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Boris: Quitting EU won't solve our problems
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Because the party that would take the UK out of the EU would also stop most immigration or at least seek to.
Because you say so? I thought I'd get better responses from you tbh. The party will NEVER take power. They seek to CHANGE politics and push their reforms through. They will be irrelevant come a referendum. Why do people keep assumning they have to take power? To form the basis of an argument?
They want a cap of 50,000 placed on immigration and immigration to be based on bringing skills in to the country.
Much like Australia.
What's so wrong with that? The Slovak mentioned would still be able to come here, so long as he has something to offer, which he did. No problems.0 -
As far as I can make out the only reason that the anti-EU movement has gained any traction is immigration (most are not bothered about the rest), so presumably he wouldn't have the option of his Slovak plumber, or have I missed your point?
You miss my point.
NO ONE has said stop all immigration.
Again, this relies on your creating a point to disagree with. Poor.0 -
Do you know or work with Eastern Europeans to make this assumption? As I've stated before I have worked with, employed and actually lived next to Eastern Europeans. The vast majority of them are not going anywhere as they have children in UK schools or/and have a partner who is not Eastern European.
That is the UK government's fault not the fault of immigrants.
I have. Doctors come to work here, work for out of hours services and send the money home. They get a FAR superior live at home.
To be honest, I admire them greatly.
But that doesn't make the system right. Indeed, they would still be able to come here so long as we required them under any UKIP suggestion.0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »You miss my point.
NO ONE has said stop all immigration.
Again, this relies on your creating a point to disagree with. Poor.
I am confused now, so Mr Prickle could still use his Slovak plumber if we pulled out of the EU?'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 Thatcher0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »They want a cap of 50,000 placed on immigration and immigration to be based on bringing skills in to the country.
Much like Australia.
Oh...they want a cap...skills based even...
That's good to know.
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I am confused now, so Mr Prickle could still use his Slovak plumber if we pulled out of the EU?
Well, why couldn't he?
The plumber lives here. He would still be able to come here if he has a skill required.
The same as Australia. And we don't call the population Xenophobes, racists and bigots.0 -
Mr._Pricklepants wrote: »Oh...they want a cap...skills based even...
That's good to know.
What does your picture show?
So keen are you to prove a point it appears you have missed the very point of the picture.
Read the words above it. Notably "open" and "door". It doesn't state "all immigration", does it. If it did, I certainly wouldn't be agreeing with it....but it appears you have no clue about what you are talking about.0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »What does your picture show?
So keen are you to prove a point it appears you have missed the very point of the picture.
Read the words above it. Notably "open" and "door". It doesn't state "all immigration", does it. If it did, I certainly wouldn't be agreeing with it....but it appears you have no clue about what you are talking about.
Yes, I suppose even you can come up with several interpretations of "Sorry we're full".0 -
Mr._Pricklepants wrote: »Yes, I suppose even you can come up with several interpretations of "Sorry we're full".
Do you not get embarrased by yourself?
Are you really going to ignore the words and put your own context on it? Blimey, you must be desperate.
Infact, that's probably the worst, most embarrasing argument I've yet seen on this forum.0 -
Such things as house prices, benefit levels etc.
Many Eastern Europeans will work in the UK but send much odf their earnings back home. This is not good for the UK economy.
Buying cars made in Germany or food grown in New Zealand has a similar effect on the UK economy, but people don't bang on about Audi undercutting British jobs.paying UK benefits to children living in Romania (at UK levels) is just daft.
That is a problem with the benefits system, not immigration.0
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