Comments on: The green shoot hunt turns to the unemployment figures http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/the-green-shoot-hunt-turns-to-the-unemployment-figures/ Policy news and comment from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Thu, 24 May 2012 11:52:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Charlie Marks http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/the-green-shoot-hunt-turns-to-the-unemployment-figures/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Charlie Marks Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:59:41 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2980#comment-2632 Quite clearly, the financial elite are trying to stop any reform of the regulatory bodies - which failed completely to tackle the shadow banking system. Brendan made a very good point about the direction of our economy - our future is in green industries, not in greed. But we've got a big struggle ahead of us - in this country, those with the wealth will not invest in well-paid green-collar jobs in the UK when the profits are higher overseas. Quite clearly, the financial elite are trying to stop any reform of the regulatory bodies – which failed completely to tackle the shadow banking system.

Brendan made a very good point about the direction of our economy – our future is in green industries, not in greed. But we’ve got a big struggle ahead of us – in this country, those with the wealth will not invest in well-paid green-collar jobs in the UK when the profits are higher overseas.

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