Thanks for the insight re wages although I am not sure how the low pay for home medical staff’ (I know I have been there this year) relates directly to immigration but as an economist I can understand the impact of increased supply of labour. But I thought they had the economist Portes on this program (according to the blurb) he’s normally fairly open about the pros and cons (yes the impact on wages) and has written extensively on the subject including;

Junkyard – lazarus
Well done for playing the I was joking defence I am sure that will be seen as just as genuine and sincere as your other posts

Your under the opinion that I value your view of me..why? And the two exclamation marks imply I was joking!!! PS was that you on the news tonight hiding your face going into court?

Junkyard – lazarus
Well done for playing the I was joking defence I am sure that will be seen as just as genuine and sincere as your other posts

Your under the opinion that I value your view of me..why? And the two exclamation marks imply I was joking!!! PS was that you on the news tonight hiding your face going into court?

philtricklebank – Member
5 years daily all year round use, 7 miles each day on road and fire road. No punctures here, been through two sets in that time. Keep them pumped up hard or they get draggy. Got Marathon plus for the next set but only because they were on sale.

Thank you JB

fervouredimage – Member
People say the Tube is unpleasant but you don’t see anything like the same levels of aggression, bullying, lives being put in danger…
You don’t use the tube enough.

he is talking about aggression and my occasional use of Manchester trams would suggest He is right. People who are not reading even avoid making eye contact. You can’t get less aggressive than that?

IanW – Member
I have utter contempt for anyone who parks on pavements, their cars should be crushed.

have complained to the scum bag police about them and they do nothing about it. When I am in Manchester I have to push my mothers wheel chair onto a busy A road because they don’t leave enough room on the pavement. Worse still they have huge drives most of the time with no cars parked in them.

Junkyard – lazarus
Now that definitely meets the definition of an Oxymoron

so an oxy ahead of you then and he also has irony and knowledge that wooshed right over your head.
Wise troll now there is an oxymoron for you sadly boring troll is not one nor obvious troll . Ever thought that I was being ironic? By the way only trolls and cowards insult people via the internet.

.teamhurtmore – Member Apart from the negative impact on wages

Apart from the negative impact wages! as if that was of minor importance? Let me give you an example of the negative impact on wages. My mother needs home help to visit 4 times a day. I have spoken to at least 20 of them. they are payed £7 an hour but have to pay all there own transport costs petrol, insurance (extra because of milage) maintain the car and get paid nothing between jobs. Most work 12 hours 6 days a week just to get a decent wage if that. So the negative impact on wages appears to be no minor thing to them. They also say they have a very high divorce rate. The firms get away with it by making them self employed.

mikewsmith – Member
Remember Murdoch backed Labour for at least 10 years.

Yes, he backs the side that can return the most (and is more likly to win), currently the bet would be with Cameron to help dismantle the BBC and strengthen Sky’s position. When the hell has Sky/Murdoch tried to dismantle the BBC and what a pathetic belief that New Labour would ever contemplate conspiring with Murdoch to bring down the BBC. I hope your not a nine eleven conspiracy nut.???

gordimhor – Member well known tory trotskyite Nick Robinson

Now that definitely meets the definition of an Oxymoron!!

.teamhurtmore – Member
Sorry, to be clear was it biased in favour or anti immigration? Given your second sentance was it biased against Labour? Did Theresa May join Jack Straw in admitting mistakes? Apart from the negative impact on wages did it present any positives of immigration? Who’s private decisions did it pick on – did they come from both parties?

Again sorry for the questions, but deciding whether to watch it on Iplayer. I have a suspicion you are being sarcastic teamhurtmore! Of course the BBC are biased they are not capable of anything else. Again as they and there journalist have admitted. In one town they found people who were against greater immigration but the journalist then stated the majority were happy. Later they had to admit that every survey said the public were against it. Don’t think I said anything about them biased against Labour. Only that Labour admitted they had cocked it up.

teamhurtmore – Member
So SD, what was the program actually like? Is it worth watching? What was the truth about immigration or did the BBC not deliver on the promise of the program? Did the program give different sides of the immigration debate? Would you recommend replaying it for students at school?

Sorry for the questions, but it seems an important topic so hope it got a decent airing. Did it?
Obviously it was biased but less so than normal. When you have all the Labour big wigs admitting they had cocked it up. Better still the programme fully supported my view that mass immigration has kept wages down if not reduced them particularly for the working class. The whole basis of the decision to allow mass immigration, when the rest of Europe wouldn’t was exactly that. As I stated in that other thread! Where it was implied that I was racist for saying so. Back later battery dieing!

kimbers – Member
Remember Murdoch backed Labour Tony Blair for at least 10 years

Sorry New Labour! It is the BBC that backs New/Old or anything vaguely Socialist!

deadlydarcy – Member
Is the BBC Labour

Yes according to journalists who work for them!

thgray – Member
Cycle a bit quicker then.

