Up to three million extra UK residents (1 Viewer)

NorthernWisdom said:

Brexiteers must be apoplectic...

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Today?

NorthernWisdom said:

Brexiteers must be apoplectic...

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i thought that when I heard! That's the consequences of going to war with a country because they won't let you sell their population heroin!
It only applies to people who were born before 1997 so many of them will be knocking on and have families in HK that aren't eligible so 3 million eligible but I don't think the uptake will be anywhere near that.

I think we have a duty. We are certainly not going to consider scuppering trade links with China are we.

More bloody foreigners though. What are frothy mouths going to say?

At least we’ll have someone to pick the fruit and veg now.

Otis said:

I think we have a duty. We are certainly not going to consider scuppering trade links with China are we.

More bloody foreigners though. What are frothy mouths going to say?

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Who are frothy mouths ?

I take it this is a "bait the brexiteers" thread.
You need to grow up. What's happening in Hong Kong is pretty awful. Exceptional circumstances. We should help them and let those who want to come here do so.

Alan Dugdales Moustache said:

I take it this is a "bait the brexiteers" thread.
You need to grow up. What's happening in Hong Kong is pretty awful. Exceptional circumstances. We should help them and let those who want to come here do so.

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It won’t be the brutal Chinese regimes fault it will be the British empire for taking it in the first place

China's PR department are having an absolutely cracking 2020, what else can they fit in to the rest of the year to really top off what we've already had?

skybluetony176 said:

At least we’ll have someone to pick the fruit and veg now.

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Are you worried about getting your five a day ?

clint van damme said:

It only applies to people who were born before 1997 so many of them will be knocking on and have families in HK that aren't eligible so 3 million eligible but I don't think the uptake will be anywhere near that.

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Are you worried about being swamped?
Bad news is it is possible to be born before 1997 and not be old. Still, as has already been pointed out earlier on, fruit picking problem solved.

Alan Dugdales Moustache said:

Are you worried about being swamped?
Bad news is it is possible to be born before 1997 and not be old. Still, as has already been pointed out earlier on, fruit picking problem solved.

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Yes, but if it was open to younger residents I think there'd be a bigger uptake.
Many of those eligible will have family there who can't come to the UK so I'd imagine they wouldn't want to leave them. Many of those eligible will also have the option of going to other countries.
I don't think we'll see anywhere near 3 million.

Alan Dugdales Moustache said:

Are you worried about getting your five a day ?

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Shouldn’t we all be?

Brexit, Remainer, Labour, Conservative, Righty, Lefty Tommy Robinson, Katie Hopkins, Islamaphobia, Shoot the boats.

Completed it.

clint van damme said:

Yes, but if it was open to younger residents I think there'd be a bigger uptake.
Many of those eligible will have family there who can't come to the UK so I'd imagine they wouldn't want to leave them. Many of those eligible will also have the option of going to other countries.
I don't think we'll see anywhere near 3 million.

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You look at immigration from any method or reasoning and the majority are young and mobile whether they be students, professionals, illegal immigrants or asylum seekers. Not exclusively a young person’s game but by far the majority. In a nutshell I think you’re right. The numbers who take up won’t be the full number of those eligible. By any stretch.

NorthernWisdom said:

A bit like the 20k asylum seekers we granted protection to last year. Bit of an increase from that to 3 million, admittedly, but same principle. It's pretty awful in the Lebanon too, Syria, Sudan...

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It isn’t the same at all

Nick said:

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You forgot we’re full.

NorthernWisdom said:

You're right. We have a negligible number come into this country in normal times, but some people still seem to get upset about that.

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No it’s not the same as China are breaching a specific agreement made between the two countries at handover

NorthernWisdom said:

You're right. We have a negligible number come into this country in normal times, but some people still seem to get upset about that.

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what negligable number is that ?

skybluetony176 said:

You forgot we’re full.

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but you said we need fruit pickers.

skybluetony176 said:

Shouldn’t we all be?

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No. Not worried about it at all.

clint van damme said:

Yes, but if it was open to younger residents I think there'd be a bigger uptake.
Many of those eligible will have family there who can't come to the UK so I'd imagine they wouldn't want to leave them. Many of those eligible will also have the option of going to other countries.
I don't think we'll see anywhere near 3 million.

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It won't be anywhere near a million.

Nick said:

Brexit, Remainer, Labour, Conservative, Righty, Lefty Tommy Robinson, Katie Hopkins, Islamaphobia, Shoot the boats.

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Yeeesssss !!!!!!
It's the EU thread reignited all over again. Which side started it this time ?

Alan Dugdales Moustache said:

It won't be anywhere near a million.

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I wouldn't have thought so either.

clint van damme said:

I wouldn't have thought so either.

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Australia are in the mix.

Alan Dugdales Moustache said:

Australia are in the mix.

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as one of the alternative countries?

skybluetony176 said:

At least we’ll have someone to pick the fruit and veg now.

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Well that should cheer up all the people who are outraged we can't let cheap labour from Europe come and do it.

We wiped our hands with the Hong Kong problem, it's only right they should be allowed to try and settle here if they have a connection. If we gave up Gibralta, would we turn them away?

RegTheDonk said:

Well that should cheer up all the people who are outraged we can't let cheap labour from Europe come and do it.

We wiped our hands with the Hong Kong problem, it's only right they should be allowed to try and settle here if they have a connection. If we gave up Gibralta, would we turn them away?

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Nice one Reg, and I always love your avatar. Don't ever change it.

skybluetony176 said:

You forgot we’re full.

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Nobody asked about your love for pegging.

clint van damme said:

as one of the alternative countries?

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So it was announced today on the BBC. They're throwing their hat in.