The EU debate - Part III

He had loving parents.
Try again

 

Like your post

but Labour also did not stop the rot of social housing when they had 10 years to do so.

 

No, they didn't. An opportunity missed.

 

He didn't. His father used to beat him and they despised each other.

You really do know **** all about everything.

 

As determined by you, the gatekeeper of all that is true and false in life...

 

Rather me, or almost anybody really, than those two comics!..

 

Only seen the last few answers but its been interesting nonetheless

1. I can't say whether the EU has really affected me. It's definitely easier to get around Europe so overall i would say the EU has a positive effect on my life.

2. Not sure whether i agree with economists or not. On the one hand i know economists say immigration has a positive effect and from their perspective i agree.

+ They are working and contributing to the economy
+ more people theoretically means more investment from outside business
+ theorectically more business means more jobs, is that the reality though with manual services where theres automation/cost cutting practices
- (again i'm not sure i believe this but i will put it out there) more competition for jobs (especially unskilled) with only a finite number of jobs means jobs that could (depending if you think their are a lack of jobs or you think white underclass are lazy) go to british people do not because foreign labour is cheaper. Means more people on benefits (although could be offset with more service jobs created?)
- Again, greater supply of labour means corporations can depress wages
- For those here in the short term or see plans outside of the country, money is sent out of the country

Overall, immigration isn't a problem as long as the country can support enough people. Infrastructure investments and public spending (well actually i think it needs to be more efficient rather than throwing money at the problem) needs to happen to support the immigration numbers.

3. I'm a londoner too and i'm an ethnic minority. Londons diverse and that's great and people mix fine at least in central. You don't really encounter as much casual racism here than in the rural areas where i was bought up in. You are correct that working class londoners are being driven out through big building projects as they can no longer afford it. However the rising house prices for central london is because it's a place everyone wants to live. There are only so many houses and everyone wants to be here so that pushes prices up. Unless we build upwards and fit more houses/flats into the same space, prices will only ever go up.

As for lack of social housing, not sure you can put all the blame on maggy. The right to buy policy is losing housing stock and its a shame as the people who need them aren't getting them but no one has reversed this right since. Maggy also was building 42k council houses per year when she was in power whereas now the government couldn't give 2 ****s and leave it to private developers and housing associations.

 

Well done for falling into my trap
You do seem to know quite a lot about him, bit of a fan boy I see, right little Nazi boy is Stan

See updated sig about you

 

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I do know a fair bit about him hence me not being a fan of the Nazis. Your scratch the surface understanding of Nazism explains why you would have been volunteering to work at the death camps.

By the way Kustard, the way the sig thing works is that people quote other people to take the piss out of them. Just writing "Stan is mean to me" in several different ways isn't quite the same thing

 

I thought I'd google "EU army approved" and this was the top link:

https://fullfact.org/europe/hunt-eu-army/

Quite a good summary of the situation, I thought. I'm sure the Mail will have us believe differently.

 

Do you think they should be shut down?

 

I don't. Scared pensioners need something to read to keep their minds active. Anyone under 60 still reading either really needs to take a look at themselves though.

 

Why?

 

No, they should just be viewed and treated for what they are. I.e. Rabble rousing rags, that nobody with a modicum of intellect should take seriously.

 

Because it's intentionally provocative nonsense. If you like nonsense then I suppose it's for you. There's not exactly a lack of decent right wing media out there if that's what you want.

 

Do you read the Beano?

 

I used to, when I was about 8 or 9. I decided to give it up shortly afterwards, though!...

 

So did i,thought the Sun and page 3 was a tad better.

 

The Sun was quite a revelation when it first came out.

Tits are everywhere nowadays though...