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Immigrants built Britain

Gina Miller always said that Immigrants built Britain.

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • No

    Votes: 7 70.0%
  • Total voters
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100 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great:
Ade Adepitan, athlete and TV presenter
Alan Yau, restaurateur
Alec Issigonis, car designer
Alek Wek, model
Alf Dubs, politician
András Schiff, pianist and conductor
Anish Kapoor, sculptor
Anna Freud, psychoanalyst
Arthur Wharton, footballer
Barbara Cooper, RAF officer
Bernard Katz, physician
Bushra Nasir, headteacher
Carlos Acosta, ballet dancer
Caroline Herschel, astronomer
Charles Kao, physicist and engineer
Charles Yerkes, financier
Charlotte Auerbach, geneticist
Claudia Jones, journalist and activist
Claus Moser, statistician
Connie Mark, campaigner
Deborah Doniach, immunologist
Dennis Gabor, physicist and engineer
Dietrich Küchemann, engineer
Doreen Lawrence, campaigner
Edith Bülbring, scientist
Emma Orczy, novelist and playwright
Erich Reich, entrepreneur
Ernst Chain, scientist
Ernst Gombrich, author
Eugène Rimmel, perfumer
Fanny Eaton, model
Freddie Mercury, pop singer
George Frideric Handel, composer
George Weidenfeld, publisher
Gina Miller, entrepreneur and activist
Graeme Hick, cricketer
Hans Holbein, painter
Hans Krebs, scientist
Harry Gordon Selfridge, retailer
Henry Wellcome, scientist
Ida Copeland, politician
Ida Freund, academic
Ira Aldridge, actor and playwright
Iris Murdoch, novelist
Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
Jacob Epstein, sculptor
Jimi Hendrix, musician
Joan Armatrading, musician
Johanna Weber, engineer
John Barnes, footballer
John Edmonstone, footballer
Joseph Conrad, author
Joseph Rotblat, physicist
Judith Kerr, author
Karan Bilimoria, entrepreneur
Karel Kuttelwascher, fighter pilot
Krystyna Skarbek, wartime spy
Kylie Minogue, pop singer
Lew Grade, broadcaster
Lucian Freud, painter
Ludwig Goldscheider, publisher
Ludwig Guttmann, neurologist
Magdi Yacoub, heart surgeon
Malala Yousafzai, campaigner
Marc Isambard Brunel, engineer
Margaret Busby, publisher and editor
Marie Tussaud, entrepreneur
Mary Prince, campaigner
Mary Seacole, nurse
Maureen Dunlop de Popp, pilot
Michael Marks, retailer
Mo Farah, athlete
Mona Hatoum, artist
Montague Burton, retailer
Moses Montefiore, banker
Nasser Hussain, cricketer
Oscar Nemon, scupltor
Parveen Kumar, doctor
Peter Porter, poet
Prince Albert, royal consort
Raheem Sterling, footballer
Richard Rogers, architect
Sake Dean Mahomed, surgeon
Shanta Pathak, entrepreneur
Sislin Fay Allen, police officer
Solly Zuckerman, military adviser
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, entrepreneur
Steve Shirley, entrepreneur
Stuart Hall, academic
TS Eliot, poet
Tessa Sanderson, athlete
Trevor McDonald, newscaster
Valerie Amos, lawyer and politician
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, biologist
Vera Atkins, wartime spy
Violette Szabo, wartime spy
William Butement, scientist
Yasmin Qureshi, politician and barrister
Yvonne Thompson, entrepreneur
Zaha Hadid, architect

