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At Last Labour Speak Out About Immigration
After decades of all the parties being scared to utter a word about immigration at last we now have a party leader who is willing to talk about it.
"Curbs on non-EU immigration will be a key priority for an incoming Labour government", said Ed Miliband on the BBC's Andrew Marr show.
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There are those of us on AB who have been shouting this for years.
Low skilled immigrants, who cant speak English, don't want to integrate, and are happy to milk the benefit system for all its worth. Many of them offer nothing to this country.
There are areas of Birmingham near where I live (Sparkhill and Small Heath for example) that are virtually 100% Asian. They have been turned from poor but fairly nice suburbs of Birmingham into sh*t holes in the last 30 years as the Asians have arrived the whites have left.
If any of you went through these areas you may believe you have wandered into Pakistan or a suburb of Calcutta, with the rubbish everywhere. 30% of cars in these areas are not insured.
I find it so upsetting to drive through these areas I find other ways to drive into central Birmingham, even though one area is on a direct route into the city for me.
Hopefully all the parties will at last realise the damage unrestricted immigration has done and will start to discuss it as part of their policies.
"Curbs on non-EU immigration will be a key priority for an incoming Labour government", said Ed Miliband on the BBC's Andrew Marr show.
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There are those of us on AB who have been shouting this for years.
Low skilled immigrants, who cant speak English, don't want to integrate, and are happy to milk the benefit system for all its worth. Many of them offer nothing to this country.
There are areas of Birmingham near where I live (Sparkhill and Small Heath for example) that are virtually 100% Asian. They have been turned from poor but fairly nice suburbs of Birmingham into sh*t holes in the last 30 years as the Asians have arrived the whites have left.
If any of you went through these areas you may believe you have wandered into Pakistan or a suburb of Calcutta, with the rubbish everywhere. 30% of cars in these areas are not insured.
I find it so upsetting to drive through these areas I find other ways to drive into central Birmingham, even though one area is on a direct route into the city for me.
Hopefully all the parties will at last realise the damage unrestricted immigration has done and will start to discuss it as part of their policies.
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"Curbs on non-EU immigration will be a key priority for an incoming Labour government", said Ed Miliband on the BBC's Andrew Marr show."
No shortage of subtext there: - "We are prepared to scrape the bottom of the very ickiest barrel of political promises in order to score votes from the kind of people who would otherwise vote UKIP."
No shortage of subtext there: - "We are prepared to scrape the bottom of the very ickiest barrel of political promises in order to score votes from the kind of people who would otherwise vote UKIP."
bazwillrun
No...you don't understand what I've written.
Let me explain...
AOG thinks that second and third gen Britons speak with the same accents as their parents and grandparents. This isn't true. Someone like Dizzee or Tinie has an accent which is closer to Plan B or Professor Green.
People tend to adopt the accents of their peers rather than their parents.
Dizzee doesn't have a West Indian accent like his grandparents. Whether his accent changes is moot.
No...you don't understand what I've written.
Let me explain...
AOG thinks that second and third gen Britons speak with the same accents as their parents and grandparents. This isn't true. Someone like Dizzee or Tinie has an accent which is closer to Plan B or Professor Green.
People tend to adopt the accents of their peers rather than their parents.
Dizzee doesn't have a West Indian accent like his grandparents. Whether his accent changes is moot.
sp1814: //Birmingham has always been the u-bend of England. //
TonyAV: //What do you mean by that, sp1814 ?. //
how about you start here Tony, then work forwards.....
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TonyAV: //What do you mean by that, sp1814 ?. //
how about you start here Tony, then work forwards.....
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Racialist rubbish VHG. Although I'm not a brummie, I walked through Sparkbrook to the Bullring in 1969 and onwards for a few years. One of my (white) relatives lived nearby in a quite well-to-do (whites-only) area. Sparkbrook was the absolute pits then - inhabited by whites and some coloured. How do you know they are low-skilled and can't speak english. One of the reasons these ghettoes arise is because racialist whites won't sell or rent houses to coloured people.
As a labour supporter I am disgusted with Millibrand. We need immigrants in order to do the jobs which are "below" the scrounging Brits. Immigrants keep the NHS alive!
SIQ.
As a labour supporter I am disgusted with Millibrand. We need immigrants in order to do the jobs which are "below" the scrounging Brits. Immigrants keep the NHS alive!
SIQ.
Nope - I can't stand the Brummie accent, but that doesn't impact on what I think IOC Brummies - such as my ex whom I dated for a couple of years.
I can't stand that accent, as well as the Bristol accent.
I also hate the Essex accent, and LOVE Northern Irish, Manchester and Edinburgh accent.
Nothing to do with the people...
And I don't judge people by their accents. VHG is judging people by their skin colour.
That to me is intolerance.
Major difference.
I can't stand that accent, as well as the Bristol accent.
I also hate the Essex accent, and LOVE Northern Irish, Manchester and Edinburgh accent.
Nothing to do with the people...
And I don't judge people by their accents. VHG is judging people by their skin colour.
That to me is intolerance.
Major difference.
As we say oop Saath-wess, tha's culla aint got annneethin te da wiv it, neither actualla 'as accent.
It's all about negative perceptions about dialects (mainly lower classes but not necessarily all), regions of the UK, and immigration (that has gone on for centuries), the non-acceptance and sometimes bigotry towards change.Instead folk here are not that good at looking for the positives......
It's all about negative perceptions about dialects (mainly lower classes but not necessarily all), regions of the UK, and immigration (that has gone on for centuries), the non-acceptance and sometimes bigotry towards change.Instead folk here are not that good at looking for the positives......
voulezvous
Also, disliking an accent is not the same as judging someone because of their accent.
To me, the Brummie accent is 'fingernails down the blackboard', however I don't judge someone by their accent.
I have a friend who automatically assumes that someone with a Scouse accent is 'dodgy'.
To me, that's a stupid prejudice, because you are assuming a character from a characteristic.
Also, disliking an accent is not the same as judging someone because of their accent.
To me, the Brummie accent is 'fingernails down the blackboard', however I don't judge someone by their accent.
I have a friend who automatically assumes that someone with a Scouse accent is 'dodgy'.
To me, that's a stupid prejudice, because you are assuming a character from a characteristic.
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