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Three cheers to Words and Jen for their posts. =D> =D> =D>
These Euro sceptics, “they don’t like it up ’em!”
I’ve got Dad’s Army on at the mo.
The theme tune reminds me of … :-
You havn’t really answered my question Terry……..
What is the solution with the foreigners that are already here? They are the problem you refer to…..I am a foreigner ….for instance where would you like me to go….I would be part of the problem because in that picture could well be one of my grandchildren (not that I am old enough to be a granny mind :lol: )….so that child would be part of the probem….is it ok for existing settled foriegners to keep producting offspring? That will keep overpopulating the foreigners…..what is the solution? You must have an idea, because you like these kinds of threads :lol:
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@kent f OBE wrote:
You havn’t really answered my question Terry…….
I don’t have the answer to your question. I’m just concerned about where we, as a nation, go from here.
I think wordsworth mentioned the vast empty spaces that we have in this country. Do we want to keep those spaces or do we want to build new cities on them to house the rest of the world?
There are hundreds of thousands of people who want to come to this country as it is and I (unlike panda, wordsworth and jen_jen..) am really concerned about the future if they’re all allowed in.
The rest of the world do not want to come here to live, you’re exaggerating and not being factual.
We need a young, healthy, educated workforce to sustain this country. We have a falling birth rate and an ageing population. Retirement age has had to increase as the pension pots are running dry. If we have too many ppl too old to work and not enough ppl young enough to work, what do you think is going to happen?
And if eastern European children sit at school dreaming of working in this country then so be it. A lot of our own young ppl are too lazy or too uneducated to even think of work.
@panda12 wrote:
A lot of our own young ppl are too lazy or too uneducated to even dream of work.
And so the myth continues. .
You use the word “ppl” (although, technically it isn’t actually a word). Is that because you’re too lazy to write it properly…or maybe you’re just too uneducated because you don’t know how to spell it?
@terry wrote:
@panda12 wrote:
A lot of our own young ppl are too lazy or too uneducated to even dream of work.
And so the myth continues. .
You use the word “ppl” (although, technically it isn’t actually a word). Is that because you’re too lazy to write it properly…or maybe you’re just too uneducated because you don’t know how to spell it?
Lol Terry. It’s an abbreviation. Text speak, if you like.
I can hear you squirming from my seat here in South East London. I can hear you flapping as well. Do you heat your home and cook using your own hot air? We won’t need gas piped from the Ukraine whilst we have you. Do your duty and fuel your country!
Btw, you ever heard of NEET? It’s an acronym, btw.
Btw, btw means “by the way.”
@terry wrote:
@kent f OBE wrote:
You havn’t really answered my question Terry…….
I don’t have the answer to your question. I’m just concerned about where we, as a nation, go from here.
I think wordsworth mentioned the vast empty spaces that we have in this country. Do we want to keep those spaces or do we want to build new cities on them to house the rest of the world?
There are hundreds of thousands of people who want to come to this country as it is and I (unlike panda, wordsworth and jen_jen..) am really concerned about the future if they’re all allowed in.
Terry. I am glad you are concerned about our direction as a nation; I wish more people expressed that concern constructively. Your original post mentioned linguistic divides not our future.
I mentioned huge amounts of empty space because we are mostly squeezed into about 20% of the available land. I have in posts elsewhere described access to land as being a pressing problem.
However in global terms we are not a vast country and do not have vast spaces compared to, say Africa or the Americas. So I would not use the word ‘vast’.
In global terms we are, however, a wealthy country. Relative to our total resources we are not overcrowded. However we are all made to feel as if we are the problem rather than the way we are led or the decisions that are made in our name. It is important we do not squander our national wealth in an attempt to appear rich.
I believe our future success lies in harnessing all our human capital, rather than in trying to reflect an illusion of our past.
I suspect that in the past as it was, neither you nor I would have anything like our current social status, such as it is.
If you were trying to imply that I am unconcerned about my country’s future, then you are incorrect and a tad cheeky. If however you are simply stating that your concern about the future is unlike mine then you are correct.
I won’t speak for jen_jen or panda, but I do not think “they” will “all” be allowed in any more than I believe “they” all want to come here rather than, say the US or Australia. I would rather our country was populated by people who want to be here and hope we can build a common vision that engages our whole population in shaping a healthy future.
But I think that our troubles will not be solved by restricting immigration alone or leaving the EU in itself.
My concerns are that the British people should develop a sound vision of the future based facts rather than illusion and panic. That our leaders should build a country which can cope with the real demands of the future and that our place on the world stage should be used to shape a peaceful global future, for without that no amount of insularity can protect us from disaster.
I have a secondary concern that it would be Cheryl Cole singing as the ship goes down, and I’d like to lobbyfor Dazed and Confused performed by either the best incarnation of Led Zeppelin that we can muster or one of our fine symphony orchestras and excellent operatic sopranos.)
But be assured Terry, I am very concerned.
We are not the only generation to be concerned about this nation and we won’t be the last.
My concerns however, lie with the future of planet earth and the threats, created by man, to this planet and every form of plant and animal life.If we don’t resolve those issues then we won’t need to worry about this country or any others.
@panda12 wrote:
My concerns however, lie with the future of planet earth and the threats, created by man, to this planet and every form of plant and animal life.
Didn’t you accuse me of being full of hot air..?
Hmm.
I think you need to worry more about what happens to the world as we know it when the oil runs out in ten years time.
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