retep Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Does that include ex-pats in Spain? Yes why shouldn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Come off it Page Hall is well away from student central. You're missing my point, it wasn't about Page Hall, it was about people's perception of foreigners who might look a 'waste of space' as the poster described. ---------- Post added 13-03-2013 at 17:29 ---------- A study by the university who are the biggest beneficiaries, and you believe it, a bit more profit so they can buy up a bit more of Sheffield would be more truthful. Lordy retep, did you even bother to read the article? Im forming the opinion that you'd call black white if it suited your argument...although thinking about it, that's the last thing you'd ever do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 You are correct. April 2008 Record levels of immigration have had "little or no impact" on the economic well-being of Britons, an influential House of Lords committee has said. It says competition from immigrants has had a negative impact on the low paid and training for young UK workers, and has contributed to high house prices. I agree that immigration has impacted on the employment opportunities of the low paid indigenous population. But you would accept that bankers bonuses have also contribured to high house prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem8634 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 A study by the university who are the biggest beneficiaries, and you believe it, a bit more profit so they can buy up a bit more of Sheffield would be more truthful. If you cannot provide proof of inaccuracy or counter-evidence then just to claim the research must be flawed because of a vested interest on the part of the researcher is a pretty desperate and nonsensical position to take. If that logic were to applied across the board then no research or evidence could be considered credible, including every piece of anti-immigration evidence ever presented. Yes why shouldn't it. Then what do you suggest the Spanish do about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 You are correct. April 2008 Record levels of immigration have had "little or no impact" on the economic well-being of Britons, an influential House of Lords committee has said. It says competition from immigrants has had a negative impact on the low paid and training for young UK workers, and has contributed to high house prices. No he's not correct. From the link you post and provide extract from it says "little or no impact" that means at worst immigration costs this country bugger all. Have a good read of the document MrSmith and what it says about immigrants with skills and/or professions. Incidentally, who's been the beneficiary of high prices? Would you sell your house cheaper to someone British rather than take top price from a foreigner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 As a matter of interest do any of the posters live in the type of areas that are the subject of the thread ? Yes I live on the outskirts of the inner city of Sheffield. And if the views expressed on this thread are representative of most of the people living in the inner cities, then many immigrants will also find the indigenous populous isolated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 If you cannot provide proof of inaccuracy or counter-evidence then just to claim the research must be flawed because of a vested interest on the part of the researcher is a pretty desperate and nonsensical position to take. If that logic were to applied across the board then no research or evidence could be considered credible, including every piece of anti-immigration evidence ever presented. Then what do you suggest the Spanish do about it? You mean like the research into how immigration benefited the UK, until it was pointed out it came to the price of a mars bar a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 You mean like the research into how immigration benefited the UK, until it was pointed out it came to the price of a mars bar a month. So you're now accepting that immigration doesn't cost you or the UK taxpayer anything? This must be a eureka moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem8634 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 You mean like the research into how immigration benefited the UK, until it was pointed out it came to the price of a mars bar a month. Really? Another statement without any evidence? Do you not want to present a credible position? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 So you're now accepting that immigration doesn't cost you or the UK taxpayer anything? This must be a eureka moment! I don't like mars bars. ---------- Post added 13-03-2013 at 17:53 ---------- Really? Another statement without any evidence? Do you not want to present a credible position? January 3, 2007 Immigration Benefit 'Equivalent to a Mars bar a Month' New figures out today reveal that, on the Government's own figures, the benefit to each member of the native population of the UK from immigration is worth about 4p a week - or less than the equivalent of a small Mars bar a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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