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What on earth are you talking about? Statistical unemployment is as low as it's ever been, and migrants make a net contribution to the economy. Exactly what is it you think migrants from the EU are outcompeting you from; sunbeds in Butlins? The last cheese and onion slice in Greggs on a Saturday afternoon?
It's a shame you lack the comprehension skills, but some things can't be helped.
Maybe it's that your SJW goggles need a wipe.0 -
What bit of his post is wrong?
Mind you, I suspect there's a huge variance in the meaning of "migrant", here.
It's the tired but standard response that people who dislike FOM are automatically assumed to be racially inspired.
It is valid to see any newcomer as a competitor for work, whether they come from the EU or not.
It's not a racial thing at all. I remember Southern people moaning about the Northerners (including me) who used to trek down there to work every week.0 -
It's not a racial thing at all. I remember Southern people moaning about the Northerners (including me) who used to trek down there to work every week.
And what they always forget is the reason you had to trek down there for work was because any company that had to "rationalise" always rationalised those (cheaper to run) northern divisions out of business. Just because they felt they needed a presence near a much more expensive London.0 -
The ‘locals’ don’t have to be ahead of anyone, their rights to access services are inalienable. One of my reasons in voting Leave was to make the differential between the rights of UK citizens and EU citizens when it comes to accessing services.
Most births in London now are to foreign born parents it is said and it is ludicrous to suggest that 3.7m EU citizens are not contributing greatly to the pressures on our schools and hospitals etc.
Not for the first time your antipathy toward U.K. born citizens is writ large in your posts.
But how many UK nationals are getting medical treatment in other nations?
In terms of health care the EU (in fact the EEA) is a reciprocal arrangement. We have the same arrangement with some non-EU countries. We treat those nations on the basis of need and they do the same.Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
If we don't address the challenges from the growing economies in the Far East, you can forget about any race.
We won't even be on the starting blocks.
There are between 0.5m and 1m illegal migrants here in the UK (depending on which figures you prefer). Without a passport the hourly rate is not much more than £2-£3 per hour. Even Big Issue sellers are run by gangs.
The bottom is already here. It's just a question of who profits.
And is that the fault of the EU? Or is it the fault of the UK's under investment in border control?
Many of those who rant about immigration cannot understand the dillerence between legal and illegal immigrants, although I accept you do.Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
If FOM was supposed to be the answer to our skills shortage, then why is there a recruitment crisis in the NHS?
And why do we need to bring in hundreds of thousands from outside the EU?
Obviously, FOM isn't delivering compared to how it is sold by politicians.
FOM alone is not meant to solve the problems of the NHS. If the pay on offer is insufficient to attract skilled immigrants in sufficient numbers, or stop those you have leaving, you will still not fill the vacancies.
We have apparently made a decision in UK not to train enough nurses and rely on immigration and FOM to solve the problem.This is now coming home to roost as we scare away EU nationals and wish to limit non-EU immigration.Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
Great to see the London fireworks last night. A real middle finger to the Brexiters!_party__party_0
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It's not a racial thing at all. I remember Southern people moaning about the Northerners (including me) who used to trek down there to work every week.
Sure, southerners hating northerners for stealing their jobs is not racial. It's xenophobia.
It's just as bad.We have apparently made a decision in UK not to train enough nurses and rely on immigration and FOM to solve the problem.This is now coming home to roost as we scare away EU nationals and wish to limit non-EU immigration.
It was a money saving exercise. Another chunk of cash we'll lose from the brexit "dividend". The biggest problem will be keeping the british trained nurses in britain.0 -
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