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No it can be directly attributed to Britains Empire building when it took over an annexed so many countries largely to to plunder and steal the resources of said countries, and in many cases enslave and exploit the inhabitants
Back in the 1950's when you couldnt get a Brit to do what they regarded as a Cr@p job .
Thousands of people from the 'Commonwealth' were invited to come and do those jobs and given citizenship which to be honest they had anyway and became British, changing your old quaint notions in the process.
Now so called BRITISH industry relies on cheap labour both in this country and abroad because they simply care about profit
If you want foreigners out DO THE JOBS for the same money or STFU
Pity that bloke who ran amok with the gun in your neck of the woods didnt come across you
Well, maybe when the economy improved, and Britain got back on its feet, there weren't enough men to do the jobs. The reason being, they had died in the war.
Your grasp on history is very worrying.
The same war that us nasty imperialists fought to save Europe and the world. It also preserved the freedom for numbskulls like you to spout utter rubbish. Free speach is wasted on the cerebally challenged.
I often wonder that the men who died in the war would think it was worth it, as we have been invaded anyway. What would they make of the state we are in now?
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joinerjohn
Gordon Bennett,,,, Not only do we have to put up with immigrants, spacecrap now expects us to apologise for something we had no control over. Tell ya what Spicetw@t. I'll kick off by apologising for the stone age neanderthal that told his mate one day "I've solved all our problems,,,, I've invented money."
Hows that for an apology?
Not enough for ya?? I'll apologise for the first amoeba in the primeordial soup for even thinking it could crawl out onto the land and start to create all what we have today.
Pffffffftttttttttt
Pity that bloke who ran amok with the gun in your neck of the woods didnt come across you
bit of a sad comment for you, spacecrap, youv'e gone down my list
Not that you care.
there weren't enough men to do the jobs. The reason being, they had died in the war.
A brief search in Google shows that in 1945 the UK population was about 50 million. The casualties of the WW2 are less that half a million, which is a little bit less than 1% of the total pre-war population.
You said that people are not interested in historical reasons about immigration - well, it is too bad. The history is not something boring they teach in school, knowing the history and understanding the reasons that lead to one or another thing could help avoiding costly mistakes now. The immigration in mid 20 century was a legacy of the British Empire - until 1962 anybody from the commonwealth countries could come, work and stay in UK, no permit required.
There are many things that should be changed in the current situation. For example the fact that the asylum seekers can not work for at least an year is ridiculous. If the country has to accept these people, it is madness to put them on benefits.
The consequences for breaking the law should be changed. There was a program on the TV about the work of the border control officers. Well, they find illegal immigrants hidden in lorries, very politely help them get off the lorry, politely ask them if they have any documents (most of them don't - deliberately) and the most they can do is to send them back, again very politely. The unsuccessful immigrants cheerfully go back to catch the next lorry. If they knew that once caught they would go to prison, a real one (which probably don't exist nowadays in UK), not a comfortable room for one person with a TV, internet, etc., maybe they would think twice before trying to cross the border. And IMHO, we care too much about the human rights of the criminals - both British and foreigners.
The whole benefits system should be changed - for everybody in the country - British or foreign nationals. I know people (British) who hardly ever worked in their lives because the system allows them to live quite comfortably on benefits. I don't mind part of my taxes to be used helping people between jobs, or people who can't work because of medical conditions. But I don't feel it is a good cause to help those who could but prefer not to work, be they native British or immigrants. It is a joke to pay such benefits that one could live better on the dole than on minimal wages.
Another lesson that our politicians should have learnt from history is that the level of education available to the citizens is an indicator of the country's success in the future. The rapid economic growth in China goes together with severe competition in schools and other educational institutions. China has the biggest number of engineering graduates, India follows. At the same time we have huge cuts in the education funding. In order to survive the universities try to attract as many foreign students as possible because they pay higher tuition fees. This, and the increase of the tuition fees, lead to reduced numbers of British students. How difficult is to realise that in not so distant future there will be shortage of specialists in the UK and they would come from China, India, and other countries who are wise not to chop off the branch on which they are sitting.
