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    A big thank you!

    I just wanted to say a massive thank you to each and every one of the 1.3 million people (net) that made the UK their new home over the last five years.

    Without their incredible work ethic and willingness to work for the minimum wage - sometimes less if they weren't quite legit (if you know what I mean!) - my business would not have survived.

    We make marketing materials and our clients tend to be multinationals with multi-billion net profits (soft drinks, fast food etc).

    We don't work direct of course; a larger agency gives us work, and my margins are wafer thin (sugar and water must be more expensive than I think!), but my business has continued to deliver a high quality product at rock bottom prices to these large, important companies because of the "pro-business" immigration policies of successive UK governments.

    I don't want to sound racist, but British kids just don't have what it takes. Life's tough, and if that means moving to London and bunking up eight to a flat, then that's just what they have to do.

    And what with the government announcing a cap on what I have to pay my employees (£9/hr in 2020), the outlook continues to look great. I mean £9/hr is a lot of money, but we should be seeing the effects of all that money printing ("quantitative easing") by then (inflation!), so it should all turn out just fine.

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    Originally posted by wonderboy View Post
    I just wanted to say a massive thank you to each and every one of the 1.3 million people (net) that made the UK their new home over the last five years.

    Without their incredible work ethic and willingness to work for the minimum wage - sometimes less if they weren't quite legit (if you know what I mean!) - my business would not have survived.

    We make marketing materials and our clients tend to be multinationals with multi-billion net profits (soft drinks, fast food etc).

    We don't work direct of course; a larger agency gives us work, and my margins are wafer thin (sugar and water must be more expensive than I think!), but my business has continued to deliver a high quality product at rock bottom prices to these large, important companies because of the "pro-business" immigration policies of successive UK governments.

    I don't want to sound racist, but British kids just don't have what it takes. Life's tough, and if that means moving to London and bunking up eight to a flat, then that's just what they have to do.

    And what with the government announcing a cap on what I have to pay my employees (£9/hr in 2020), the outlook continues to look great. I mean £9/hr is a lot of money, but we should be seeing the effects of all that money printing ("quantitative easing") by then (inflation!), so it should all turn out just fine.
    You are sounding racist, and if you sound like a racist and post like a racist... (If you know what I mean!)
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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      #3
      Life's tough, and if that means moving to London and bunking up eight to a flat, then that's just what they have to do.
      The British working class should have a fair share of the prosperity of more advanced nations. Why should they have to compete with those from poor countries, especially to boost profits of those further up the chain?

      And especially in the crappy marketing company sector that is one of the main employers of low paid migrants. cold callers, junk mail senders etc. Could do without many of them, as with fast food restaurants there is a considerable oversupply.
      bloggoth

      If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
      John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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        #4
        Just to set your minds at rest, although that little story is based on reality, it is a caricature and its purpose is to make people think about the ethics of immigration and corporatism.

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            #6
            WALOB
            Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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              #7
              Originally posted by wonderboy View Post
              Just to set your minds at rest, although that little story is based on reality, it is a caricature and its purpose is to make people think about the ethics of immigration and corporatism.
              It has put our minds at rest. Thanks!
              "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
              - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                #8
                It's quite possible to be the only native English speaker in a McDonalds in London at times, no question about it.
                The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
                  It's quite possible to be the only native English speaker in a McDonalds in London at times, no question about it.
                  So what? Go somewhere nicer.
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                    So what? Go somewhere nicer.
                    I do. No, not Beckton McDonalds either
                    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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