I'd take a long, hard look at Migration Watch's agenda too. They're no stranger to controversy.
Article in The Independant
I'm reluctant to see Migration Watch's figures as 'official', given their unashamedly partisan position.
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92The article also fails to mention the percentage of workers that are coming from within the EU (who we are obliged to let in), their high skill levels, willingness to work or the amount they contribute to the UK economy (something like a tenfold return).
What's this got to do with an independent Scotland?
What's this got to do with an independent Scotland?
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93Nico Adie wrote:Bob, don't quote the Daily Mail. It is the most xenophobic newspaper produced on these shores.
This is quite funny if you've not seen it.
Man gets all his info about the world, for one month, from nothing but The Daily Mail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrJBVNNhcTc
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94Earwicker wrote:Nico Adie wrote:Bob, don't quote the Daily Mail. It is the most xenophobic newspaper produced on these shores.
This is quite funny if you've not seen it.
Man gets all his info about the world, for one month, from nothing but The Daily Mail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrJBVNNhcTc
Incredible. Quite scary too.
edit: "Turd Tinted Spectacles". So good.
"Why stop now, just when I'm hating it?" - Marvin
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95Nico Adie wrote:Earwicker wrote:Nico Adie wrote:Bob, don't quote the Daily Mail. It is the most xenophobic newspaper produced on these shores.
This is quite funny if you've not seen it.
Man gets all his info about the world, for one month, from nothing but The Daily Mail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrJBVNNhcTc
Incredible. Quite scary too.
edit: "Turd Tinted Spectacles". So good.
Very enjoyable. 'Turd Tinted Spectacles' is a phrase I can foresee reusing.
Salut!
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96The statistics are based upon the findings, or should I say opinions, of Migration Watch, an independent watchdog with an admittedly right-wing agenda. You could ask any number of other agencies, governmental or independent, and get massively different answers. Noone can agree on how many immigrants are coming to the UK. Noone can even agree on the definition of an "economic immigrant".
Rick Reuben wrote:He went to bed about a decade ago, or whenever he sold his soul to the bankers and the elites.daniel robert chapman wrote:I think he's gone to bed, Rick.
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97The Mail On Sunday wrote:
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98My mistake. Although I stand by my wider point, which is that there's a lot of debate and misinformation pertaining to the number of immigrants coming in to the UK.
The Daily Mail is a vile rag, but that doesn't mean that it won't occasionally have a point. Despite disagreeing with the tone of the article posted, and also being wary of the wider agenda of the newspaper, it does raise some issues that need to be discussed.
With regards to the above statement, change the term "discouraged" to "lazy" and I think you've just about got it. "Discouraged" makes it sound like everyone's down in the dumps about all these ruddy immig'ants coming over here and stealing the jobs of honest Joes. The reality is that people born here just like whining, and are so spoilt as to think of themselves as above doing the jobs that the immigrant workforce undertake. It was bad enough when the middle class had a sense of entitlement, now it's infected the working class too.
The Daily Mail is a vile rag, but that doesn't mean that it won't occasionally have a point. Despite disagreeing with the tone of the article posted, and also being wary of the wider agenda of the newspaper, it does raise some issues that need to be discussed.
daily mail 1-2-08 wrote:According to the MigrationWatch think tank, a culture of benefits dependency is fostering an "underclass of discouraged British workers".
With regards to the above statement, change the term "discouraged" to "lazy" and I think you've just about got it. "Discouraged" makes it sound like everyone's down in the dumps about all these ruddy immig'ants coming over here and stealing the jobs of honest Joes. The reality is that people born here just like whining, and are so spoilt as to think of themselves as above doing the jobs that the immigrant workforce undertake. It was bad enough when the middle class had a sense of entitlement, now it's infected the working class too.
Rick Reuben wrote:He went to bed about a decade ago, or whenever he sold his soul to the bankers and the elites.daniel robert chapman wrote:I think he's gone to bed, Rick.
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99daniel robert chapman wrote:The Mail On Sunday wrote:
Next up, Richard Littlejohn explains how fair hair makes you more loyal to the fatherland.
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100Rick Reuben wrote:daniel robert chapman wrote:
So the Daily Mail made up those statistics on immigration, the ONS doesn't actually exist, England isn't crowded, and nobody has lost jobs?
...and I'm not a bigoted fucking Daily Mail reading cunt.
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