Speaking the lingo
- 14 March 2018 09:04340996Over three quarters of a million people living here that can't.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/14/sajid-javid-770000-people-in-england-not-able-to-speak-english - Captain Haddock
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14 March 2018 12:17341011No problem. Benefit claim forms are handily translated into 32 languages.
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Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 14 March 2018 12:31341013Probably about the same number of Brits living on the Costa's who also can't speak the lingo.
- Captain Haddock
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14 March 2018 12:49341014Paul M wrote:Probably about the same number of Brits living on the Costa's who also can't speak the lingo.
That is probably one of the more stupid comments I have read today.
In 2016, there were 296,600 British citizens in Spain."The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 14 March 2018 12:58341016The main problem seems to be among the Pakistani and Bangla Deshi communities where the men don't want the women to speak English.
- 14 March 2018 17:26341045I bet there are second third and fourth generation immigrants in some areas ie Bradford Oldham etc that have made no effort to learn English
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14 March 2018 17:54341049Al1967 wrote:I bet there are second third and fourth generation immigrants in some areas ie Bradford Oldham etc that have made no effort to learn English
If they went to a recognised school in this country they would have had to learn English.
#5 Unfortunately women are a lesser species according to some nationalities.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 14 March 2018 18:04341051I find it refreshing that a politician of Pakistani heritage is confronting the problem, especially as he was born in backward Rochdale.