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pip08456 · 07-10-2016, 18:21

Sorry Chris, will not do that in future but it does make it harder to respond to points in a long post.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
We have no shortage of land for development. There's more land given over to golf and grazing horses than housing. Much of those countries hardly anyone wants to live in - the vast majority of Canada's population reside in a fraction of the land mass, same for Australia. Nunavut is not a hot spot for migration.

Neither is Ilkley Moor nor Saddleworth Moor.

I know Canada better than Australia and can assure you they've been taking in people in far higher quantities than us for longer. They were taking in over 200,000 skilled workers a year at the back end of last century.

I'm glad you qualified this with the word "Skilled". Both Canada and Australia were relatvely "young" countries recently released from the yolk of Empire. Both had a shortage of "Skilled" workers to expand the economy of their respective countries.

So it's not actually the numbers you have a problem with, it's who? Just FYI Canada took in 25,000 Syrian refugees in a 3 month period end of last year / early this one. That on top of the families and other refugees coming to the country. Canada has plenty of migrants doing unskilled or semi-skilled work.

I don't care about "who" FYI in 1972 the UK took in 27, 200 refugees (within the same period) from Uganda alone. I care more about the fact we no longer have the infrastructre to support those already here and our own citizens. That is what I care about.

Never been anything stopping us controlling numbers from the Indian sub-continent. You know, a couple of countries immediately come to mind from around there whose unemployment rates are 50%+ higher than native Britons, and who when they are working earn significantly less.

Unfortunately that is a legacy of "Empire" Many from last century were citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies which gave them a right to come here at the time (we'd raped their countries after all).

Easier to blame EU migrants who have a higher employment rate and claim less welfare per head than those born here than ask the government why it did nothing about them I guess.

I have no problem with anyone from the EU (or anywhere else) that has the skills to do a job that someone from this country doesn't have.

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pip08456 Sad Doig Fan! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Barry South Wales Age: 69 Services: With VM for BB 250Mb service.(Deal) Posts: 11,817	Re: Post-Brexit Thread Sorry Chris, will not do that in future but it does make it harder to respond to points in a long post. Originally Posted by Ignitionnet We have no shortage of land for development. There's more land given over to golf and grazing horses than housing. Much of those countries hardly anyone wants to live in - the vast majority of Canada's population reside in a fraction of the land mass, same for Australia. Nunavut is not a hot spot for migration. Neither is Ilkley Moor nor Saddleworth Moor. I know Canada better than Australia and can assure you they've been taking in people in far higher quantities than us for longer. They were taking in over 200,000 skilled workers a year at the back end of last century. I'm glad you qualified this with the word "Skilled". Both Canada and Australia were relatvely "young" countries recently released from the yolk of Empire. Both had a shortage of "Skilled" workers to expand the economy of their respective countries. So it's not actually the numbers you have a problem with, it's who? Just FYI Canada took in 25,000 Syrian refugees in a 3 month period end of last year / early this one. That on top of the families and other refugees coming to the country. Canada has plenty of migrants doing unskilled or semi-skilled work. I don't care about "who" FYI in 1972 the UK took in 27, 200 refugees (within the same period) from Uganda alone. I care more about the fact we no longer have the infrastructre to support those already here and our own citizens. That is what I care about. Never been anything stopping us controlling numbers from the Indian sub-continent. You know, a couple of countries immediately come to mind from around there whose unemployment rates are 50%+ higher than native Britons, and who when they are working earn significantly less. Unfortunately that is a legacy of "Empire" Many from last century were citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies which gave them a right to come here at the time (we'd raped their countries after all). Easier to blame EU migrants who have a higher employment rate and claim less welfare per head than those born here than ask the government why it did nothing about them I guess. I have no problem with anyone from the EU (or anywhere else) that has the skills to do a job that someone from this country doesn't have.