Linton on Ouse
What actual percentage are terrorists?
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by [email protected]
Do you have any evidence to back that up? The idea of a freebie on the state is a home-grown one.
Perhaps they just want to be in a place where they are not persecuted and have a chance to make a life - gain an education denied to them in their own country and better themselves with a good job. Is that so hard to grasp?
Perhaps they just want to be in a place where they are not persecuted and have a chance to make a life - gain an education denied to them in their own country and better themselves with a good job. Is that so hard to grasp?
Originally Posted by [email protected]
Do you have any evidence to back that up? The idea of a freebie on the state is a home-grown one.
Perhaps they just want to be in a place where they are not persecuted and have a chance to make a life - gain an education denied to them in their own country and better themselves with a good job. Is that so hard to grasp?
Perhaps they just want to be in a place where they are not persecuted and have a chance to make a life - gain an education denied to them in their own country and better themselves with a good job. Is that so hard to grasp?
As an ex Linton ‘hand’, I was drawn to this post. I make no comment on what has been already posted but would like to recount a conversation that I had with a waiter in a hotel in Banjul, all be it just before I retired 12 years ago.
He asked me what England was like, and how much did people earn. I told him that as a barman he could expect to get the minimum wage, which the government had set at about $10 per hour. I also told him it was cold and wet!
His eyes lit up and he exclaimed that he was amazed, and that on that sort of money he could live like a millionaire. I tried to disillusion him, and quoted the amount of tax he would pay, the price of a pint of beer, the cost of accommodation and the price of a loaf of bread.
He said that he did not believe me. He said that we Europeans just told them that to put them off going. He had seen television programmes and films and he knew how we lived. What I had just said was lies.
Since then he would now have access to the likes of youtube, and the internet so I doubt that his opinions have changed.
Leaving the horrors of persecution is one thing, but I feel that a lot of the ‘economic migrants’ have a very distorted view of what to expect when they get to Britain.
He asked me what England was like, and how much did people earn. I told him that as a barman he could expect to get the minimum wage, which the government had set at about $10 per hour. I also told him it was cold and wet!
His eyes lit up and he exclaimed that he was amazed, and that on that sort of money he could live like a millionaire. I tried to disillusion him, and quoted the amount of tax he would pay, the price of a pint of beer, the cost of accommodation and the price of a loaf of bread.
He said that he did not believe me. He said that we Europeans just told them that to put them off going. He had seen television programmes and films and he knew how we lived. What I had just said was lies.
Since then he would now have access to the likes of youtube, and the internet so I doubt that his opinions have changed.
Leaving the horrors of persecution is one thing, but I feel that a lot of the ‘economic migrants’ have a very distorted view of what to expect when they get to Britain.
Uncontrolled immigration by young men who have in many cases deliberately destroyed their identity papers are a threat to this country and its inhabitants. Is that so hard to grasp?
Give and take
I would say people on both sides of the argument need to make some concessions.
Not all the young men are going to be terrorists and rapists. But they’re unlikely to all be choirboys either.
As Jack Reacher always says, hope for the best, plan for the worst.
BV
Not all the young men are going to be terrorists and rapists. But they’re unlikely to all be choirboys either.
As Jack Reacher always says, hope for the best, plan for the worst.
BV
So much for military aviation. This has turned into the Daily Express Online comments section. There must be a better place to fight about immigrants and to air political prejudices. This was a great sanctuary from this crap where we could discuss issues about aeroplanes and flying and associated military matters. Just because this thread has the name Linton-on-Ouse in the header, does not make any of this relevant to this board.
Chief Bottle Washer
So much for military aviation. This has turned into the Daily Express Online comments section. There must be a better place to fight about immigrants and to air political prejudices. This was a great sanctuary from this crap where we could discuss issues about aeroplanes and flying and associated military matters. Just because this thread has the name Linton-on-Ouse in the header, does not make any of this relevant to this board.
Time for bed, said Zebedee.
