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Originally Posted by Redlambs
We are a small island and should have been a lot more selective over the years. I'm all for immigration, it's drives economies forward. However, you have to be blind not to see what letting any old scrounger in does to the country, we have enough of our own.
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It's really quite difficult to emigrate to the UK. I've spent thousands of pounds and countless hours raising my stress levels dealing with ever-changing regulations and idiots at the Home Office. It's a myth that the UK lets all and sundry in. It doesn't.
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Originally Posted by Redlambs
As for the bollocks people come out about immigrants working harder, well I'm afraid that isn't necessarily true. The problem is that without any real controls, they are generally allowed to work long hours at a fraction of the wages. It's a seriously bad situation which started in the building trade and is now spreading.
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Huh? So do they work hard or not?
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Originally Posted by Redlambs
What people fail to realize too is that it's not just now where we have the problem, it's over the next few decades with the exploding birthrate.
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What exploding birthrate? Most estimates I've seen project birth rates at 1.8 per woman - definitely below replacement.