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Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
............We can’t even cope with it now. How many new cities will we have to build to match the numbers coming in. It’s already difficult to buy a house, or get your kids a school place ........
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Can you expand on how you buying a house or getting a school place for your kid(s) is affected by immigration exactly.

I might be trapped in this London multicultural-liberal-woke-The Guardian-reading bubble, or blob or whatever, but I have impression following this issue for years, that the less people are actually affected by immigration, the morwe they obsess about it.
 
Bluesince1979 said:
I think there is a HUGE issue with even speaking about immigration in this country

I think sensible people realise there is an important need for it. My nanna is in a home where 90% if staff are foreign. They are great. Very caring. My nanna loves them and she is of a generation that were maybe not so accepting.

But immigration appears to be wildly out of control.
And its also linked to the 3m of working age who dont work.
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But there is a concurrent problem here that is not being highlighted by the likes of Reform. Reform want to end immigration and get people back to work but fundamentally how will they do that? Regardless of benefits, sick people cannot work and NHS waiting times are the highest ever, the system itself is causing this need.

The way to reduce immigration is to get people to work by resolving the problems that are preventing them from working whether due to health or economics. We then don't need immigrants to fill labour gaps because the demand side of the equation is gone.

Anyone saying that immigration is critical is missing the point as to why it has become critical, it's because we have a fast growing aging population that is not producing enough of the skilled people that it needs. Immigration really should be reserved for the unskilled element but we cut ourselves off from the perfect market for that by leaving the EU.
 
SamBlue said:
Can you expand on how you buying a house or getting a school place for your kid(s) is affected by immigration exactly.

I might be trapped in this London multicultural-liberal-woke-The Guardian-reading bubble, or blob or whatever, but I have impression following this issue for years, that the less people are actually affected by immigration, the morwe they obsess about it.
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Of course immigration affects those things, how doesn’t it?
more people in an area, which can mean more demand for housing and push prices up. It’s happening in Manchester right now.

School classes near me have grown in size because of immigration, where my sister teaches and some schools are oversubscribed now, meaning kids can’t get places in the school of choice and the quality of learning/ teaching lowered because the class is too big.

I didn’t know you can only have concerns if you live in an effected area like London. The numbers released yesterday are ridiculous. The majority of people in this country think immigration is too high as does Kier Starmer.

Seeing as you’ve followed the issue for years. Do you think 700,000 + people every year is sustainable?
 
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inbetween said:
But there is a concurrent problem here that is not being highlighted by the likes of Reform. Reform want to end immigration and get people back to work but fundamentally how will they do that? Regardless of benefits, sick people cannot work and NHS waiting times are the highest ever, the system itself is causing this need.

The way to reduce immigration is to get people to work by resolving the problems that are preventing them from working whether due to health or economics. We then don't need immigrants to fill labour gaps because the demand side of the equation is gone.

Anyone saying that immigration is critical is missing the point as to why it has become critical, it's because we have a fast growing aging population that is not producing enough of the skilled people that it needs. Immigration really should be reserved for the unskilled element but we cut ourselves off from the perfect market for that by leaving the EU.
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SamBlue said:
Can you expand on how you buying a house or getting a school place for your kid(s) is affected by immigration exactly.

I might be trapped in this London multicultural-liberal-woke-The Guardian-reading bubble, or blob or whatever, but I have impression following this issue for years, that the less people are actually affected by immigration, the morwe they obsess about it.
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What? How does more people in the country not affect it? How do you think it doesnt ?
 
Really enjoyed farage’s in-depth analysis and his sheer political knowledge and skill in his review of brexit.
Oh, wait a minute ……..all he did was shout ‘move on’ a few times.
Didn’t really expect any more than that from the chief brexit protagonist.
 
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