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Sadly we need young people from developing countries with higher birth rates to do the work that Brits wont do, including many jobs in health and social care. How you square this with minimum wages to get work visas I don't know. A different subject for another thread. Shortage of skilled workers is another topic. We could return to the fact that young people from Europe no longer come to the UK for a limited time, to do both skilled and unskilled jobs, but that would bring us back to Brexit and the crazy decision we made as a nation. Some nice analysis by Sky News, tend not to use them as a rule but was surprised by the quality of this piece: https://news.sky.com/story/how-many-illegal-migrants-are-in-britain-the-key-numbers-driving-the-immigration-debate-13428405 -
By beansprout · Posted
Would be good if they turned it into something that is social/community driven for housing - old and young mix together. Let’s face it, dearth of social anything relating to housing… if that.could be combined with say, work area and gardening and cafe for all, everyone wins.. Dream on.. yea… certainly don’t need more large supermarkets, kitchen stores, Argos etc… Haven’t had time to look at plans… -
Are you telling me to pack my bags then Dave? have I taken too much from your country already? what about all the English abroad - where you going to put them when the arrive back if they get chucked out by their host countries? grow up man
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