers at its factory at Halewood, Merseyside, to cope with a surge in orders for its 'baby' Range Rover Evoque. It has since seen an unprecedented 35,000 applications for the jobs on offer." (Daily Mail, 24 April) Thirty five applicants for each vacancy shows the real desperation of many unemployed workers. RD
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By way of contrast, the New York Times has some advice for those wishing to live the life of Riley chateau from chateau:
ReplyDeleteFor travelers more accustomed to stratospheric thread counts than high fill-power sleeping bags, upscale options are still available. The travel service Lloyd and Townsend Rose rents high-end homes and, well, castles throughout Britain at rates starting at roughly £25,000 (about $39,500) a week. The price not only covers an estate that would work as the setting for Mr. Darcy’s Pemberley in the next “Pride and Prejudice” remake — if you edit out the modern conveniences and renovations — but also includes a fully catered experience, according to Andrew Lloyd, the firm’s director. That means a staff that may include housekeepers, chefs, waiters, groundskeepers and anybody else essential to making sure that as a guest you don’t lift a finger, not even to whip out your credit card.
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