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CCFCSteve · Oct 1, 2021

Ian1779 said:
But there’s no chance of that happening is there? Labour have said they won’t entertain FoM and there’s no way the Tories ever will.

I can’t quite believe there is still this misconception about Brexit/migration. Excluding the racist nutters, most leave voters are quite happy to have controlled migration and understand it’s needed. It was the uncontrolled nature of EU FOM that most had an issue with ie running at net 300k to 400k total net migration a year, which is unsustainable as it impacts public services, especially in high migrant towns/cities, as well as suppresses wages in certain (not all) sectors.

A return to total FOM isn’t needed. A sensible/flexible migration policy where you encourage people required to fill skill or job shortages is, whether those people come from the EU, Australia, America, India shouldn’t matter. It’s not rocket science yet some Remainers and more worrying, some in government, don’t appear to get this

Deleted member 5849 · Oct 1, 2021

CCFCSteve said:
which is unsustainable as it impacts public services

When migrants were (not sure if are post-Brexit) net contributors to the economy, it only impacts public services if there's a political decision not to spend said surplus on said services.

CCFCSteve · Oct 1, 2021

Deleted member 5849 said:
When migrants were (not sure if are post-Brexit) net contributors to the economy, it only impacts public services if there's a political decision not to spend said surplus on said services.

There’s always going to be a lag though NW. If 400k turn up tomorrow that need housing, kids teaching, GP appointments etc there’s no control. That’s a city the size of Cov. What happened if 600k turned up one year ? What happens to wages for certain jobs ? House/rent prices etc ?

I’ve never questioned whether migrants contribute, most do and most, or certainly ones I’ve worked with or come across have a great work ethic. It’s needed, we’re an aging population. However, with uncontrolled migration you can get an oversupply and then an overreliance in certain sectors, leading to wage suppression. many will also be lower skilled so pay less into the pot over shorter periods of time. There’s no build up of contributions

ps I’ve said 100 times before if the EU had offered any semblance of control Remain would’ve won comfortably. People say there’s levers that couldve been pulled, I think only one, small EU country ever has. These are short term, temporary controls. I accept that successive governments should’ve done more however they all relied on the superficial/short term economic benefits of cheap labour though

Deleted member 5849 · Oct 1, 2021

CCFCSteve said:
There’s always going to be a lag though NW. If 400k turn up tomorrow that need housing, kids teaching, GP appointments etc there’s no control. That’s a city the size of Cov. What happened if 600k turned up one year ? What happens to wages for certain jobs ? House/rent prices etc ?

I’ve never questioned whether migrants contribute, most do and most, or certainly ones I’ve worked with or come across have a great work ethic. It’s needed, we’re an aging population. However, with uncontrolled migration you can get an oversupply and then an overreliance in certain sectors, leading to wage suppression. many will also be lower skilled so pay less into the pot over shorter periods of time. There’s no build up of contributions

ps I’ve said 100 times before if the EU had offered any semblance of control Remain would’ve won comfortably. People say there’s levers that couldve been pulled, I think only one, small EU country ever has. These are short term, temporary controls. I accept that successive governments should’ve done more however they all relied on the superficial/short term economic benefits of cheap labour though

But it's been pretty consistent that economic migrants are of net benefit. You can knock out asylum seekers... who any self-respecting civilised country will be processing regardless of freedom of movement.

I'm not going to argue against the wage suppression but... it's also a form of levelling up, too. What we *should* be doing is setting the conditions so our wages are higher *regardless* of freedom of movement or not, but that doesn't suit a purely profit driven system to do that, so FOM is a bit of a red herring there. What we shouldn't be doing, however, is being quite so insular -imagine if people couldn't go to Birmingham or Nottingham for work, despite the better opportunitie there...

skybluetony176 · Oct 1, 2021

The control thing is and always was a red herring. They were coming here to work not claim benefits. If there wasn’t the work they wouldn’t have come. Simple as.

Nobody has suppressed wages more the the government. Look at the hissy fits some were having at labours proposals for minimum wage at the last election. Trickle down economy clearly doesn’t work but push up economy does. If the most basic simple jobs earn a decent wage it pushes up wages above.

