I have encounter migrant workers here who have a poor grasp of English but who are working so it doesn't always ring true I'm afraid. A few of the cleaning staff here infact speak little or next to no English yet they're fantastic at what they do
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If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostNo reason to doubt it but facts and statistics, not anecdotes and citing of individual cases, are the only sound basis for law.In Scooter we trustComment
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Properly obtained statistics are not the same thing as sweeping generalisations.
Does it not occur to you that, as professional persons, our experience is highly selective? We work in offices, stay at reasonable hotels etc and, unsurprisingly, largely see decent working migrants.
So how much time do we spend in run down areas, rough sleeping areas, doss houses, illegal squats etc to see the other side of it? In some part of the UK, 50%+ of people who present at homeless charities are foreign.
Its 80% in Boston
BBC News - Boston has thousands of unrecorded migrants, council claimsbloggoth
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)Comment
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Originally posted by The Spartan View PostShame there's no opt out, I'd happily take my own rubbish to the tip
We need to make those on benefits worse off than those working, then we have money we can spend on those that need it.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostProperly obtained statistics are not the same thing as sweeping generalisations.
Does it not occur to you that, as professional persons, our experience is highly selective? We work in offices, stay at reasonable hotels etc and, unsurprisingly, largely see decent working migrants.
So how much time do we spend in run down areas, rough sleeping areas, doss houses, illegal squats etc to see the other side of it? In some part of the UK, 50%+ of people who present at homeless charities are foreign.
Its 80% in Boston
BBC News - Boston has thousands of unrecorded migrants, council claimsIn Scooter we trustComment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostYou should expect a hefty increase in council tax because Govt cuts amount of money given to councils.
Who so you think is paying for all the extra classroom assistants and translators? I'll give you a clue it isn't the EU. It us bloody mugs.Comment
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