UK gains £20bn from European migrants

[kevin_struggles]

I think the point of the thread was to demonstrate that the popular view that immigration is a drain on the public purse is largely a fallacy.

 

Even the OBR has said that in order to reduce the budget deficit, net migration would have to go up, not down.

 

At the risk of repeating myself if we only had those immigrants who contributed and didnt have those who draw money out we would have more money so uncontrolled immigration is definitely a drain on the public purse. Controlled immigration, which is what UKIP want, would result in more money in the purse than we have now. Until you lot get your head around the fact that UKIP is not anti-immigration you will simply continue to trot out evidence that is meaningless in terms of arguing against it and all those idiots bouncing up and down thinking they have exposed a UKIP lie are making themselves look thick.

[For Us All]

Why has the UKIP thread been closed?

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Why has the UKIP thread been closed?

 

Because Nazi Nige's congregation are saying the same thing on 10 different threads? ;)

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

At the risk of repeating myself if we only had those immigrants who contributed and didnt have those who draw money out we would have more money so uncontrolled immigration is definitely a drain on the public purse. Controlled immigration, which is what UKIP want, would result in more money in the purse than we have now. Until you lot get your head around the fact that UKIP is not anti-immigration you will simply continue to trot out evidence that is meaningless in terms of arguing against it and all those idiots bouncing up and down thinking they have exposed a UKIP lie are making themselves look thick.

 

Whilst I think everyone will agree controlled immigration would be great you can't just take the high earners and the educated as we will end up with an elitist society.

 

I'd be interested to know the full exact details of what controlled immigration means to UKIP.

[Aussie Rules]

Please REP, leave UKIP out of this conversation :rolleyes:

[carl]

Psst AR will be in bed now- we can talk about UKIP again

[For Us All]

I'm sure Farage and his xenophobic minions will be able to churn out one of their standard lines.

 

"The infrastucture conna cope", "taking brits jobs", "all on benefits, scroungers", "we aint go no more room".

 

It does my head when people say we're overcrowded. In terms of population density we're 51st worldwide.

 

Net migration to the UK was 243,000 in the year ended March 2014 and that figure represented an increase of 39% over the previous year.It was made up of 560,000 immigrants less 317,000 emigrants.Around 75% of new arrivals were from the EU.

The UK had more immigration than any other EU state in almost every year between 2002 and 2012. (Link to Eurostat table available).

Regarding land use…yes, 12% of the UK is urbanised but 65% is used for agriculture,13% is forestry,3% is marine coastal,rivers,lakes,broads and marshland.The remaining 7% consists of areas such as mountains,hills,fells,uplands,leisure areas and estates.(Source: Land use in the UK, Office for National Statistics).

In 2011,32% of new dwellings were built on previously undeveloped land and England’s greenbelt has been greatly reduced by development over the last 30 years.It has fallen by 32,000 hectares in the last 7 years alone and our greenbelt (including woodland and leisure areas) is now down to 13% of England’s total land area.

What exactly is your motive for wanting this tiny island flooded with more and more immigrants and just how much of our extremely limited remaining greenbelt do you people want concreted over?! Will you eventually want housing estates built on our mountains? Or propped up with stilts on our rivers?!

[For Us All]

Because Nazi Nige's congregation are saying the same thing on 10 different threads? ;)

 

So what difference will it make by closing the Ukip thread?

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Please REP, leave UKIP out of this conversation :rolleyes:

 

Sorry AR, Carlllll started it though ;)

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

So what difference will it make by closing the Ukip thread?

 

Stop it you got me into trouble with AR, I'm not getting caught again! :)

[carl]

What exactly is your motive for wanting this tiny island flooded with more and more immigrants and just how much of our extremely limited remaining greenbelt do you people want concreted over?! Will you eventually want housing estates built on our mountains? Or propped up with stilts on our rivers?!

 

Don't give them any ideas-before long we'll be building cities in the sky

[carl]

Sorry AR' date=' Carlllll started it though ;)[/quote']

 

Causing trouble wherever he goes- and closing threads in the process- I give you- Robbie Earle's Perm!!!!!:clap:

[For Us All]

Stop it you got me into trouble with AR' date=' I'm not getting caught again! :)[/quote']

 

Sorry,didn't mean to get you into trouble.:D

I blame the "fruitcakes and swivel-eyed loons".

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Causing trouble wherever he goes- and closing threads in the process- I give you- Robbie Earle's Perm!!!!!:clap:

 

Worked with the other thread didn't it. You should stop pushing your extremism on people and abusing them! ;)

 

If you carry on with the word AR doesn't want used I will do my best on this one too! :D

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

I blame the "fruitcakes and swivel-eyed loons".

 

Carllllll doesn't like being called names! ;)