Posted by Hari on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 with 1 comment | Labels: immigration
KJ explains why immigrants are a vital part of British society
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LATEST: Only London and the South East have recovered from the bank crash, says Bank of England director
Nor has the "jobs recovery" been a "wages recovery." Well done Cameron and Osborne
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DON'T BE FOOLED: BREXIT was about Inequality not Immigration. Why won't politicians, pundits and social media realise this?
Because blaming racists, or "unpatriotic" internationalists, is so much easier than blaming yourselves
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ELECTION 2020: Since 1997 the percentage of those under 55 who don't vote has doubled
Who Dares (to win them back) Wins
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EYE OPENER: The Top 1% are paying more income tax? Because their income has doubled since 1995 while the bottom 90%'s has stagnated
Half of us are borrowing to cover living costs. Since the 1980s the poorest fifth have been borrowing more and more
Most politicians are saying what the 'translator' in this scetch is saying. They know that immigration improves an economy as the economy gets bigger and the pie being shared by all is larger. Instead the Daily Mail and tabloids owned by Murdoch have the UK public convinced of two fallacies: First, that immigrants are frauding the benefits system- not true. Statistics show immigrants are one-quarter a likely as 'native Brits' to be claiming benefits. Secondly, that immigrants earn less than 'native Brits'- UNHCR stats show immigrants on average earn more- this is because immigration itself takes guts, attracts go-getters, and no-one moves to brighter opportunities just to sit on the Dole. The ugly truth is that it is our own who are cheating and lack ambition. Politicians are pandering to that vote. Send our own lazy citizens out into the real world, fill the UK with hard-working and friendly Filipinos et al. and we would yet back to the kind of service we used to enjoy.
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