tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2282153958228899259..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: And on we go (starring Evan Davis)....Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-33305345323756888492016-06-27T01:06:08.312+01:002016-06-27T01:06:08.312+01:00Exactly. Farage regularly mentioned an Australia-s...Exactly. Farage regularly mentioned an Australia-style points system, as did Brexiters. That covers EU and non-EU. He's even suggested favoring former colonies and Commonwealth countries over (Eastern) Europe. Yet the BBC and Resentful Remainiacs are all pretending it's impossible and Brexiters were lying.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-23396911207450649932016-06-27T00:15:11.622+01:002016-06-27T00:15:11.622+01:00There are several issues that the Useless Media, a...There are several issues that the Useless Media, as I am now given to call them, never examine in relation to migration control. <br /><br />Migration can be controlled in a number of ways without necessarily have a complete ban. There is the points system approach. One can have caps from particular countries. One can have work permit and time limited contracts with no right of naturalisation or family entry. One can apply infrastructure levies to foreigners working in the UK. One can exclude migrants from free services like the NHS, welfare benefits and social housing. <br /><br />All these issues need to be examined urgently. The message coming from the Referendum was I believe loud and clear - "something must be done" about an unsustainable migration-driven population increase of 515,000.<br /><br />My own view is that a combination of infrastructure levy,denial of benefits, caps, points based entry and timed limited work permits would bring migration control to a halt. <br /><br />I think we can negotiate a free trade plus reciprocal migration agreement with the EU. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-38889773982508442512016-06-26T16:38:41.171+01:002016-06-26T16:38:41.171+01:00Immigration will be reduced at some point. Maybe n...Immigration <i>will</i> be reduced at some point. Maybe not substantially (depending on how one defines that), but at least noticeably. It will take time, but there will be a reduction. There will have to be if unlimited free movement is stopped. The numbers everyone is using to 'prove' which kind of immigrant and how many come from within or without the EU are not telling the real story.<br /><br />Those numbers don't - can't - really account for illegals (either illegal entries or those staying past their visas), and don't really reflect the...shall we say...cultural particulars of those immigrants from the EU. If someone does have those numbers, they sure aren't talking very loudly about them.<br /><br />My point is that ending the free movement of people with an EU passport will automatically lead to some reduction, as there will immediately be obstacles - however small - to people simply turning up and working in a restaurant, shop, office, or construction firm. Even the smallest obstacle will be a difficult one to people without much means or connections. There will have to be some reduction, just by natural attrition.<br /><br />On top of that, the million plus who came in to Europe this year, and the tens of thousands from each of the poor countries the EU is rushing to bring in, won't be able to come in easily or automatically. So, even if real numbers from the EU aren't reduced substantially, those numbers won't increase like they would have. I'm being a hypocrite using that logic, I know, but just for fun let's throw the BBC's own logic that something increasing slightly less is a 'cut' back in their faces.<br /><br />Bottom line, there will have to be some measurable reduction eventually, and it won't increase like it was going to. Nobody knows or can say how much or when or what kind yet, but it's certainly not a lie to say Brexit will reduce rapid, mass immigration.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-10432091328696947462016-06-26T16:28:33.576+01:002016-06-26T16:28:33.576+01:00One could be forgiven for thinking the BBC activel...One could be forgiven for thinking the BBC actively wanted the Pound & the FTSE to drop like a stone...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-33541550084543435182016-06-26T16:02:17.255+01:002016-06-26T16:02:17.255+01:00John Piennar was being relentlessly downbeat this ...John Piennar was being relentlessly downbeat this morning. The whole of the BBC are at it...mind you Sky are no better in this respect and on ITV Robert Peston has been desperately trying to talk up the Remain rivals to Boris. The BBC is also trying to publicise the petition to have the Referendum overturned. Clearly that is because it wants to use that as a wedge to drive into the Leave coalition. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com