Well DOLPH, your post makes some sense, but Teresa has promised to reduce the numbers to 100.000 per year, so at least well be closer to the target. :smiley: The problem was this EU club, for when it started to stagnate, the Germans were all in favour of finding new markets, so though it better to invite all the eastern bloc into the club, hoping to
coin it ` but it all backfired, cos as with their usual rules and regulations, they never think it out, even our dear old government never knew how many Poles would arrive across the border, or thought whether most of them would head for blighty…once the word spread ( with thanks to the eu allowing it 0 they told their friends of the Family tax credit, Child allowance, NHS etc etc would have to be given to them, child benefit was a months wage to them back home, no wonder they rubbed their hands with glee, some sent a lot of money home, and some opened businesses for their wives to run…good eh. Anyway All of the farms in this country were employing cheap english labour, school leavers with no qualifications, students, gap year students etc, and the pub trade welcomed them too…BUT once the Poles arrived, they were used as even more cheaper labour, with accommodation thrown in as well ( well an old caravan at least on the farm ) sadly our own people were pushed to the back of the queue, They were taking a driving test on a farm tractor and trailer, and that qualified them for a class 1 44 ton machine, many were wrecked, written off, they caused untold carnage on our roads, because they really didnt have a clue, the steering wheel was on the wrong side for a start, and so were our roads, they wasnt used to driving these huge machines ( after only ever driving a car at home ) so had no idea of using mirrors or road safety in general…once companies got their fingers burnt, they started to get rid of them,m wouldnt employ them, insurance companies wouldnt insure them either ( including ireland ) As things started to die down, more EE countries joined, and we hjad that experience once again, this time from Latvians, Croatians and Lithuanians, all equally as poor as the first lot…but also they were bringing wares fromall over europe with their own vehicles instead, services were choc a bloc with them , they never paid,parked for days on end waiting for a reload, and of course lowered the rates. It wasnt only in the transport sector either, they were offering to work for half the pay of a bricklayer, carpenter, plumber etc, so those trades suffered too english workers were being replaced by foreign ones, not a first, as we also had years earlier those from our colonies who were given british status…as time went on, we had no choice but to accept it…Until Dave came along, and offered a referendum…which we grabbed with both hands…so now we are leaving this club, that started the mess in the first place, but to be replaced by Syrians, Africans, Somalis, Iraqis, Kurds, etc etc…but were offered no help…no one wanted them either, except Germany who told them : come here, we welcome you, until it got too much…then the EU decided all countries had to take a share, most said NO, including us, others, closed their borders, put up new higher fences to keep them out, the africans started arriving from Libya and elsewhere, and landed on the Greek or Italian shores, where they are still arriving, and its only the charities who are helping them survive, whilst their status is checked and if successful, will be given asylum…its not an ideal europe anymore, it needs big changes, and a big meeting of everyone in europe to sort this mess out once and for all, stop the war in syria and afghanistan/iraq, and help build these countries so that we can begin to repatriate them home again, because a club as big as the eu, cannot find a solution, but someone has to take responsibility.