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    #11
    Maybe 20% of the UK population is 'foreign'; with 33% in London?

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      #12
      Originally posted by NoddY View Post
      Maybe 20% of the UK population is 'foreign'; with 33% in London?
      Depends what you mean by "foreign".

      If you are the Home Office you don't count EU citizens as being foriegn.

      If you are a school teacher you regard anyone without a good grasp of English as foriegn whether they are from Poland, Portugal or Ghana.

      Also the foreigners I seem to meet are all rich/better off than the average Brit. However it doesn't stop them being mugged.
      Last edited by SueEllen; 14 April 2008, 13:37. Reason: spelling mistake
      "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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        #13
        Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
        Also the foreigners I seem to meet are all rich/better off than the average Brit. However it doesn't stop them being mugged.
        Funny you should mention that, as on my cycle-commute in this morning noticed several cars that were quite nicer than the norm. Whereas in the past I'd have noted they'd have Swedish or German plates, what made it interesting is they all had Polish number plates.
        Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
        threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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          #14
          An argument about whether foreigners are more likely or only equally likely to commit crime given similar income levels is missing the essential point of nationality Threaded.

          We are stuck with our own criminal classes but we have no duty to take in anyone else's. A decent immigration policy should be vetting incomers and they should not be simply average but far better than us. Do the US/Canada/NZ/Oz take in unemployable white youths from sink estates along with the professional sorts to ensure British migrants are representative of British citizens? Of course not.

          Migrants over represented in low income groups? If that is the case, what benefit are they exactly?
          bloggoth

          If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
          John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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            #15
            Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
            Migrants over represented in low income groups? If that is the case, what benefit are they exactly?
            Cheap labour helping to keep labour costs down for businesses. That is the only reason they here, Nuliebour's paymasters have asked for them. I think we'll have real problems if unemployment kicks in but I don't think the government have thought that far ahead.

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              #16
              I blame the Vikings, we had little rape and pillage before them
              The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

              But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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                #17
                Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
                I blame the Vikings, we had little rape and pillage before them
                See how funny you find it bagpuss when someone foreign kills you, eh?

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                  See how funny you find it bagpuss when someone foreign kills you, eh?
                  Yes I would much rather it were someone I knew
                  The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

                  But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
                    Yes I would much rather it were someone I knew
                    Indeed I find beng killed by a local a right scream

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
                      Indeed I find beng killed by a local a right scream
                      I find it a distinct possibility!

                      You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.

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