I should become a politician
The trouble with small minded ignorant bigots is that they are SMALL MINDED IGNORANT BIGOTS
They make up facts to fit their pathetically thought out arguments. I.e. no men to work after WW2 when in fact they had to take women out of the workplace to give all the returning men work!
They have no understanding of how history affects the current day
Why do you think the scots hate the english
When do you think the troubles in N ireland date back to
By the same argument why make a fuss about 7/7 or 9/11 that's years ago move on why don't you
You can thank each other for your moronic posts doesn't mean you are not morons
They make up facts to fit their pathetically thought out arguments. I.e. no men to work after WW2 when in fact they had to take women out of the workplace to give all the returning men work!
They have no understanding of how history affects the current day
Why do you think the scots hate the english
When do you think the troubles in N ireland date back to
By the same argument why make a fuss about 7/7 or 9/11 that's years ago move on why don't you
You can thank each other for your moronic posts doesn't mean you are not morons
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The answer is simple. Remove whatever magnet draws the immigrants - just like in France. Why are they queuing up to leave France to get to the UK rather than the other way around? Remove the benefits - and you lose the problem.
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merlin50
keep them all coming, the more the better. "rivers of blood"
keep them all coming, the more the better. "rivers of blood"
The joke is these numpties don't realise that they are in all likely descended from immigrants themselves, there really is no such thing as english just a mish mash of french, italian, viking, irish, scottish.
You are all immigrants so F!&K off back home the lot of yer
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merlin50
two problems one is this island is full up, there other is a lot of the people coming do not like our way of life.
What exactly is "our" way of life?
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joinerjohn
Spacepratt you obviously don't like our way of life at all here in the UK and seem to like sticking up for johhny foreigner. Here's an idea. Have you thought of becoming a volunteer overseas? Great organisation.
Here's the link http://www.vso.org.uk/?gclid=CJjarc7J1aYCFYEOfAodl1X6Mw
Why don't you sign up for them and get some experience of life somewhere else? With a bit of luck, you'll soon be jetting off to some war torn country where you can tell the locals about the UK's streets paved with benefits. You can advise on the Human Rights Act, housing, social security, where to buy the latest wide screen tv's mobile phones, where to go for medical treatment, how to get rid of their passports when their crossing the channel, what crimes they can get away with. Don't forget to tell them, All foreigners are welcomed with open arms. You can recommend a good lawyer, solicitor who will undoubtedly help them with appeals against deportation. (Cherie Blair is quite good I hear, although a tad expensive).
Ohhh don't forget, if all else fails, they can lodge at your house and enjoy 3 meals a day, free bed and the benefit of your vast experience in all international and political matters.
PS when they arrive here, get them signed up for an ESOL course. That way, they can enjoy reading your Guardian daily.
Here's the link http://www.vso.org.uk/?gclid=CJjarc7J1aYCFYEOfAodl1X6Mw
Why don't you sign up for them and get some experience of life somewhere else? With a bit of luck, you'll soon be jetting off to some war torn country where you can tell the locals about the UK's streets paved with benefits. You can advise on the Human Rights Act, housing, social security, where to buy the latest wide screen tv's mobile phones, where to go for medical treatment, how to get rid of their passports when their crossing the channel, what crimes they can get away with. Don't forget to tell them, All foreigners are welcomed with open arms. You can recommend a good lawyer, solicitor who will undoubtedly help them with appeals against deportation. (Cherie Blair is quite good I hear, although a tad expensive).
Ohhh don't forget, if all else fails, they can lodge at your house and enjoy 3 meals a day, free bed and the benefit of your vast experience in all international and political matters.
PS when they arrive here, get them signed up for an ESOL course. That way, they can enjoy reading your Guardian daily.
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