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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Good article it seems Germans have suffered the most with wages falling steadily over a 20 year period something we may have to get used to.
Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
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Howard this is what England looks like in only 5 years down the lane :( I have seen this all been there done that situation. Sadly its not just the wages ... its a lot more to come and I do not like the vision of this either :(
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I thought the most telling part of that was:
"It is against this background that New Labour opened up Britain's borders in the late 1990s. It was a major betrayal of the very people the party purported to represent.
In addition to the global competition from countries such as China, in addition to competition closer to home from the economies of eastern Europe, New Labour allowed direct competition to enter the UK labour market on a scale unprecedented in our history.
Not surprisingly, the distribution of wage rates has evolved in very similar ways to those of West Germany. It is the relatively unskilled in the bottom half of the distribution who have lost out. The liberal elite do not suffer.
Indeed, they benefit because many of the services they consume are provided at lower prices than would have been the case without mass immigration. It is sometimes argued that immigrants do jobs that native British workers are unwilling to take.
Very well then, without mass immigration, employers would be obliged to raise the real wage rate to induce these people to take the jobs."
Have they really learnt that lesson ?
Have a referendum in 2017 and then get out of Europe and create a new criteria for immigration.
Roger
Brian Dixon
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well the conservative coalaltion didn't sort it out either roger.evan though they said they would.another broken promise.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Quite right Brian no doubt they will blame it on the yellows who they outnumber by approx 5 to 1.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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They can't sort it out until they get out of the EU.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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thought that would be your excuss roger.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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It's not an excuse Brian, it's a fact.
If you're a member of a club, you have to abide by their rules; if you don't like the rules and you can't change them, leave the club.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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not that easy roger,it will probably cost us the tax payers more money than we are paying now.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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How on earth do you come to that conclusion Brian ? It will save us £55 million every day, jusdt think what we could do with that.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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yeah give the nurses a 50% pay rise backdated to may 2010,with a reduction of the same amount to the mp's back dated to the same date.
