Ooops: Britain opens its doors to 3.5 million visitors from eastern Europe

**Fleetwood** · 25 April 2006, 06:21

Yet at the same time there ar 1.5 million unemplored...
Huge areas of South Wales live on beenefits because they won't get off their arses and get a job.

Clearly the jobs are there, nasty and low-paid admittedly, but they're there.

F in "On yer bike" mode

**Francko** · 25 April 2006, 06:29

"Only about 10 per cent of the new arrivals (345,000) came to work for more than three months"

**threaded** · 25 April 2006, 07:10

Originally posted by Francko

"Only about 10 per cent of the new arrivals (345,000) came to work for more than three months"

Gosh, so when the three months were up did that other 90% all sign on?

**Francko** · 25 April 2006, 09:42

Originally posted by threaded

Gosh, so when the three months were up did that other 90% all sign on?

Threaded, you are not very strong at maths from what I can see.

"More than 3.5 million eastern and central Europeans have visited Britain since the European Union opened its doors to eight new member states from behind the former Iron Curtain. "

3.5 million people have "visited" Britain. Their average stay is 3 months. How long since they opened the bareers for EU? 3 years (36 month), that means that every month you have 100 thousands polish working here which is a more appropriate and realistic figure and it certainly isn't such flooding to those who are a bit more literate in maths than Milan and you.

**sasguru** · 25 April 2006, 10:03

Originally posted by Francko

Threaded, you are not very strong at maths from what I can see.

"More than 3.5 million eastern and central Europeans have visited Britain since the European Union opened its doors to eight new member states from behind the former Iron Curtain. "

3.5 million people have "visited" Britain. Their average stay is 3 months. How long since they opened the bareers for EU? 3 years (36 month), that means that every month you have 100 thousands polish working here which is a more appropriate and realistic figure and it certainly isn't such flooding to those who are a bit more literate in maths than Milan and you.

I think you'll find that Threaded is not much good at anything, except eating pies - although he's deluded himself that he's some kind of a cross between James Bond and Einstein.

**Dundeegeorge** · 25 April 2006, 10:04

Err, shome mishtake

Originally posted by sasguru

I think you'll find that Threaded is not much good at anything, except eating pies - although he's deluded himself that he's some kind of a cross between James Bond and Einstein.

A cross between Jenny Bond and Frankenstein, shirley?

**The Master** · 25 April 2006, 10:06

Originally posted by Dundeegeorge

A cross between Jenny Bond and Frankenstein, shirley?

Jenni Murray, more like.

**The Lone Gunman** · 25 April 2006, 10:37

Originally posted by Fleetwood

Yet at the same time there ar 1.5 million unemplored...
Huge areas of South Wales live on beenefits because they won't get off their arses and get a job.

Clearly the jobs are there, nasty and low-paid admittedly, but they're there.

F in "On yer bike" mode

<Fleetwood mode>benefits
unemployed</Fleetwood mode>

**NoddY** · 25 April 2006, 10:52

A friend of mine is adamant on becoming an academic. Having just completed his PhD in February and in significant debt, he needed some money pretty quick. He approached the high street job agents in Victoria; without fail the most they could offer him was £11/hr, unless he wanted to 'teach' in which case it would be more.

As a student, 10 years ago, guess what I was earning for beer money while living under the parental roof during the holidays? Nearly £11/hr.

Ooops: Britain opens its doors to 3.5 million visitors from eastern Europe