Political relations between UK-EU

The Erasmus decision was completely needless but in my opinion freedom of movement is a bonkers between nation states of economic disparity.

Bulgaria doesn’t benefit if it’s brightest and most talented up sticks and move to London.

Local populations inheriting many people experience stresses on infrastructure, places in schools, doctors appointments, housing crisis, issues with significant cultural changes that they didn’t necessarily want nor ask for.

I feel the same way when I drive through Levenshulme as I do when I went to Benidorm on a stag do, and to see what Brits have done there.

I am pro immigration and completely appreciate the need for people with STEM skills, as an example, to come into the country and we should accept people from all around the world.

But we should do so in a controlled manner, where we set the criteria and where we can manage it. It’s why, one of the few things I approve of this year, from this government, is their new immigration policy. It’s actually a brilliant policy, that will grant different people the chance to come and settle, but ultimately those who have the skills we need.

It doesn’t matter whether they’re Bangladeshi or Dutch, that’s another aspect I like, it’s blind to where they are coming from.

We are a very crowded, small island and immigration being controlled is a very big benefit of leaving the EU.

However I still feel all the benefits of remaining, are greater than this specific policy.


Well the way to solve the problem of Bulgarias brightest having to seek better paid use of theor talents is a mpre egalitarian say socialist wage system across all proffessions and nations.


Never understood how europe can decide have a single currency and then an inbalance on pay for people of the same skillset across the federation, once a centralised bank and currency was in place then the countries should have become economically balanced.

A EU where the already established richer countries will always have an advantage will mean people will always travel to look for more secured, better earning employment, and this has been going on since the dawn of humanity tbf.

Plus why not let people travel about and live and experience other places, if a bulgqruan is working here and paying their taxes, morgage, NI etc, then they are contributing more than those that choose to be idle cunts but are born and bred here and contribute fuck all.(that isn't a slight on those on wellfare who in the main are hard working individials or cannot work thrpugh no fault of their own but the small number of lazy twats all nations have.)


Also our cities and living in a city makes this nation and island seem overcrowded, but the ONS last data
The data suggests that 12% of UK land is ‘urban and developed’, which would leave 88% for everywhere else. This is land with homes and other buildings, roads, and urban green space. The rest is agricultural land (65%), forest (13%), marine areas and coastland (2%), and the rest is either freshwater or other types of land
 
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I am uncomfortable with the idea people can be denied by birth, borders and barriers from making a life outside the area they are born, anymore than someone in Cumbria cannot move to London because too many leaving will impact the local economy.

It smacks of state planning of the economy, officials deeming the right numbers of people to live in areas, imposing controls and putting up barriers to prevent people moving.

I guess I have a philosophical aversion to it.
Imagine if that was implemented globally and what Britain as a small island would look like.

It’s crackers Bob and thankfully it’s never going to be done.
 
Well the way to solve the problem of Bulgarias brightest having to seek better paid use of theor talents is a mpre egalitarian say socialist wage system across all proffessions and nations.


Never understood how europe can decide have a single currency and then an inbalance on pay for people of the same skillset across the federation, once a centralised bank and currency was in place then the countries should have become economically balanced.

A EU where the already established richer countries will always have an advantage will mean people will always travel to look for more secured, better earning employment, and this has been going on since the dawn of humanity tbf.

Plus why not let people travel about and live and experience other places, if a bulgqruan is working here and paying their taxes, morgage, NI etc, then they are contributing more than those that choose to be idle cunts but are born and bred here and contribute fuck all.(that isn't a slight on those on wellfare who in the main are hard working individials or cannot work thrpugh no fault of their own but the small number of lazy twats all nations have.)


Also our cities and living in a city makes this nation and island seem overcrowded, but the ONS last data
The data suggests that 12% of UK land is ‘urban and developed’, which would leave 88% for everywhere else. This is land with homes and other buildings, roads, and urban green space. The rest is agricultural land (65%), forest (13%), marine areas and coastland (2%), and the rest is either freshwater or other types of land
Do you really want our beautiful countryside to be gone for ever?
 
The salary is just one way of earning the points and it only accounts for 10 points.

Qualified care workers, can come and work if they speak English and there’s a job waiting for them.

They will get the top 3 and 20 points from “job shortage” column.

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When some (all? FAIK) EU countries consider the applications of non-EU citizens, including UK, for residency, they require information on earnings and this is to assess the risk that the individual may place a drain on that country's resources. This requirement is not only a 'UK thing'.
 
When some (all? FAIK) EU countries consider the applications of non-EU citizens, including UK, for residency, they require information on earnings and this is to assess the risk that the individual may place a drain on that country's resources. This requirement is not only a 'UK thing'.
Yep, that’s been going on for ages.

