the maoster:
Franglais:
the maoster:
You disagree? Prove me wrong.
Hmmm?
Either you are basing your opinion on facts, which you could refer to if you choose.
Or, you are basing your opinion on…what?
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Surely it is up to anyone to justify any remarks they make?
Merely saying something, with no factual support, is a valid definition of prejudice?
As your whole ethos is playing Devils advocate regardless of whether you agree or disagree with a point why don’t you provide one of your links to disprove what I wrote? You never know maybe even your beloved WHO have done such a study.
This is in Latin so automatically proves me correct:
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Translation: What is asserted gratuitously may be denied gratuitously.
Variants: What is asserted without evidence/proof/reason, may/can be dismissed/denied without evidence/proof/reason.
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Latin_proverbs#Q
AKA:
Ooohhh Yes it is !
Ooohhh No it`s not !
Not convinced yet? Google Christoper Hitchen`s Razor then.
Summat else to ponder?
MAC the Migration Advisory Committee, set up by the Home Office, reported in 2018.
Heavy going, but here is a snippet from FullFact reporting on it
"The “no evidence” list
No evidence that migration has reduced the training of UK-born workers
No evidence that migration has reduced the quality of healthcare
No evidence that migration has reduced parental choice in schools or the educational attainment of UK-born children
No evidence that migration has any effect on crime rates in England and Wales
No evidence that migration has reduced the average level of subjective well-being in the UK
No evidence that people are less satisfied with their neighbourhoods than in the past
No evidence of higher or lower prosperity being associated with a higher or lower population
No evidence that migrants are more likely to be working under a zero hours contract than the UK born, nor is there evidence that they more likely to switch industries between two given quarters
No evidence of migrants having preferential access to social housing
In some of the evidence we do have, though, there remains a lot of uncertainty. Again, these will either mean there’s a gap in the existing evidence base, or the topics are inherently difficult to be certain about.
The “we don’t know” list
What impact immigration has on productivity—most studies say there is a positive impact
The impact immigration has on UK-born workers’ job opportunities—studies suggest there’s little to no overall impact, but possibly more negative for lower-skilled workers
Exactly how much immigrants need to earn to be a net benefit to the public finances—studies suggest an EEA immigrant household needs to earn about £30,000.
Exactly what wage impacts immigrants have on UK-born workers—studies suggest these are small but may be more negative for lower-skilled workers
The economic impacts immigrants will have over their lifetimes
The impacts of key government policies, including whether the government’s visa policies are bringing in the kinds of worker they intend to, and what non-EEA immigrants actually earn when they come to the UK. The report says there isn’t enough attention given to evaluating the impacts of policies."
fullfact.org/immigration/eu-imm … ned-today/
Of course, reading some of the rags that pass for newspapers in the UK, one might think that some of the topics appearing above were commonly known facts?
But the repeating of a lie doesn`t make it true. Hearing the same untruths repeatedly does tend to normalise them, but any of us who choose to try and think for ourselves need to be aware of this.
Go back and read “1984” again, mate. 2 plus 2 equals 5.
