Flood of IT immigrants from India

[DodgyAgent]

I'm not really bothered about how they would have fared. The point is, if Great Britain hadn't colonised it then the population wouldn't have the general right to come over here without tougher controls on their visas.

Good point the Scots should have been kept north of the wall

[Batcher]

Good point the Scots should have been kept north of the wall

At last you've got it !!

[DodgyAgent]

At last you've got it !!

Or in the spirit of equality the English should have been kept south of the wall

[tractor]

.....

And east of Offer's Dyke.

Offa's

Poor standard of lizard education these days....tsk

[Goatfell]

And east of Offer's Dyke.

East of Lowestoft shirley?

[centurian]

Does this mean I should vote UKIP?

UKIPs immigration policy is for "controlled" immigration - which means "skilled" workers still being allowed in - pretty sure I heard Farage specifically stated that he wanted those with IT skills from outside Europe to be encouraged to come here.

So if anything, it could be worse under UKIP

Remember the sense of disappointment at the Tories not abolishing IR35 - multiply that feeling by a hundred....

[Zero Liability]

FTFY

As I recall, until 1857 or so, the East India Company was a private enterprise (spit), dontchaknow.

The East India Company: The original corporate raiders | William Dalrymple | World news | The Guardian

I've quoted the grauniad.

I doubt that it was without government support, however, e.g. grants of exclusive privilege to trade. Nonetheless, I agree with the "get over it" crowd on this one.

[Flashman]

Does this mean I should vote UKIP?

Nah vote Conservative.
BBC News - Come to UK, David Cameron urges Indian students ahead of visit

"The fact is today, as we stand, and this is going to be the case going forward - there is no limit on the number of students who can come from India to study at British universities, no limit at all.

"And what's more, after you have left a British university, if you can get a graduate-level job there is no limit to the amount of people who can stay and work or the time that they can stay at work."

David Cameron. Feb 2013

[Flashman]

UKIPs immigration policy is for "controlled" immigration - which means "skilled" workers still being allowed in - pretty sure I heard Farage specifically stated that he wanted those with IT skills from outside Europe to be encouraged to come here.

So if anything, it could be worse under UKIP

Remember the sense of disappointment at the Tories not abolishing IR35 - multiply that feeling by a hundred....

UKIP recognises the benefits of limited, controlled immigration.

UKIP will leave the EU, and take back control of our borders. Work permits will be permitted to fill skills gaps in the UK jobs market.

http://www.ukip.org/policies_for_people

Somehow I rather doubt we'd be seeing mass immigration from India if UKIP had anything to do with it.

[Zero Liability]

Or from Eastern Europe, for that matter.