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Whatever our differences on this thread that's a fantastically creative way of not mentioning Hitler. Whoops.

In a growing economy (which the Tories are at pains to point out we are in) the number of jobs should not stay the same. It should increase. These sorts of posts also have incredibly high turnover / attrition rates. Perhaps we should stop mollycoddling our young and get them to knock on a few...

Fair enough. There have been suggestions on this thread that the jobs are going to immigrants because they'll take 30p an hour and live six to a room. Which would be illegal. So let's assume for a moment that everything is equal. What would stop an employer (and I interview and employ people)...

I kind of already gave up arguing this with bushy on the basis that we'd never agree but to sum up: 1) You have no idea if these jobs would still be available if you reduced immigration because you have no idea how competitive our economy would be without it 2) There is a minimum wage plus tax...

They can't legally. There's a minimum wage and tax credits. Blame shonky employers, or, perhaps, the likes of Tesco's who are constantly demanding cheaper supplies and smaller margins.

And that's exactly the salient point. If you don't like it vote UKIP or for an anti EU candidate from the main parties if you have one. I didn't get a referendum on what the Tories are doing to the NHS or what Labour did in Iraq for that matter.

Not on this no, and you're right I'll leave it there.

I work with three Romanians. They've never been arrested for anything, pay taxes and a mortgage here and helped my company win a pan European software deal based in a deprived part of London.

And I wonder how else you'd promote this..... Actually this is why you SHOULD trust the BBC over time. Like any large organisation they will make mistakes. The difference is they will admit them AND commission shows correcting them. You can't imagine tomorrow's Sun suddenly printing 'You know...

Hamilton's covered most of it but you haven't answered my other point. What NEW problem are Romanians (specifically) going to add to Brighton that it doesn't have already? Drugs, petty theft and street drinking are all but a way of life in the town centre while the estates already have...

Funny because when they are too positive towards immigration the Cabinet Minister responsible has a habit of blocking or delaying them... http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/10/immigration-report-delayed-too-positive_n_4417247.html

That's totally subjective. Agree on those numbers. It was part of the report that said immigrants had made a net beneficial contribution in recent years thst I posted earlier. How many British did they arrest. Or do you only bother to look out for the stats on immigrants? No I consider it...

Sorry, what exactly is the threat here? Violent begging? Grew up with that around Norfolk Square from pissed up white English folk. Strain on services? RSCH is one of the worst hospitals in the country. You don't want to end up long term sick / geriatric here already and you certainly don't want...

They don't though. The right loathe the truly free market nature of the EU while the left can't decide whether to protest xenophobia or protectionism. Both sides are literally opposite where they should be ideologically.

Also I note you've added to your original post with what you believe to be the relevant point. That bit is certainly true. But you and he think that's the central issue. I think the central issue is how many tourists use the system because of it.

Ha! That's a blog by a Tory MP. I presume you've read the whole of the report he mentions to back up your assertion that it's true? Let's assume for a moment you're correct though. All that benefit tourism and STILL making an overall positive net contribution in the last 12 years? Must be...

So let's take a balanced view of it from the BBC and UCL. My guess is you think the BBC are lefties too but the left think they're on the right and the CTs hink they're Zionists so for me they're doing a good job. The study carried out by the college and reported by the BBC found that recent...

And you're doing really, really well. *coughs nervously and exits stage left*

Actually, I don't often agree with you but this is spot on. I have lived in three other countries. In Australia I didn't have to learn the language and there is no culture (*ducks*) but in Taiwan and Japan I had language and cultural lessons from the first week I arrived and didn't seek to claim...

It's called satire. There are lazy British *******s and lazy Romanian *******s. Your nationality shouldn't stop you being satarized or called out. If there's a problem it's not that the paragraph attacks the British lazy, it's that you'd probably end up reported and with the page pulled from...