Countryfile On Bbc

[emmie]

a third of vets come from overseas, according to countryfile, they maintain it's because many of the British vets don't want to do some of these jobs. Surely these are highly qualified jobs, why should this be the case.?

[emmie]

DB
that is not what the programme makers said.

[bednobs]

"so vets spend all that time training, then prefer to tend to peoples pets."

dont you have to train for that then?

[douglas9401]

Home grown veterinarians may just be taking their lead from GPs in being reluctant to do house calls, especially out of hours, instead preferring patients to come to them.

[Samjenko]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdcAfNIW8AEBwwY.jpg

[anotheoldgit]

It wasn't just about vets, but also about EU migrants working on the land.
Yet another chance for the BBC to get their anti-Brexit agenda over.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3128060/countryfile-viewers-threaten-to-boycott-the-show-and-accuse-the-bbc-of-being-anti-brexit-after-doomster-tom-heaps-controversial-report-on-foreign-farmers/

[max137]

All part of the anti Brexit agenda from the BBC

[fiction-factory]

Maybe the BBC should avoid raising any pressing issues of concern to farmers which have any reference to anything which could be regarded as social,political or economic issues in case it upsets anyone looking to be offended

[anneasquith]

Or........... Pretend its " fake news" ?

[emmie]

as i already pointed out it was in part due to Brexit.
and that farmers are having to take on more foreign born workers because they say they can't get British born workers to do the jobs. One farmer did say that he would welcome British born workers, but they have to be trained? how much training does it take to work on a farm picking carrots.
Is it a case British born won't do these jobs or other reasons.?

[New Judge]

"Is it a case British born won't do these jobs or other reasons.? "

How many guesses do I get?

[emmie]

NJ
who did the jobs before we started taking in many foreign born workers.

[emmie]

answer we did. students, seasonal workers, like those from poor backgrounds like my nan who used to go hopping every summer, so how come so much has changed.

[New Judge]

"...so how come so much has changed."

I couldn't possibly say. But I do know that in my father's and grandfather's times, if work was available you had to do it or benefits (such that they were) were withdrawn. That is obviously not the case today.

I take your point about the gangmasters, db. But it seems people from abroad are quite willing to do the work, even with that system in place.

[hereIam]

There has been a programme on TV recently called The Yorkshire Vet which I think is based in James Herriot country and he is most definitely a Yorkshire man and he goes out to farms and does all the mucky arm up cow type of jobs !

[emmie]

Hereiam
i watch that often, its a very good programme, and yes he does all the mucky jobs as well as tends to peoples pets. He seems like his partner to be jolly nice blokes.

[hereIam]

I can't watch it for too long em, I'm too squeamish ! But yes, he's a lovely man.

[emmie]

amazing watching new life come into being, i'm not especially squeamish so don't mind watching.