Originally Posted by papa smurf you seem overly pro French is there a reason for it ??

Well, I am not 'overly' pro-French. If I were it would because I actually have French nationality (although I am actually British). If you read back a few posts I actually made a negative comment of the French system, the one you seem to be advocating, as it is partly responsible for a continued trend of high unemployment. Even before the recession it was very high.

The country is immaterial. My point was if you tell these companies is do as you say, give British workers the jobs, and restrict them, why would they want to set up here?

Jobs will be lost if you impose these kind of rules on companies? The recent strikes send a message to Total, and why would they want to set up more of their company here if this is what happens?