Priti Vacant has a plan, a deal with migrants plan.

[Churchlawtonblue]

It'll be 'wum' accusations if you manage to shake off the rw ones. God forbid you admit to not be3ing sure and don't see an issue in simple binary terms - you must pick a side you see.

haha so true.

 

[generobinson]

In the year ending December 2019:
6.2 million people were living in the UK who had the nationality of a different country (9% of the total population),
3.7 million EU nationals were living in the UK, and
994,000 UK nationals were living in other EU countries excluding Ireland.

***The number of people migrating to the UK has been greater than the number emigrating since 1994.***

Interestingly (& not to doubt your figures by the way) I read last week that as the deadline for people from the EU to complete their settlement scheme applications loomed, it was beginning to show that significantly more people from the EU were in the UK, than had previously been thought.

I find this incredible: that a country should not know with some degree of accuracy how many people live in it and from where they have come. I mean how can you plan your schools, your hospitals and other basic services if you don't know that?

I know the British are traditionally opposed to I.D. cards but maybe it is time for a re-think on that.... they could double up as vaccine passports too.

 

[Postman Pep]

Its the standard tact of many on threads like this, just because you offer a different opinion, out come the Tory accusations inevitably followed by the insults. TBH its pretty tedious, and its why the political threads are left solely to the extreme left wing on this forum, they shout anybody down who disagrees.

Yet there you are labelling people who disagree with you as 'extreme' left..... glass houses and all that.

 

[BobKowalski]

Interestingly (& not to doubt your figures by the way) I read last week that as the deadline for people from the EU to complete their settlement scheme applications loomed, it was beginning to show that significantly more people from the EU were in the UK, than had previously been thought.

I find this incredible: that a country should not know with some degree of accuracy how many people live in it and from where they have come. I mean how can you plan your schools, your hospitals and other basic services if you don't know that?

I know the British are traditionally opposed to I.D. cards but maybe it is time for a re-think on that.... they could double up as vaccine passports too.

It is bizarre. After the settlement scheme has run its course around 10% of the country will be British European and it will be interested to see how that impacts the UK culturally and politically going forward.

ID cards linked to vaccine passports could happen. Thing is I carry a photo Driving Licence which is pretty much an ID card anyway.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Interestingly (& not to doubt your figures by the way) I read last week that as the deadline for people from the EU to complete their settlement scheme applications loomed, it was beginning to show that significantly more people from the EU were in the UK, than had previously been thought.

I find this incredible: that a country should not know with some degree of accuracy how many people live in it and from where they have come. I mean how can you plan your schools, your hospitals and other basic services if you don't know that?

I know the British are traditionally opposed to I.D. cards but maybe it is time for a re-think on that.... they could double up as vaccine passports too.

Why have ID cards when we have driving licences (including provisionals) and passports?

 

[generobinson]

Why have ID cards when we have driving licences (including provisionals) and passports?

Because if you don't drive, you don't have to have a driving licence and if you don't holiday abroad or travel abroad you don't need a passport.

Perhaps I missed out a key word in my earlier post, I should have said "I know the British are traditionally opposed to compulsory I.D. cards...."

 

[jacko74]

You win the singular most ignorant and stupid post of the year award.

Such a shame when people can't avail themselves of the facts on a subject and just resort to childish insults.

I can only advise you to try and educate yourself with regards to just how generous and profligate the benefits system can be for those who are prepared to fully game it.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Because if you don't drive, you don't have to have a driving licence and if you don't holiday abroad or travel abroad you don't need a passport.

Perhaps I missed out a key word in my earlier post, I should have said "I know the British are traditionally opposed to compulsory I.D. cards...."

I just think that when we have at least 2 existing widely accepted forms of ID we dont need ANOTHER.

I get what you're saying by the way, i wasnt trying to be argumentative :-)

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Yet there you are labelling people who disagree with you as 'extreme' left..... glass houses and all that.

Thought I would catch at least one with that line. lol

 

[johnnytapia]

No .... only 17.4 million of them.

Otherwise known as a “majority”.