en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/19039324 Comments by Gruesome http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/05/wanted-next-week-a-conservative-manifesto-for-fairness-between-the-generations.html#IDComment1043478492 What a considered reply. Perhaps a compromise could be reached by adopting the French method where I understand that if an employee is with a firm for more than thirteen weeks they must then be given a contract of employment Fri, 12 May 2017 22:00:30 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/05/wanted-next-week-a-conservative-manifesto-for-fairness-between-the-generations.html#IDComment1043478492 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/05/wanted-next-week-a-conservative-manifesto-for-fairness-between-the-generations.html#IDComment1043465548 Perhaps your knowledge of the present job market is a little outdated. The young and ambitious have a hard time getting a job or even an interview - unlike those in the Fifties, which I remember well. Fri, 12 May 2017 15:03:11 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/05/wanted-next-week-a-conservative-manifesto-for-fairness-between-the-generations.html#IDComment1043465548 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/05/wanted-next-week-a-conservative-manifesto-for-fairness-between-the-generations.html#IDComment1043458667 I find one part of the Labour Party manifesto very attractive and would like a similar promise in the Conservative manifesto and that is the abolition of zero hour contracts and unpaid internships unless special dispensation is sought. Fri, 12 May 2017 11:28:12 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2017/05/wanted-next-week-a-conservative-manifesto-for-fairness-between-the-generations.html#IDComment1043458667