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Will the losers accept the result and move on

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  • cells
    cells Posts: 5,246 Forumite
    CLAPTON wrote: »
    This nonsense, a waiter in London is no more productive that a waiter any else and anyway totally irrelevant.
    We already have a massive current account deficit; sending money to foreign countries does us further harm as the pound will have to fall both to fund the extra imports the immigrants require and the money they send abroad.

    We have absolutley no requirement for a large number of immigrants: they reduce our quality of life and add no benefits.

    I know you don't really believe the nonsense you post but I will accept it is inventive even if economic rubbish.



    I used to think that too but its not the case, productivity isnt how many sandwiches you can produce in an hour its how much stuff you can buy with an hour of your labor and the waiter in Poland on that metric is less productive than the waiter in London
  • map66
    map66 Posts: 178 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary Combo Breaker
    stator wrote: »
    I know plenty of people living with parents or living in shared houses when they don't want to.
    Good time to them to buy the house of their dreams now , whilst so many people pulled out of property purchase because of Brexit.
    By living with parents or living in shared houses they should save enough to put a deposit on their first modest home.
  • zarf2007
    zarf2007 Posts: 651 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    cells wrote: »
    I used to think that too but its not the case, productivity isnt how many sandwiches you can produce in an hour its how much stuff you can buy with an hour of your labor and the waiter in Poland on that metric is less productive than the waiter in London

    Actually, you may find the pound being weak against other currencies prompts more Eastern Europeans to consider whether living here is worth their loss when sending money home, and could start considering other eu countries to land in. After all would you bring your family to a country that may ultimately kick you out or reduce your rights? The mere thought may be enough to start reducing eu migration.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    cells wrote: »
    I used to think that too but its not the case, productivity isnt how many sandwiches you can produce in an hour its how much stuff you can buy with an hour of your labor and the waiter in Poland on that metric is less productive than the waiter in London

    let me guess
    when you used to think something different ; nevertheless that proved that unlimited population growth was fantastic even if people lived in rabbit hutches
    and then you learned better, that still proved unlimited population growth was fantastic even though people lived in ever smaller hutches.....................

    and all the people were happy and carefree
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    If you want your rabbit to have a bigger hutch why don't you just build one instead of blaming everything on non-native rabbits?
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    wotsthat wrote: »
    If you want your rabbit to have a bigger hutch why don't you just build one instead of blaming everything on non-native rabbits?

    indeed, that is being done
    however, other bunnies are constantly arriving and need hutches too.
    the resulting overcrowding is an inevitable consequence and nothing to do with blame.

    the result is obvious to anyone that cares to see.
  • Grenage
    Grenage Posts: 3,205 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    One could argue that if people stopped pumping out bunnies, things would be better overall.
  • westernpromise
    westernpromise Posts: 4,833 Forumite
    Grenage wrote: »
    One could argue that if people stopped pumping out bunnies, things would be better overall.

    Perhaps immigrants should be sterilised on arrival so they can't breed.

    When do the reruns of Love They Neighbour start?
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Perhaps immigrants should be sterilised on arrival so they can't breed.

    I think pre-arrival is probably going to be the requirement. The NHS isn't made of money.
  • Grenage
    Grenage Posts: 3,205 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Perhaps immigrants should be sterilised on arrival so they can't breed.

    When do the reruns of Love They Neighbour start?

    Immigrants? No, I'm talking about everyone.
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