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mrmistoffelees

26-04-2011 09:43

Re: A new flood of migrants ?

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Originally Posted by Mr Angry (Post 35222364)

The very same argument could be made about many bankers - migrant or not.

Touche (sorry can't be bothered to accentuate correctly !)

danielf

26-04-2011 09:44

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35221596)

Some interesting polling results:

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An international survey of eight European and North American countries finds that the British are easily the most hostile on the question of immigration and immigrants - even though five of the nations polled have a greater proportion of foreigners in their population.

According to the research commissioned by US and European think-tanks, people in the UK are much more likely to say there are "too many" immigrants than comparable nations. In Britain the figure is 59% compared to 27% in Germany and the Netherlands - both countries with a higher level of foreign-born residents.

Mark Easton's blog

Sadly, this is so true. I don't know why the Brits are such a xenophobic lot. Perhaps it's the island thing, but whatever the reason, it's pretty sad.

Gary L

26-04-2011 09:44

Re: A new flood of migrants ?

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35222360)

Ok then, labour for example cheap fruit and vegtables... who picks them ?

Migrants.

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Skilled shortage areas such as Dr's., Surgeons.

Migrants.

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Low paid, low skilled jobs that perhaps some UK citizens neither have the time nor inclanation to accept due to them being more interested in reproducing and paying for things out of catalogues on the never never......

Migrants again!
Can they afford to rent the house they live in out of the low wages that nobody else will work for, or is that paid for them?

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There's a few to get you started

Thanks.

Sirius

26-04-2011 09:47

Re: A new flood of migrants ?

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35222362)

Great stuff, can we do that with all the workshy bone idle gits who refuse to get jobs and instead play the system for all they can ?

Would love to. Plenty of them near me to start with.

mrmistoffelees

26-04-2011 09:47

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35222372)

Migrants.

Migrants.

Migrants again!
Can they afford to rent the house they live in out of the low wages that nobody else will work for, or is that paid for them?

Thanks.

So therefore you would agree that migration is neccesary ?

Gary L

26-04-2011 09:48

Re: A new flood of migrants ?

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35222375)

So therefore you would agree that migration is neccesary ?

No.

mrmistoffelees

26-04-2011 09:50

Re: A new flood of migrants ?

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Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35222371)

Sadly, this is so true. I don't know why the Brits are such a xenophobic lot. Perhaps it's the island thing, but whatever the reason, it's pretty sad.

We haven't been an island since construction of the channel tunnel was complete.....

Insular people in their insular worlds. shame really ?

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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35222374)

Would love to. Plenty of them near me to start with.

If you're in warrington I understand your statement. I had a partner who lived in Newton Le Willows ...... ;)

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35222376)

No.

So erm, remove the migration element and who exactly replaces them in the areas that they're needed ?

Mr Angry

26-04-2011 09:53

Re: A new flood of migrants ?

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35222372)

Migrants again!
Can they afford to rent the house they live in out of the low wages that nobody else will work for, or is that paid for them?

At least they'd be making the effort to work.

I think most (rational) people would prefer to subsidise migrants who work and contribute to the UK society as a whole over their workshy counterparts - unless of course a misguided and ill informed racism / xenophobia is more important to them than fundamental economics.

danielf

26-04-2011 09:54

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35222377)

We haven't been an island since construction of the channel tunnel was complete.....

Insular people in their insular worlds. shame really ?

I remember the BBC news opening on the day the channel tunnel opened:

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Originally Posted by BBC News

It's a great day for Europe. It's no longer isolated from Great Britain

It was hilarious, but very sad at the same time.

deadite66

26-04-2011 09:57

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I think this is the death of the benefits system, a government can't stop EU migrants coming in but they can make it less attractive by ruining it for everyone and seriously cutting the amount of benefit people can claim.

Gary L

26-04-2011 09:58

Re: A new flood of migrants ?

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35222377)

So erm, remove the migration element and who exactly replaces them in the areas that they're needed ?

Students and bored/retired people can do the fruit, veg and low paid jobs. and how many years do we keep needing foreigners to come over and doctor us? is nobody interested in becoming a doctor when they leave school anymore?

deadite66

26-04-2011 10:03

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When the pro-immigration people bring up that the NHS would collapse without immigration i always think "that's not good, it's a shameful admission"

mrmistoffelees

26-04-2011 10:04

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35222386)

Students and bored/retired people can do the fruit, veg and low paid jobs. and how many years do we keep needing foreigners to come over and doctor us? is nobody interested in becoming a doctor when they leave school anymore?

And how exactly do you force these people to do these jobs ?

And as to the bolded part, It's fairly obvious that this may be a reason otherwise we wouldn't be needing migrants to fill those roles :confused:

Gary L

26-04-2011 10:10

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Originally Posted by Mr Angry (Post 35222381)

Depends how far you want to go with the subsidises. free house, free council tax, free health care and treatment, etc..
that's for the ones who work.

then you have to subsidise the ones that haven't come over to work.
free house, free council tax, free health care and treatment, free benefit money, etc..

the disadvantages can far outweigh the advantages. and bringing racism into money matters is silly.

mrmistoffelees

26-04-2011 10:13

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Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35222392)

Source to back up all that you've just posted above or I'm calling it just another rant by a xenophobe

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