"If you're a local business, you are recruiting from your local labour pool, who were educated locally, and educational attainment at the age of 16 is absolutely fundamental.
The sun burns your nose while the air freezes your ears: you learn quickly the value of 'layering', thin fleeces and vest you can strip in and out of as you pass from sun to shadow, as your labouring body moves from downhill lope to uphill sweat.
Among the largest overall claims were £73,206 from crossbencher Lord Laird, £66,896 from Labour's Lady Adams of Craigielea, £65,804 from Labour's Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland, £65,447 from Labour's Lord Evans of Parkside and £65,262 from Labour's Lord Brett.
Ukip won four seats from the Lib Dems, one from Labour and one from an independent.
Although not all of these Ukip voters would have switched from Labour, defections from Labour could have tipped the balance in the Tories' favour.
The Tory gains have come more from the Lib Dems than from Labour.
The Budget got a big thumbs-up, from Labour and from traditional Tory voters.
Unite will discuss calls from some branches to disaffiliate from Labour at its conference in July.
Apart from 1,600 expatriates, these are locals from labour markets as diverse as Bangladesh and Britain.
His remarks had provoked a chorus of criticism from Labour and silence from Liberal Democrats.
