Spoken word poet Hollie McNish spells out what's wrong with most of the arguments used against immigration. She cites as her inspiration a book by economist Philippe Legrain called Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them.
Spoken word poet Hollie McNish spells out what’s wrong with most of the arguments used against immigration. She cites as her inspiration a book by economist Philippe Legrain called Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them. (Hat tip: Adam Mordecai)
85 Responses to “Next time someone claims that immigrants are destroying Britain, show them this”
Robe D
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Robe D
Fantastic post, Spot on.
LB
Am I a benefit? Yes. According to the latest calculator in the telegraph, I’m paying for quite a few people to sit at home and do nothing.
Qatata from some reports I’ve seen has cost the UK millions, both in benefits and legal aid.
I picked on him, because he’s high profile, its not been working, and he’s been consuming lots of money.
If you didn’t notice, I also put Abramovitz on the other side. OK, if you’re a gooner, you’re going to say he’s no good …
Comes back to the point. Somewhere between the two there is a line. Those below the line are a burden on other people. Those above the line, well one view is that the state is ripping them off. We’re extracting lots of cash from them, for very little in the way of services. Isn’t that what you want?
ghost whistler
You aren’t paying for quite a few people at all. Not anywhere close.
I don’t really care how much Qatada has cost, I don’t spend my time worrying about one stupid old priest. That’s what the daily mail want.
There isn’t a line. THere are just people.
LB
Quite. I do agree, there are just people. I don’t doubt the motivation of the vast majority of migrants. Not at all. Lots do work harder than, say, a lot of those on welfare.
However, it still remains. The vast majority are not paying their way. Government spends 722 bn on 63 million people. That is 11,500 per person per year. The vast majority of migrants do not pay their way. The vast majority of Brits don’t pay their way either. The difference is that migrants are an option. We can have them, or we can decide not. We can pick and choose. That’s my preferred option. If you are a migrant and you pay more than 11,500 per person, please come and stay for as long as that is the case. If not, we shouldn’t allow you to be in the UK.
Its a very easy test to understand. Its an easy test to administer via the tax system, and an annual bond. It’s non racist. It deals with the BNP and others of their ilk. After all if you are paying 11.5K a year in tax, you aren’t going to be on benefits.