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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostYou're manufacturing a false dichotomy. There are degrees of skill. Fruit-picking is not unskilled, per se, simply a skill that is sufficiently generic for us to favour UK workers."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostAs JB said we need to move to employing locals rather undercutting them with cheap labour that export their wages."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWell look no further than OUR own government. In the pockets of big business. They're a massive part of the problem.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostIf there is no consensus or even common ground amongst a group of people of similar professions, culture, background and aspirations what chance has a group of 28 different countries got without the strength of a proper democratic system got? This "debate" shows nothing other than how people polarise themselves and defend their positions no matter what.Comment
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Originally posted by sirja View PostIndeed. People like you who call others 'Brit hatters' simply because they don't agree with your point of view.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postso your point was as usual ill thought out & irrational.
As JB said we need to move to employing locals rather undercutting them with cheap labour that export their wages.
Basically you have no evidence for your prejudices.
All the evidence suggests that EU immigrants DON'T CUT the wages of natives:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/resea...015/swp574.pdfHard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI use it quite deliberately to test where they are coming from as the arguments themselves are so absent of logic, context or balance.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by vetran View PostIndeed, so Brexit might be the catalyst we need.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostSo you think that economic chaos after hard Brexit isn't a possibility?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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