Leaving aside cheap political points, Emma Raducanu is simply a brilliant sportswoman with a steely determination to win. She'll have plenty of support worldwide, when she plays in the final. Hope she does it.
In my borough of Spelthorne a massive amount of clothing, toiletries, women’s sanitary products and toys were donated to help welcome the 50 odd Afghan refugees, mostly women and children, that have recently arrived and are being looked after in a local Staines hotel……. I would suggest this type of welcome has been across the board in most boroughs. Of course you will never eliminate the ****s in this country, however the assumption that the majority in our country hold these views, is in fact bollox
That’s one of the most pointless posts you’ve made Strolls and doesn’t come back on my point in anyway whatsoever.
Or course many in this country welcome immigrants Stainesy, but the majority don't. It probably breaks down about 52:48.
Sorry but I absolutely disagree……the vast majority of people here are very welcoming and couldn’t give a **** about anyone’s colour, creed or religion. My kids will have just as much opportunity in this country than anyone else, as their mum did before them. I’d rather they grew up here than in many other countries where they wouldn’t be so welcomed.
She is indeed a brilliant sportswoman and I'm as excited about her progress as anybody. I just find this kind of hypocrisy a little hard to take.... please log in to view this image
No one has a problem with legal immigrants You know The ones that apply and go through the system With health and criminal checks Have done it myself at great expense Had I been denied I would have stayed in shepherds bush ****ing long way to nz in a dingy The ones that apply for asylum properly The problem most have is with the dingy and lorry economic migrants abusing the system of asylum Still We need someone to make our coffee
Again Strolls, a rather pointless post from a **** rag. I’m beginning to think it’s the Liberal Left who are the real problem
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/su...kCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar Great support from the people of this borough. I know Nick personally through his call for help with food bank deliveries when the pandemic hit. A truly inspirational person.
I've never been a flag waver where tennis is concerned, as I see it as a sport of individuals, but generally I see no hypocrisy whatsoever. The media reports I've read call her an example of the United Nations. Her parents, Romanian and Chinese, work in finance and came to England from Canada when she was two. She grew up in Kent and sounds very English, but she alone can decide her nationality. There's no doubt that the British system, particularly post Brexit, does favour achievement and skill in immigrants. Name me one developed country that doesn't do similarly.
I know you are a little annoyed at brexit but you are normally a sensible poster strolls and even you can't believe that brexit was voted on PURELY immigration reasons. Also to be entirely accurate thats 52:48 of people who voted so you've lumped in 20 million no voters into that as well
We're about the same age, Strolls. When we were born, the worldwide population was 2.7 billion. In a bit more than sixty years, it has increased to 7.8 billion, which incidentally has played havoc with the natural world and led to the extinction or near extinction of many animals. This is what concerns David Attenborough. In a globe where large parts will be increasingly uninhabitable due to climate change and overheating, do you feel this incredible human population rise is sustainable?
Germany. A strange response to a post about immigration. Are you suggesting that people in areas that become uninhabitable should be forced to stay put?
1. Germany's historic record on human rights is nothing to boast about. More recently, Merkel made a considered decision to let in Syrians, many of whom are well educated and skilled. I doubt she would have done the same for Afghanistan. 2. Of course that's now what I'm suggesting and well done for dodging the question (liberals generally do). The increase in worldwide population level is highly relevant to immigration, particularly into the Western world. Until it is controlled (probably by a worldwide family planning initiative - which incidentally is undermined by the Catholic church), quality of life in many regions and on many aspects will suffer.
I wasn't dodging the question, I was trying to understand what lay behind it. I would agree that action is needed on worldwide population control (and that religions, particularly Catholicism, are a block on this), but don't see how this relates directly to current UK immigration issues. It seems to me that, whilst the world probably has too many people in it, the UK currently doesn't have enough people to service its economy.