 
wobs said:
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100 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great:
Ade Adepitan, athlete and TV presenter
Alan Yau, restaurateur
Alec Issigonis, car designer
Alek Wek, model
Alf Dubs, politician
András Schiff, pianist and conductor
Anish Kapoor, sculptor
Anna Freud, psychoanalyst
Arthur Wharton, footballer
Barbara Cooper, RAF officer
Bernard Katz, physician
Bushra Nasir, headteacher
Carlos Acosta, ballet dancer
Caroline Herschel, astronomer
Charles Kao, physicist and engineer
Charles Yerkes, financier
Charlotte Auerbach, geneticist
Claudia Jones, journalist and activist
Claus Moser, statistician
Connie Mark, campaigner
Deborah Doniach, immunologist
Dennis Gabor, physicist and engineer
Dietrich Küchemann, engineer
Doreen Lawrence, campaigner
Edith Bülbring, scientist
Emma Orczy, novelist and playwright
Erich Reich, entrepreneur
Ernst Chain, scientist
Ernst Gombrich, author
Eugène Rimmel, perfumer
Fanny Eaton, model
Freddie Mercury, pop singer
George Frideric Handel, composer
George Weidenfeld, publisher
Gina Miller, entrepreneur and activist
Graeme Hick, cricketer
Hans Holbein, painter
Hans Krebs, scientist
Harry Gordon Selfridge, retailer
Henry Wellcome, scientist
Ida Copeland, politician
Ida Freund, academic
Ira Aldridge, actor and playwright
Iris Murdoch, novelist
Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
Jacob Epstein, sculptor
Jimi Hendrix, musician
Joan Armatrading, musician
Johanna Weber, engineer
John Barnes, footballer
John Edmonstone, footballer
Joseph Conrad, author
Joseph Rotblat, physicist
Judith Kerr, author
Karan Bilimoria, entrepreneur
Karel Kuttelwascher, fighter pilot
Krystyna Skarbek, wartime spy
Kylie Minogue, pop singer
Lew Grade, broadcaster
Lucian Freud, painter
Ludwig Goldscheider, publisher
Ludwig Guttmann, neurologist
Magdi Yacoub, heart surgeon
Malala Yousafzai, campaigner
Marc Isambard Brunel, engineer
Margaret Busby, publisher and editor
Marie Tussaud, entrepreneur
Mary Prince, campaigner
Mary Seacole, nurse
Maureen Dunlop de Popp, pilot
Michael Marks, retailer
Mo Farah, athlete
Mona Hatoum, artist
Montague Burton, retailer
Moses Montefiore, banker
Nasser Hussain, cricketer
Oscar Nemon, scupltor
Parveen Kumar, doctor
Peter Porter, poet
Prince Albert, royal consort
Raheem Sterling, footballer
Richard Rogers, architect
Sake Dean Mahomed, surgeon
Shanta Pathak, entrepreneur
Sislin Fay Allen, police officer
Solly Zuckerman, military adviser
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, entrepreneur
Steve Shirley, entrepreneur
Stuart Hall, academic
TS Eliot, poet
Tessa Sanderson, athlete
Trevor McDonald, newscaster
Valerie Amos, lawyer and politician
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, biologist
Vera Atkins, wartime spy
Violette Szabo, wartime spy
William Butement, scientist
Yasmin Qureshi, politician and barrister
Yvonne Thompson, entrepreneur
Zaha Hadid, architect

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yeah apart from those, what have foreigners ever done for us...............
 
Elsa TLC said:
Gina Miller alway said that Immigrants built Britain.

Is this really the case?
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You could have structured your post less vaguely.

Where exactly did she say this? Have you got an article?

Do you mean the immigrants made a contribution, after the war, rebuilding Britain?

Or do you mean immigrants built Britain with their hands?

Which one do you think is true, and which one do you think is false?
 
Jurassicspark said:
If their contribution wasn’t significant, the government would not have encouraged them to come.
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They came as in the wind rush from the Caribbean to undertake the labour shortage that we had. I am saying that they helped Britain in that respect but certainly didn’t build Britain.
 
If your house was built between 1948 and 1965, there's a strong possibility that it was built using labour from the countries I mentioned.

And they built thousands more like it. And mile after mile of road.

And they didn't build Britain?

I think if you took away all that they built, you might start to revise your thinking.
 
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