Deleted member 9744 · Oct 1, 2021

CCFCSteve said:
I can’t quite believe there is still this misconception about Brexit/migration. Excluding the racist nutters, most leave voters are quite happy to have controlled migration and understand it’s needed. It was the uncontrolled nature of EU FOM that most had an issue with ie running at net 300k to 400k total net migration a year, which is unsustainable as it impacts public services, especially in high migrant towns/cities, as well as suppresses wages in certain (not all) sectors.

A return to total FOM isn’t needed. A sensible/flexible migration policy where you encourage people required to fill skill or job shortages is, whether those people come from the EU, Australia, America, India shouldn’t matter. It’s not rocket science yet some Remainers and more worrying, some in government, don’t appear to get this

Freedom of movement impacted positively on public services

skybluetony176 · Oct 3, 2021

Imagine if labour…

Conservative conference: UK in period of adjustment after Brexit, says PM

Boris Johnson refuses to rule out supply problems at Christmas as fuel shortages continue.

www.bbc.co.uk

shmmeee · Oct 3, 2021

Deleted member 5849 said:
But it's been pretty consistent that economic migrants are of net benefit. You can knock out asylum seekers... who any self-respecting civilised country will be processing regardless of freedom of movement.

I'm not going to argue against the wage suppression but... it's also a form of levelling up, too. What we *should* be doing is setting the conditions so our wages are higher *regardless* of freedom of movement or not, but that doesn't suit a purely profit driven system to do that, so FOM is a bit of a red herring there. What we shouldn't be doing, however, is being quite so insular -imagine if people couldn't go to Birmingham or Nottingham for work, despite the better opportunitie there...

Problem is twofold for me:

1) We are pretty much the richest country in terms of currency around. You can come here in your early 20s, live five to a room and eat beans for three or four years and send money home to buy a house in Bulgaria or Romania doing basically minimum wage work. Young poor people in this country don’t have an equivalent. The closest is London and the coats there mean that’s not really an option outside of middle class jobs.

2) Integration. If you can come en masse and live in a community where you don’t need to speak English you become apart and that creates resentment. Say what you like but people want to be surrounded by those who they can speak to who have similar cultural values. It’s one thing someone coming in, learning English and the social standards in Britain. It’s another setting up a community within a community and sticking to your own.

I’m honestly not sure you can solve those two issues when you have such wealth disparity between EU countries. The reason we don’t have little Germany or little Italy communities here is because the numbers are big enough and they aren’t big enough because the poor of those countries aren’t significantly better off here. That’s not true for many EE countries. The common market really needs to have a higher bar for the standard of economy for freedom of movement to work and be sustainable IMO.

skybluetony176 · Oct 3, 2021

Boris Johnson having to have farming explained to him like a simpleton

Sky Blue Pete · Oct 3, 2021

skybluetony176 said:
Boris Johnson having to have farming explained to him like a simpleton

Tories + 5m

skybluetony176 · Oct 3, 2021

Run Boris run

State of him.

shmmeee · Oct 3, 2021

skybluetony176 said:
Run Boris run

State of him.

It’s intentional. Part of his image. People who have worked with him have said he does this on purpose same as the messed up hair.

More bothered by the fact the man in charge of the country clearly can’t grasp basic principles about how the food supply chain works TBH. Man’s a cretin.

stupot07 · Oct 3, 2021

I've just had a headline from the mail come up on Upday on my phone saying thay 3 Labour MPs have opened comms to the Tory Whip and are on the verge of defecting to the Tories because they are disillusioned with Kier Starmer. Wtf??

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shmmeee · Oct 3, 2021

stupot07 said:
I've just had a headline from the mail come up on Upday on my phone saying thay 3 Labour MPs have opened comms to the Tory Whip and are on the verge of defecting to the Tories because they are disillusioned with Kier Starmer. Wtf??

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Its bollocks.

wingy · Oct 3, 2021

skybluetony176 said:
Boris Johnson having to have farming explained to him like a simpleton

So is it CO2, inability to slaughter them or Chop them up .
Farmer's will not receive money , price's for other products will spike etc etc

Ian1779 · Oct 3, 2021

skybluetony176 said:
Run Boris run

State of him.

Running in school shoes….

oakey · Oct 3, 2021

Ian1779 said:
Running in school shoes….

