The perpetual truck driver shortage is not real

Re:The perpetual truck driver shortage is not real by walthamstow on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @08:39AM (#37404243)

Leaving aside the political concerns of the governing party, the NHS employs a lot of people, it's the biggest employer in Europe and one of the biggest in the world, so even a 1% raise costs a lot of money.

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Re:The perpetual truck driver shortage is not real by mrguyorama on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:42PM (#37409266)

>"We're spending £350m per week on this, isn't that mad?!"

Aren't you sorta forgetting the more salient point of this headline? That it was an outright fabrication with no justification or basis in reality?

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Re:The perpetual truck driver shortage is not real by walthamstow on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:01AM (#37418287)

I know, but it doesn't necessarily matter in this context, my point is that big simple numbers make good headlines, and complicated analyses do not.

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