Indeed. Somehow taking money to educate foreign students is seen as a good idea. Never mind many go back to China having occupied a place at Uni that an English youth could have had.
I think the reasoning is that it brings a shitton of money to the country. Before the Tory-Lib Dem coalition, a UK/EU student would pay about £3,500 per year of study (still the case for those of us that started their courses early enough, like myself. I think my bill for next year came just under £4k), while a non-EU international would bring in some £26k. Now the balance is a bit closer (9k/26k), but it still means that bringing an international student in == bringing in boatloads of money. That combined with the fact that they are only allowed to work up to 20 hours a week means that they're largely forced to put much more money in the economy than they can possibly take out.
Now, I don't necessarily agree with this system, but it's not completely nonsensical.
Not now, but 4 years ago they were the king makers. They picked Conservatives over Labour and formed a coalition with them instead.
But they were forced to basically ignore their own policies for the sake of the Tories. Do you think UKIP is going to be anything else? They're even more of a bunch of populists than LDs.
Labour left Britain in the worst financial mess it has ever been in. I would never vote Labour as long as I lived.
Meh, I doubt Labour had all that much to do with Lehman Brothers going bankrupt. They didn't handle the financial crisis well, but a party like UKIP (i.e. one that doesn't have a financial policy at all) is not the answer here.
I never voted for them in the first place. But enough is enough.
Give Nick a chance.
I work in a town where I see raids every other day. A party van rocks up, out jump 20 guys with ear pieces and half the fast food shops and market stalls are evacuated as staff scarper in all directions. Really, get closer to London. even you will agree we have a serious problem here.
I've spent some time near London, both in areas like those you described, and some towns near Croydon where the Jobcentre Plus is located on the other side of the road from Wetherspoon's, filled with Brits who do very little with their lives other than claim benefits from one of these buildings, and then cross the street to spend it in the other.
Certainly, this country has a number of problems. I simply do not believe that immigration is the root cause.
If you weren't here, do you not think anyone else can do that job? If you are so skilled, go get a job worth £10GBP in Poland. If the Poles are that smart, you must have dozens of businesses like that.
I fail to see your argument. You said that immigrants disadvantage the inexperienced. As an inexperienced person, I have not found that to be the case.
Poor guy. That's what happens to people when opportunities are few.
The problem is that he's uneducated and fucked his life up, so now he has to pay alimony while struggling to make ends meet.
Of course I do. Graduate unemployment has never been higher. and its never been higher because there are so many foreign graduates competing for opportunities. You are taking a job an English youth could have had. It doesn't matter you might have slightly better grades. I'm sure your £10/h job isn't that specialist.
You might have a point if you ignore the fact that the international opportunities are now plentiful, especially to UK graduates. Leaving the EU would eliminate those.
[...] Why would I want that for my country? I want it protected from that.
Then vote for a party that might actually do something about it. UKIP has no interest in reducing immigration, and they've made it clear on many occasions. In fact, their policies aim for a net increase of immigrants. There are parties out there (notably, Tories and Labour) who seek to cut down immigration while increasing the minimum wage, but without the political and economic suicide of leaving the EU.