It's our Boris. He can do what he wants because any alternative is worse, apparently.
Everything wrong is the fault of foreigners or previous governments or woke lefties.
Boris is the only one who understands this.
If those who voted for him admit he is at fault for anything they have to face being wrong and a sizeable number of voters are not able to make that step, yet.
Stockholm syndrome comes to mind.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Oct 3, 2021

Also see Blair's managed to avoid £300k in stamp duty.

jimmyhillsfanclub · Oct 3, 2021

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Also see Blair's managed to avoid £300k in stamp duty.

....and is complicit in the death of about 500k Iraqis......but hey ho....I know which the UK public will be more up in arms over.....

Ian1779 · Oct 3, 2021

jimmyhillsfanclub said:
....and is complicit in the death of about 500k Iraqis......but hey ho....I know which the UK public will be more up in arms over.....

All the liberals think he’s a modern day Jesus.

Brighton Sky Blue · Oct 3, 2021

Ian1779 said:
All the liberals think he’s a modern day Jesus.

His role of 'Peace Envoy to the Middle East' was the best trolling of all time

Sick Boy · Oct 4, 2021

CCFCSteve said:
There’s always going to be a lag though NW. If 400k turn up tomorrow that need housing, kids teaching, GP appointments etc there’s no control. That’s a city the size of Cov. What happened if 600k turned up one year ? What happens to wages for certain jobs ? House/rent prices etc ?

I’ve never questioned whether migrants contribute, most do and most, or certainly ones I’ve worked with or come across have a great work ethic. It’s needed, we’re an aging population. However, with uncontrolled migration you can get an oversupply and then an overreliance in certain sectors, leading to wage suppression. many will also be lower skilled so pay less into the pot over shorter periods of time. There’s no build up of contributions

ps I’ve said 100 times before if the EU had offered any semblance of control Remain would’ve won comfortably. People say there’s levers that couldve been pulled, I think only one, small EU country ever has. These are short term, temporary controls. I accept that successive governments should’ve done more however they all relied on the superficial/short term economic benefits of cheap labour though

The UK never bothered to implement the rules that were there, such as having people register for residency and prove that they have a work contract or are paying taxes and NI to have access to healthcare, public services etc.
Even now in Italy I have to go along every year for the next 2 years and prove I am earning a certain amount and demonstrate I’m paying taxes/INPs contributions to get access to the health system.

skybluetony176 · Oct 4, 2021

Pandora Papers: Tory donor Mohamed Amersi involved in telecoms corruption scandal

Businessman involved in deals for a firm that was fined $965m for bribery, a BBC investigation finds.

www.bbc.co.uk

Evo1883 · Oct 4, 2021

Evo1883 · Oct 4, 2021

Dear God

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Oct 4, 2021

Evo1883 said:

If this didn't so you what matters to the Tories then nothing will. Don't care if you're ill, sick or dying as long as there's money.

"There's more money in your pocket (well, not really.)"
"I'll be dead soon so what fucking use is that to me?"

And what makes it even more infuriating is that there is no wage growth in real terms.

Can someone please remind them that government is supposed to be for the benefit of the PEOPLE. Not businesses. Not money. PEOPLE.

fernandopartridge · Oct 4, 2021

Ian1779 said:
Running in school shoes….

This stuff is all put on for show, embarrassing that the media reports this stuff to try and make out he's some sort of quirky affable character

It's bollocks anyway, the ring of steel around the Midland Hotel and the GMEX leaves nowhere to actually go for a run

Evo1883 · Oct 4, 2021

Ian Duncan Smith attacked today in Manchester, with a traffic cone .

5 people arrested .

chiefdave · Oct 4, 2021

Evo1883 said:
Ian Duncan Smith attacked today in Manchester, with a traffic cone .

5 people arrested .

How big was the traffic cone if it took 5 people to chuck it at him?

Evo1883 · Oct 4, 2021

chiefdave said:
How big was the traffic cone if it took 5 people to chuck it at him?

I just know 5 people have been arrested , maybe for other disorders outside the conference

Deleted member 5849 · Oct 4, 2021

The poor traffic cone.

wingy · Oct 4, 2021

He was off to a fringe apparently
Code for buying sex .

wingy · Oct 4, 2021

The spin and evasion has been in overdrive this weekend.

skybluetony176 · Oct 4, 2021

Was he actually assaulted with a traffic cone or was he just assaulted resulting in his dunce hat falling of his head?
#needpictures

Ian1779 · Oct 4, 2021

When he hears they’ll melt the cone down…

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