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Originally posted by vetran View PostThe Government controls the immigration tap so they are totally to blame.
And they have started controlling non-EC migration - the largest non-EC migrants are, in fact, Chinese students.
But don't let the facts stop your ignorant ranting - that's what thick saloon bar philosophers do.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by doodab View PostWe are a nation of cheapskates and we get the low wage low skill economy we deserve. ...
If taxes were lower and people had more disposable income they could afford better quality British made things
Or maybe I'm being hopelessly idealistic, and most people would just buy more cheap tatWork in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostBritish manufacturing isn't dead.
I think the issue is one of perception. We don't make a lot of stuff people can actually buy in the shops. Fridges, saucepans and whatnot. 20-30 years ago a kitchen knife made of Sheffield Steel was considered a quality item, these days you'd be hard pressed to find one in a shop. It's not like Brits couldn't make knives to rival the Japanese, it's just that rather than do so someone decided the way forward for their now non existent brand was to target the low end of the market with the cheapest made in china tat they could buy in.
There are British brands but they tend to be very high end, Linn & Naim HiFi for example. I'm looking forwards to the day Mclaren launch a sensibly priced town car.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by Troll View PostStaff eh?Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostI'd happily pay a local to do the cleaning (£9 per hour), building and decorating (£20 per hour), gardening (£9 per hour), child-minding (£11 per hour). At the moment these things are done for me by a Romanian, a Pole, an Indian and a South African respectively, at the rates specified.
Given that all these rates are well above the minimum wage, why are there no locals applying for these jobs? We have bred a sense of entitlement among the British young (of all colours) so that they wouldn't be seen dead doing this sort of work.Comment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostNo they don't as far as Eastern Europeans are concerned. Europeans are entitled to work in any other European country.
And they have started controlling non-EC migration - the largest non-EC migrants are, in fact, Chinese students.
But don't let the facts stop your ignorant ranting - that's what thick saloon bar philosophers do.
From January 1 next year restrictions on new arrivals from the two eastern European countries are due to lift, leading to as many as 50,000 Romanians and Bulgarians moving to Britain each year according to some estimates.
A change to the Immigration Bill currently passing through Parliament is being proposed by Nigel Mills, the MP for Amber Valley in Derbyshire, and would see tighter controls remain until the end of December 2018.
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Of course if the British Public had been consulted about the EU project many would have refused to extend from a common market to a free movement zone.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostOf course if the British Public had been consulted about the EU project many would have refused to extend from a common market to a free movement zone.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostIndeed, but what use is a common market to 'workers' if it only allows businesses the freedom to move production and delivery of services and goods around, but doesn't allow individuals the freedom to move to where the businesses are?
Seems to work for Switzerland.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostMaybe a preferential visa scheme would be a better fit, allowing premium workers to move around the common market whilst allowing the local makeup of countries and the security of each nations borders to be protected?
Seems to work for Switzerland.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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