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10+% unemployment typical in England by 2015

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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    So basically, you just have a different point of view to them.
  • FTBFun
    FTBFun Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    Err, yeah.

    This was a complete waste of time wasn't it!
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    FTBFun wrote: »
    Not to hand. Anything that can be blamed on immigrants, asylum seekers or gypsies often fits the bill, justified or not.

    I think they call that scapegoating and it helps them sell newspapers to people like, erm ILW icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    I think they call that scapegoating and it helps them sell newspapers to people like, erm ILW icon7.gif

    Still have not seen an example.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    FTBFun wrote: »

    Basically, I'm not a big fan, if that wasn't clear. :p

    You seem to know a lot about it icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    ILW wrote: »
    Still have not seen an example.

    Difficult from me, I don't read the thing, all I see are the Little Englander links on here, I am certainly not going to go searching back icon7.gif Are you actually saying the the Wail is not like that :eek:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    Difficult from me, I don't read the thing, all I see are the Little Englander links on here, I am certainly not going to go searching back icon7.gif Are you actually saying the the Wail is not like that :eek:

    Odd the way people seem to love commenting on a paper they have never read. Suppose you make the same sort of judgements about people you have never met, due to their colour or whatever.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    ILW wrote: »
    Odd the way people seem to love commenting on a paper they have never read. Suppose you make the same sort of judgements about people you have never met, due to their colour or whatever.

    No but I know somewhere that does icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    No but I know somewhere that does icon7.gif

    Who's that then?
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    ILW wrote: »
    Who's that then?

    If you IQ is over 70 you should be able to guess.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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