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Originally posted by AtW View PostIt's going to look awesome for Tory Scum - 1 mln high rate taxpayers leaving and accepting just 100k refugeesComment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post100k people who've taken the initiative to cross a quarter of the world clandestinely to get to the UK are exactly the kind of people who are going to out-compete Brexiteers for the back-breaking low wage jobs currently performed by EU migrants. Not looking pretty.
You have a mix, of those that want a better life and will work hard for it, and then you have the chancers. And there is no control of who is let in.
The stories of the abuse and violence along the way does not suggest they are all nurses doctors and engineers simply wanting to make the UK better...Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostNo, I don't think that's right.
You have a mix, of those that want a better life and will work hard for it, and then you have the chancers. And there is no control of who is let in.
The stories of the abuse and violence along the way does not suggest they are all nurses doctors and engineers simply wanting to make the UK better...Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostNo, I don't think that's right.
You have a mix, of those that want a better life and will work hard for it, and then you have the chancers. And there is no control of who is let in.
The stories of the abuse and violence along the way does not suggest they are all nurses doctors and engineers simply wanting to make the UK better...Comment
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Originally posted by ChimpMaster View PostLazy Brits take on all the jobs that the 'foreigners' used to do - tick.
Oh waitComment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostWhen the EU guys flee the automation specialists will pick up the slack regardless of who does the work in terms of nationality this is all work that is heading down the lost for ever tube.
People gibbering on about armies of manual fruit pickers and street sweepers and so on being needed are living in a bygone age. In fact relying on "cheap" immigrants for tasks like this will hamper and delay the UK's participation in the coming robotic industrial revolution.
It isn't much different in principle from plantation owners in the Southern US in the early 19th century claiming they needed hordes of slaves when machines that could do most of their manual work were just round the corner.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThis is absolutely correct.
People gibbering on about armies of manual fruit pickers and street sweepers and so on being needed are living in a bygone age. In fact relying on "cheap" immigrants for tasks like this will hamper and delay the UK's participation in the coming robotic industrial revolution.
It isn't much different in principle from plantation owners in the Southern US in the early 19th century claiming they needed hordes of slaves when machines that could do most of their manual work were just round the corner.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostIf machines were just "around the corner" in the early 19th century, then why manual strawberry pickers still involved in early 21st century?
AGROBOT - Strawberry Harvesters - HomeAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostBecause they require investment not hiring cash in hand pickers.
AGROBOT - Strawberry Harvesters - Home
Who is going to lend momey to buy robots, British banks?Comment
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