The thread for pointless arguments about Brexit

CLAPTON

mwpt wrote: »

Well, when there are jobs to be filled you'll get immigration. I look at this as a good thing.

It seems a somewhat limited horizon of what constitute 'good' and could suggest you believe in unlimited immigration, as long as there is a single job vacancy (but that would be putting words into your mouth wouldn't it).
But you seem to freely admit the downside of immigration in your personal circumstances, so I do acknowledge that honesty.

shaggydoo

People seem happier.

mayonnaise

With the coming recession, we might go back to repairing and mending things like shoes, clothes and transistor radios, instead of throwing away/buying new. Less landfill also. That's a positive.

mrginge

Yolina wrote: »

Oh, before I leave the country, I'll have the £156,000 I've paid in tax over the years back thank you...

Bordering on pathetic tbh.

shaggydoo

mayonnaise wrote: »

With the coming recession, we might go back to repairing and mending things like shoes, clothes and transistor radios, instead of throwing away/buying new. Less landfill also. That's a positive.

Well I don't think there will be a recession but those things might happen because of a lower pound making imports more expensive.

shaggydoo

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

It is if you missed the old board title.

Besides it was genuinely the most positive thing I could think of about brexit.

You guys have to stop voting nationalist. Never ending Referendums is no way to live.

kabayiri

mwpt wrote: »

Well, when there are jobs to be filled you'll get immigration. I look at this as a good thing.

All we got was shallow discussion on migration, online or via media channels.

There was a company featured on the tv this morning based in Bolton.

This company made bakery products and employed 1,000 people.

Over two thirds of employees were European migrants. Most of these have arrived in the last decade+.

Why were locals unwilling or unable to apply? Bolton is a place with a longstanding history of migration from traditional subcontinent places. There has never really been a shortage of labour.

I know from friends who live there that local discontent centres around short term job contracts; zero hours; etc. So you would think 600+ jobs in a solid food business would appeal to people wouldn't you?

Bolton was one of those places which voted to Leave, yet cities/towns like Manchester; Stockport; Liverpool were on the Remain side. So why the difference? If it's a dislike of immigration it surely would not affect a place like Bolton with decades of migration experience.

I always argued on here that it would come down to local issues, and I still think this is true.

Yolina

shaggydoo wrote: »

People seem happier.

Well I'm not, I still cannot think of a single reason why I'd want to stay in the country that has been my home for 23 years - most of my adult life. Right now I absolutely hate this place.

Herzlos

shaggydoo wrote: »

People seem happier.

All I'm seeing up here is outrage. There are still people I know who are too angry to talk about it.

All I see of England on social media is this 57% increase in reported racist incidents.

mwpt

CLAPTON wrote: »

It seems a somewhat limited horizon of what constitute 'good' and could suggest you believe in unlimited immigration, as long as there is a single job vacancy (but that would be putting words into your mouth wouldn't it).
But you seem to freely admit the downside of immigration in your personal circumstances, so I do acknowledge that honesty.

For a self confessed practical person you do like to extrapolate into hyperbole territory.