Blue Cat

would you not be better considering Kenya?

OriginalSunshine

Nope - I know many Dutch guys who married Indonesian / Thai wives who have to apply for visas every time they go "home"

The Dean

Ahhhhh............. don't you just long for the good old days when a white Anglo-Saxon British-born male married a white Anglo-Saxon British-born female.....?

Beakersful

Bloody anglo-saxon immigrants!

scot47

It all went wrong when those Romans started coming here !

Norm_uk

Seems everyone has to pay for the phenomena of certain groups of immigrants only marrying people from their home country and bringing their extended families over, many of whom get benefits and are a burden on the country.

Trouble is the Government can't be seen to target particular groups or they will be called racist so everyone suffers. My missus works in a bank and will probably earn more than me in a few years...I'll let her save for this before I move back

They could be a bit more flexible with the financial requirements...particularly for indigenous Brits (if we're still allowed to call the ethnic majority that of course) who are working professionals marrying other working professionals. Surely the country needs more get up and go types and less of the kind who rely on benefits?

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scrubbedexpat141

Yeah! What have the Romans ever done for us?

Norm_uk

The Saxons took over most of the main island with less than 1% of the settled natives (who for the most part have been there since at least the Ice Ages). They were absorbed into the population but changed the language, legal system and culture within a few centuries.

I can see why some people get arsey over even small amounts of immigration...10% or so in the last 50 years as we probably have now is literally unprecedented in the history of the British Isles.

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Norm_uk

Maybe we can sue Italy for their crimes against our ancestors. A lot of native groups and descendants of slaves seem to think they can blame people generations after the fact - we need the money so why not?

I want marble from Rome as my compensation...will put it over the fireplace so I have something civilised to lean against when I am drunk.

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britexpat76

I think the part to help the indigenous brits is the £18k a year salary, the much higher savings requirements is to stop anyone coming over, unless they have enough money to add to the economy. That said it does not help someone who has been married for 20 years to a non national and wants to come home to the UK to retire and has all their money tied up in Investments.

Brits who are born British should have more leeway...........

Norm_uk

Can't argue with that...I also think those with native ties within two generations should also have more leeway. The Irish allow people with an Irish born ancestor within two generations the chance to apply for citizenship.

Going back to the article the Japanese man could bring his wife to Japan and she would get residency fairly quickly. She would not be able to become a citizen though unless she was fluent in Japanese and took a Japanese name. Her children would have to choose at 18 if they want to be Japanese or not.

I believe Korea also has similar rules...Britain should adopt something similar in my opinion. Immigration should serve to protect the native majority as much as the interests of the economy. If London stopped subsidising the rest of the country we'd have re-industrialised already and would probably overtake Germany.

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Beakersful

And where do you think the meat for the grinder in the factories would come from if London apparently has all the cash? Already the housing situation is being pushed towards uprooting new generations from their family links in the countryside and shipping them to the cities to work in the factories. Or did you miss that brainstorm from IDS?