How many of you Brits who support immigration live in Poverty?

Question

Or are homeless?

Or have trouble finding work because the local market is deluged with cheap East European labour?

You're all very comfortably off aren't you?

Grinning-Ape - unlike you I don't read newsrags. My experience of homelessness and poverty are sadly, personal.

OK folks you're misreading my question.

I am anti immigration

- I know many Brits who live in poverty and have been put there through losing work to immigrants.

The only reason these liberals can SUPPORT immigration is because they have no knowledge of what it is like to live below the bread line and have your dignity taken away from you!

Those who are living below the breadline do NOT want more immigrants here!!

I know trained mechanics, plumbers and bricklayers who can't get work in their trade because east europeans are cheaper.

Most of these people are working as cleaners and MaccyD's staff to make ends meet as you can't pay rent or mortgage on the dole and there are no council houses.

I'm a white uni grad and I've worked in both a pub and MaccyD's - in fact all the staff in my local McDonalds are white and most of them are only there out of desperation.

Yes you're all comfortably off I thought as much.

Cut the crap about British people "not wanting to work" I have NEVER met anyone like that! Thats just a horrible stupid excuse liberals use to degrade and demoralise British people and it is not TRUE! Most of the people I know get paid minimum wage and work their arses off! Most are trained and skilled enough to earn much more.

Answer 1

do you have an annual subscription to the BNP, i will let you come visit and i will introduce you personally to people who don't want to work and i will also introduce you to people who don't wanna work because they are better off living on the social security than they are working, they get money, money for their kids, rent, NHS supplies free medi care.

Do not delude yourself that if every immigrant left the country then thousands of people would automatically come out of poverty,poverty has been around for hundreds of years long before we had even heard of "illegal Immigrant"

and also we brought a lot of immigrants over to this country to do all the **** jobs we didn't want to do ourselves.research your history books before next time you wanna rant on your soapbox

Answer 2

Maybe your question should also ask how many brits want to work. I know many people who are on the dole and do not want to work.
As for my own experience I would like to work and not live on the breadline all the time, but ill health etc prevents me getting a job.
I think the last time I visited McDonalds every member of staff was an immigrant except for the manager and trying to get them to understand my scots accent was very frustrating to say the least.
We are not all well off, we may well have some home comforts but having to watch every penny spent is very depressing, watching people buy tons of presents at Christmas is even worse, when you know you have to look at the cheapest way possible to get through it all. But I would not blame that on immigrants coming here to work.

Answer 3

Never met a Brit who doesn't want to work? Are you looking? I work for a charity that amongst other things, supports local young people, none are working, only one out of the 18 are in further education, 16 of these have said they don't want to work.

Instead of blaming the immigrants why don't you blame the employers as it's them who are forcing Brits out of work by demanding low paid work and reaping the profits.
Economic migrants have contributed to a 30% rise in the economy.

Answer 4

I think the ones that do go on about how good immigration is for our Country, "are" the ones who are "comfortably off" as you say.

They are not affected by the influx which is taking away the low paid jobs from our struggling manual workers.

They probably own the companies that are using these immigrants as "cheap labour"

I have met a few Polish people that are working in civil engineering. They are polite, hard working etc. but will work for less wages.

They have no intention of staying here permanently, just long enough to earn enough money to buy houses back in Poland.

I spoke with one guy who had saved enough money to do just that in 18 months.

He had been living with 3 other Poles in bed & breakfast accommodation, sharing a room. This is why he had been able to save the money.

Answer 5

No, we're not all comfortably off.

It's not illegal immigrants who keep people poor. They make a good scapegoat though don't they?

Economics and the unfair taxation system in this country are what keep people poor. Taxing the rich more would be a good place to start.

Most illegal immigrants come to work for minimum wage or less anyway. The only people who benefit from that is the people who eploit them, i.e. the employers.

Answer 6

i dont live in poverty, but if i did i couldn't blame eastern europeans for the position i put myself in. After all its the british people who own the companies and employ the europeans. The employers choose who they want

Answer 7

Good question, i suspect it is zero.

If i was hungry, homeless or had a family to feed, there is not much that i would not do to survive. It's OK saying stay in your own country if that is condeming you and your family to a life of poverty!

We, that's everyone who can afford the money and time to be online now, are very lucky.

Answer 8

My ancestor arrived here from France in the 1500s, therefore I am descended from an immigrant.
I am a white anglo saxon protestant (WASP), I am not rich but comfortable.
I haven't got a leg to stand on to agree with you

Answer 9

Yeah i live on a council estate in a **** hole area of Manchester filled with drunk idiotic English c**** and I have had the experience of life on the street down in London. This country was built on colonial backs, built on exploiting people overseas and salvery. Wake Up for f**** sake!!!! Look in the mirror and see the darkness of your soul, look at your history and how this nation treats people overseas at the moment. Immigrants have been in the past and are vital for this country. They are the backbone, they do jobs that english people think they are above or are too lazy to do and just sit around getting drunk and/or preganant living off benefits, but then again i am not white so i suppose you would say i agree with it because of the colour of my skin. You are all english i expect!

I'm always outnumbered but never out gunned.

Answer 10

very hard to answer this without sounding rasist (which i am not) But its such a shame that alot of English companies are sending thier work abroad because its cheaper for them,,then we've got lots,, loads actualy of people from abroad comming to England for the work,,yes it is hard to find work,,yes it is hard to get on the propaty ladder and yes it is hard not to feel pretty peeeed off..England used to be a pround country but it is only this way it is 2day because of our lovely,lovely Goverment god bless them all!!!!