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Old Nov 23rd 2013 | 8:36 am
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Originally Posted by PeterF
I remember when I was a small kid, we were visiting my grandmother and me and my sister wanted to walk into town, some gypsies had set up camp in some waste ground between and my mum told me to be careful, as they skin you alive.
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Parents didn't mess about in those days!
 
Old Nov 26th 2013 | 2:27 am
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Uncontrolled or uncontrollable immigration is pretty much a recipe for disaster regardless of who it is and where they're going.
 
Old Nov 26th 2013 | 2:38 am
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^^^Kinda like us Brits coming to Canada amongst other places in the world eh?

The irony

Oh wait, but it's different innit because we are British mate, a little bit of this, a little bit of that...we r well hard......yeah, get in there

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Old Nov 26th 2013 | 2:44 am
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
^^^Kinda like us Brits coming to Canada amongst other places in the world eh?
Dunno about you, but I had to wait three years, show I had useful skills and money and could speak the language, be background checked, and have a medical before I could move to Canada.

I wouldn't exactly call that 'uncontrolled immigration'.
 
Old Nov 26th 2013 | 2:59 am
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Originally Posted by MarkG
Dunno about you, but I had to wait three years, show I had useful skills and money and could speak the language, be background checked, and have a medical before I could move to Canada.

I wouldn't exactly call that 'uncontrolled immigration'.
You missed the humour in that.....surely not everyone coming to the UK is coming in illegally, anyone with half a brain knows that. I am amazed at the amount of people that can't distinguish between "refugees" and "applicant immigrants", even in this country.

I have had conversation with people that are shocked to find out that we have to go through all that you described above. Yes I went through all that, and more for my current job. I now carry a clearance higher than most Canadians, and passports to go with it (Red and Green)
 
Old Nov 26th 2013 | 3:11 am
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
You missed the humour in that.....surely not everyone coming to the UK is coming in illegally, anyone with half a brain knows that. I am amazed at the amount of people that can't distinguish between "refugees" and "applicant immigrants", even in this country.

I have had conversation with people that are shocked to find out that we have to go through all that you described above. Yes I went through all that, and more for my current job. I now carry a clearance higher than most Canadians, and passports to go with it (Red and Green)
Do all members of the military not carry clearance higher than most Canadians? How many Canadians have any form of clearance at all?
 
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Originally Posted by montreal mike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25062450

But he warned the UK's infrastructure could be put under strain if large numbers of people from Romania and Bulgaria come to the country when immigration controls expire in January.
not to mention returning ex-pats

The UK has to follow the EU law 'welcome to benefits Britain'
 
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Do all members of the military not carry clearance higher than most Canadians? How many Canadians have any form of clearance at all?
Errrmmmm...lets see, local and provincial employees that includes police, paramedics, fire firghters, city office admin staff, all depts of the federal govt...should I go on (am sure am already at more than 10 million right there)?

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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
Errrmmmm...lets see, local and provincial employees that includes police, paramedics, fire firghters, city office admin staff, all depts of the federal govt...should I go on (am sure am already at more than 10 million right there)?

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1/3 of Canada's population is employed by the State. Who knew?
 
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
You missed the humour in that.....surely not everyone coming to the UK is coming in illegally, anyone with half a brain knows that. I am amazed at the amount of people that can't distinguish between "refugees" and "applicant immigrants", even in this country.
You were responding to a post about the perils of uncontrolled immigration, and likening British PR immigrants to Canada to that. It's not humorous, it's blatantly not true, and the kind of evasion used for years to prevent rational discussion of Britain's completely failed immigration policy.
 
Old Nov 26th 2013 | 3:57 am
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Originally Posted by MarkG
You were responding to a post about the perils of uncontrolled immigration, and likening British PR immigrants to Canada to that. It's not humorous, it's blatantly not true, and the kind of evasion used for years to prevent rational discussion of Britain's completely failed immigration policy.
Lets be honest...if bigots had their way, can you honestly say anyone that isn't caucasian looking, will be allowed into the UK? No...lets be sincere for a second about it

When people drop the line..."all these people coming over here", who do you think they are referring to...caucasians?

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Old Nov 26th 2013 | 3:58 am
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
When people drop the line..."all these people coming over here", who do you think they are referring to?
Foreigners?
 
Old Nov 26th 2013 | 3:59 am
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
Lets be honest...if bigots had their way, can you honestly say anyone that isn't caucasian looking, will be allowed into the UK? No...lets be sincere for a second about it

When people drop the line..."all these people coming over here", who do you think they are referring to?
two or three generations into the future what will the make up of the UK be ......like a diverse multicultural Canada
 
Old Nov 26th 2013 | 4:02 am
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Originally Posted by not2old
two or three generations into the future what will the make up of the UK look like ......Canada perhaps
A well rounded cosmopolitan country that the rest of the world will envy. London UK is already there bruv, light years ahead of the rest of the country...funny how everybody flocks there from the rest of the country
 
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Originally Posted by not2old
two or three generations into the future what will the make up of the UK be ......like a diverse multicultural Canada
Is the UK not as multicultural as Canada right now?
 


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