tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post8744999755618931850..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: "Worried about immigration?"Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-72105725040208634332017-02-25T13:59:58.237+00:002017-02-25T13:59:58.237+00:00Fixed term work-visas are the answer to any worker...Fixed term work-visas are the answer to any worker shortage - not the ponzi scheme of mass immigration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-71152296245701465022017-02-25T12:20:48.326+00:002017-02-25T12:20:48.326+00:00Easton is so driven to support mass immigration th...Easton is so driven to support mass immigration that he presents near record levels of immigration as a potential crisis that can only be averted by higher immigration. Ozfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351381043702605990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-36062778789918215632017-02-25T04:11:09.903+00:002017-02-25T04:11:09.903+00:00Wrong narrative, I'm afraid. For the BBC, the ...Wrong narrative, I'm afraid. For the BBC, the pound has collapsed and Britain is immeasurably, tragically poorer. Recall that we recently learned that some fancy cheese brands will become more expensive because of it.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-65237062217753634132017-02-25T04:08:35.101+00:002017-02-25T04:08:35.101+00:00This is just an imaginary crisis, isn't it? Wa...This is just an imaginary crisis, isn't it? Was there some announcement of a definite restriction on EU workers after Brexit, and I missed it? A manufactured story to suit an agenda, not based on reality.<br /><br /><i>The UK will always be a welcoming place for people who want to come here, work here and contribute to our economy. It's just that there's no support for uncontrolled immigration. </i><br /><br />A strong position taken by Amber Rudd, there. Not. She can't even say uncontrolled immigration isn't a good idea. Is she afraid of being reported for hate speech again? This is your Home Secretary unable to take the most basic, mainstream position. Of course, as Craig highlights, Easton prefers to see an objection to uncontrolled immigration as 'hardline'. Obvious BBC bias in a nutshell.<br /><br />So is Rudd (and, by extension, her predecessor who is no PM) so easily cowed, or does she really share Easton's very left-wing opinion?David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-30691573368856054912017-02-25T00:02:57.990+00:002017-02-25T00:02:57.990+00:00You're right. The tourist industry is worth a ...You're right. The tourist industry is worth a staggering £270 BILLION (not million) per annum to the UK. It responds very positively to the low pound environment. The BBC has been maintaining a studied silence on that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-34630490345831300952017-02-24T14:44:21.642+00:002017-02-24T14:44:21.642+00:00"The tourist industry" is booming.
Who k..."The tourist industry" is booming.<br />Who knew that York might benefit from tourism?<br />If they`re saying that local staff can`t serve a tea, can`t pick a carrot at the wages offered-then maybe they ought to pay more, and stop coasting off the backs of cheap foreign labour. The market would sort it-and if we have to admit that we`ve taught our kids and their parents nothing but a chance to sponge off the state, then so be it. Schools have been a scandal since the National Curriculum, and dole wallahs have been the grease that funds the parasitic class of teachers, probation officers and health counselling therapists that need cossetting. A mutual suicide pact of no expecations, let alone low ones.<br />We need Trump here to drain OUR swamp-and little lizards like Easton need to find REAL work-maybe cutting a few carrots in Acomb or such? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11037730731189490670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-73442533798407890632017-02-24T12:34:59.818+00:002017-02-24T12:34:59.818+00:00What I noticed was Mark Easton saying that the tou...What I noticed was Mark Easton saying that the tourist industry is booming. Could this be because of the fall in the pound? But of course the BBC wouldn't say it. They would say it wasn't relevant to this story, I would say that it is against their narrative.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223253889086419817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-47422939912590913572017-02-24T11:41:16.988+00:002017-02-24T11:41:16.988+00:00No one is talking about taking away Mr Poskitt'...No one is talking about taking away Mr Poskitt's labour. But we are talking about taking away his hidden subsidies that allow him to pay such low wages. Mr Poskitt needs encouragement to realise we are living in the 21st century and for every crop there is a crop picking machine. The UK should be at the forefront of crop picking technology, not relying on 19th century forms of agriculture labouring.<br /><br />If there is really no other cost effective way of picking Poskitt's carrots, then he can import labour on time limited work permits and pay an infrastructure levy. But I think an approach of subsidies to farmers to invest in crop picking technology is a better way forward as that will create well paid jobs within the UK in marketing, installing and maintaining such machinery. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-30973766702961060852017-02-24T11:36:21.521+00:002017-02-24T11:36:21.521+00:00There's no evidence that Mr Easton is lacking ...There's no evidence that Mr Easton is lacking in basic intelligence. So, isn't it remarkable how he can't see the difference between (a) an immigration system that does not allow you to prevent people entering and then gives them rights of permanent residence after 5 years with (b) an immigration system which allows you to control who enters and enusre foreigners who work here do so on time limited work permits with no access to our welfare system. <br /><br />What we have at the moment is massive subsidising of immigration through the public purse, with future generations being left to pick up the bill for millions of low wage workers who can't afford housing and need help with family income once they start families. <br /><br />Easton is a hardline ideologue, no doubt a keen attender at BBC editorial meetings where the "line" is thrashed out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-67746075708351508012017-02-24T08:44:43.135+00:002017-02-24T08:44:43.135+00:00Poskitt's Carrots surely must form the basis o...Poskitt's Carrots surely must form the basis of a whole new philosophical movement? Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.com