UKIP Vs Good Old fashioned self interest

[Brussels Slumdog]

Like everyone who fights any sort of change you are desperate enough to feel the need to exaggerate and mislead Firstly the population of the UK is about 65 million. Secondly You are misleading people when you crudely divide wealth by the number of people in the aggregated population of the EU when in fact it should be divided according to GDP.

The UK is in a strong position to negotiate trade agreements. It is a huge market for many continental firms. The UK is in fact the rest of the EU’s largest single export market, larger even than the US. Moreover, the rest of the EU’s trade balance with the UK is decidedly positive; it exports more to the UK than the UK exports to the rest of the EU. The EU are not going to cut their noses off to spite their faces.

As for overseas companies using the UK as their door to Europe this is unlikely to change as these companies will still have access to EU markets and the English language to make them stay.

How long will it take to negotiate with Europe? It won't be business as usual on day one.

[darmstadt]

This was quite funny, well a bit silly really. From a chap in South Devon to his local Ukip candidate (who seems to live in Preston, is there one near Weymouth?)

Part 1:

[darmstadt]

Parts 2 and 3:

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Part 4:

[darmstadt]

The latest, part 5:

[Mich the Tester]

The latest, part 5:

...clipped...literate chap blows apart UKIP's local migration figures...

Very good, the trouble though is this; while net migration may indeed be very low, people feel that it's high. How are parties supposed to deal with that feeling?

[DodgyAgent]

Very good, the trouble though is this; while net migration may indeed be very low, people feel that it's high. How are parties supposed to deal with that feeling?

Is it the type of people leaving vs the type of people coming into the UK?

[Mich the Tester]

Is it the type of people leaving vs the type of people coming into the UK?

I don't know. To start with you'd need a breakdown of who's leaving and who's arriving. The trouble is, the studies on recent arrivals suggest they're mostly working and are mostly net contributors; that's why I say there's a problem of feeling, or perception. Even if most arrivals are working and contributing, some people percieve them to be milking the benefits system or 'jumping the housing queue'. That perception might be harder to deal with than it is to simply quote figures.

[vetran]

Very good, the trouble though is this; while net migration may indeed be very low, people feel that it's high. How are parties supposed to deal with that feeling?

Not sure its just a feeling.

Eton Wick School - gallery of class photographs

and

The Duchess of Cornwall launches British Food Week 2013 | Ian Jones Photography


sort of makes the point.

Comes to the point some schools seem to be putting all of the 10% white kids in the photos to add contrast.

Walk down the high street anywhere round Slough / Hayes etc and hearing English is a surprise.

[Mich the Tester]

Not sure its just a feeling.

...piccies...

sort of makes the point.

What point? A large amount of immigration from the commonwealth after the war?