My step brother had an American friend, who was dating his mate.

She was telling me a few years ago she needed to earn a certain amount before her current visa expired or she’d have to go back to the states.

She was from a bit of a shit hole where part of Breaking Bad was based on, she said, so she was desperate to stay and was looking for a new job.
 
Do you really want our beautiful countryside to be gone for ever?

Splitting hairs now.

You claimed the place was crowded, it obviously isn't and I am sure the monarchy could spare a lot of the unused land they own that is private and so isn't any us peasants beautiful countryside as we are barred from it, or the defunct brownfill sites that sit idle, or the stateley himes tgat take up acres for at time.one dodderimg old lord to live in, give the **** a one bedroomed flat and put the place to better use

The cities are are crowded and every bit of green in then seems to get built on, while vast areas of the country are left untouched and unavailable to it's citizens
 
Is it? There are bubbling issues with Hungary and Poland, who are either potentially planning to also leave the EU or planning to destabilise from within. The major nations of Germany and France don’t care much for the economic plight of the the Med countries who’s economies have been in a right mess for a long time, with the Euro and the EU doing little to get their economies going other than austerity measures (which are a major ideal of the EU). In fact you could argue they’re benefitting from their plight.

Other NATO countries feel the EU core do not pull their weight when they’re needed.

The EU lost grip of who comes into the EU and who crosses borders within the EU a long time ago. People with no documents or false documents from within or coming into to EU, has lead situation where we actually have no idea the entirety of how many people [and who] actually live in this country because free movement was so slack with the EU.

Also countries in the EU who do not work together towards the External Action Service. Individual countries actually guard their security policies between themselves much more than is assumed.
There are a whole range of prevailing conditions that will lead to the 'bubbling issues' to become 'boiling over crises'

It is not simply 'all working well in 30 countries'
 
Well the way to solve the problem of Bulgarias brightest having to seek better paid use of theor talents is a mpre egalitarian say socialist wage system across all proffessions and nations.


Never understood how europe can decide have a single currency and then an inbalance on pay for people of the same skillset across the federation, once a centralised bank and currency was in place then the countries should have become economically balanced.

A EU where the already established richer countries will always have an advantage will mean people will always travel to look for more secured, better earning employment, and this has been going on since the dawn of humanity tbf.

Plus why not let people travel about and live and experience other places, if a bulgqruan is working here and paying their taxes, morgage, NI etc, then they are contributing more than those that choose to be idle cunts but are born and bred here and contribute fuck all.(that isn't a slight on those on wellfare who in the main are hard working individials or cannot work thrpugh no fault of their own but the small number of lazy twats all nations have.)


Also our cities and living in a city makes this nation and island seem overcrowded, but the ONS last data
The data suggests that 12% of UK land is ‘urban and developed’, which would leave 88% for everywhere else. This is land with homes and other buildings, roads, and urban green space. The rest is agricultural land (65%), forest (13%), marine areas and coastland (2%), and the rest is either freshwater or other types of land
There's a bit less than 88% now with two lorry parks being built on farmland in Kent.

(Why is the Guardian the only national paper carrying the story of the wrath of the local residents in Dover to theirs? Has the local Tory MP - whose husband was the MP until he went to jail - said anything about it? Yes - she wants better boundary treatment.)

 
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Splitting hairs now.

You claimed the place was crowded, it obviously isn't and I am sure the monarchy could spare a lot of the unused land they own that is private and so isn't any us peasants beautiful countryside as we are barred from it, or the defunct brownfill sites that sit idle, or the stateley himes tgat take up acres for at time.one dodderimg old lord to live in, give the **** a one bedroomed flat and put the place to better use

The cities are are crowded and every bit of green in then seems to get built on, while vast areas of the country are left untouched and unavailable to it's citizens
It is very much crowded, unless we want to spend a fortune on ruining the countryside.

Which still wouldn’t solve infrastructure problems, all that would do is solve the housing crisis.

Not sure what the monarchy has to do with it.

Rather than doing all that, wouldn’t it make sense to have a sensible points based system like NZ, AUS, Canada have, reduce numbers but continue to allow those we need to come?
 
.............Another analogy could be that a rising tide floats all boats. That one may appeal more to those seeking deregulation, also. It is a kind of cover all.
I suppose the devil as they say is in the detail. How you go about rising that tide, does matter.
Good analogy - but of course if the prevailing conditions are for an continuously lowering tide then that also has an effect that individual countries cannot mitigate due to EU membership.
 
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