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Previously on "What sort of immigrants do we want?"

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    I'm sure it's more worthwhile than your degree in trolling.
    Yes, it enables them to charge plums like you 2X the amount

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    They saw you coming.
    I'm sure it's more worthwhile than your degree in trolling.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Err, basically, yes.
    They saw you coming.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Did a degree in "Building Studies" did they?
    Err, basically, yes.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Most builders I talk to nowadays are highly educated. Not sure what kind of cowboys you use.
    Did a degree in "Building Studies" did they?

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Most builders I talk to nowadays are highly educated. Not sure what kind of cowboys you use.
    I'm sure you take your wife's help to pay those builders

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Most builders I talk to nowadays are highly educated. Not sure what kind of cowboys you use.
    Dear suity, a Big Issue seller near my local Waitrose is more educated than you...

    Yours

    MF

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Crap poll. You can be skilled without being highly educated, and still of benefit to the country. Builders, for example.
    Most builders I talk to nowadays are highly educated. Not sure what kind of cowboys you use.

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  • d000hg
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    Crap poll. You can be skilled without being highly educated, and still of benefit to the country. Builders, for example.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    Why are the 1.2m Brits in Austrailiam 750,000 in the US, 670,000 in Canada and 380,000 in Spain called Ex-Pats; while the 688,000 Poles in the UK are called immigrants?
    Err, that is because that's what you call someone who emigrates (leaves) vs an immigrant (arrives)?

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  • SimonMac
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    Why are the 1.2m Brits in Austrailiam 750,000 in the US, 670,000 in Canada and 380,000 in Spain called Ex-Pats; while the 688,000 Poles in the UK are called immigrants?

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  • AtW
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  • suityou01
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    Can't see the poll just yet.

    I hope there's a "Fit and busty with a husky eastern bloc accent and low standards" option. I'd vote for that.

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  • DimPrawn
    started a poll What sort of immigrants do we want?

    What sort of immigrants do we want?

    14
    Thick, uneducated, non-English speaking with a disease
    14.29%
    2
    Highly educated, hard working, professional, skilled and healthy
    7.14%
    1
    38 DD 28 34 with nice smile :-)
    57.14%
    8
    AndyW's mum, only cheaper to run
    21.43%
    3
    See poll.

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