. Its closed although it probably didn’t help that it was a pub and Thai restaurant. I may have missed a turning or 3!!

.mikewsmith – Member
Wouldn’t you have to go to the US to Watch Loony Fox News? AND they are so potty nobody but the militias listen to them.

You could try it’s slightly more subtle cousin at Sky or the rest of the murdoch press. I wonder why some of these organisations are keen to kill off the BBC. They are doing it over here in Oz too. It’s a business strategy.

Remember Murdoch backed Labour for at least 10 years.

wiggles – Member

Plus they said curry will be more expensive if we restrict immigration… So case closed there surely?

No, case isn’t closed there is no curry house near me. Last time I cycled back from one my curry was freezing cold! So you can close them all down!!!

Wouldn’t you have to go to the US to Watch Loony Fox News? AND they are so potty nobody but the militias listen to them.

BBC doesn’t agree with me and is therefore Bias SHOCKER

They the BBC said they were biased, although I do agree with them?

Did i hear that right 42 different languages in one school? That was a question I didn’t quite here what was said??

Harsh must be worth more than 3/10!

winston_dog – Member
Office job? Not quite mate! Couldn’t be much further from what I do.

Currently in Italy and as it’s a Bank Holiday the Italians don’t do a lot today.

Just come back from a stroll.

FWIW I think you are a troll and have done quite well winding people up.

Don’t think your real. Ex military injured hero and all that, Britain for the British ranting. Just too stereotyped.

Good luck I’m out. Wow hurt your feelings did I? Really thought you were trying to wind me up implying I was Nazi and clearly still are. In fact still throw out the bile, Never mind you got the last word in.

.houndlegs – Member
Not Scotland,but if you’re going anywhere near Hereford when you do Wales,then I can thoroughly recommend this place http://www.gwatkincider.co.uk/home.html

I get mine delivered from them £47 including delivery 20 litres. Unless your used to cider made with vintage (old English for good or great) variety apples avoid the dry. Norman and Harrington are good medium. At the moment I am making my own but when I run out I will be half and half medium and dry Gwatkins ciders. Just where my taste buds are at moment!

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Looking good ie not worth buying marathon plus as this is on a spare bike

PS can you also tell me distance traveled and terrain. Thank you for your time

PS can you also tell me distance traveled and terrain. Thank you for your time

.scotroutes – Member
mikewsmith – time runs in reverse where you are?

Can’t you read? Time runs in both directions sometimes simultaneously when drinking.
How about you?
PS

Now this question is not meant to have a ANY negative connotation attached to it, it is an honest question. How are you able to post at any time of the day? I assume? That you are working? I am out of the labour market and have been for sometime. Do you all have office jobs which allow you to post at work? AGAIN nothing nasty just an honest question

mikewsmith – Member
It’s 21:50, I’m half watching a film and drinking a beer. Anything else?

You took that badly, it was an honest question not a snide one.

Would say that was reasonable behaviour on your part assuming you were not driving like dick. Your right about drivers loosing it more now a days. Do posters on this site think it is getting worse?

gordimhor – Member
winston_dog – Member
mikewsmith – Member

Now this question is not meant to have a ANY negative connotation attached to it, it is an honest question. How are you able to post at any time of the day? I assume? That you are working? I am out of the labour market and have been for sometime. Do you all have office jobs which allow you to post at work? AGAIN nothing nasty just an honest question.

.mikewsmith – Member
No it’s a love in, hating a nationality would be racist

I am sure it is xenophobic as we are the same race????

winston_dog – Member
Go back to the pub.

Excellent (irony) answer!

.gordimhor – Member
Am I still on the we hate the English thread?

Nope.

Hope that helps
Despise the English page?

.winston_dog – Member
SdKfz 253

SdKfz 253 is not the same as sd-253. As matter of interest why are you so interested in “Nazi tanks”? If you imply I am racist because my username bears a slight resembles to the name of a WW2 tank where does that leave you?

ojom – Member
From memory, the 253 has the Raisin Beep function.

Correct but most loafs just dropped the raisins/nuts in with out you haven’t to rush over drop them in. Am I still on the we hate the English thread?

PS can find nothing on the first 3 pages of Google which brings anything up about Nazis and my user name. Only bread maker and highway 253.

Going to pub will be back to read some more “you are a Nazi” well implied you are as Nazi not actually stated

scotroutes – Member
I guess that we already have a problem if the “ideal” population of these islands is around 30million.
We can either find some way of reducing the current population – perhaps via a mass euthenasia scheme – or expand the area of the country by invading a close neighbour to create some more “living space”.

. Arhh another attempt at censorship by calling me a Nazi. By the way I have never said the ideal population of the UK is 30 million that well known Nazi Richard Attenborough said it!

.mikewsmith – Member
You still have failed explain where the Nazi bit comes from. And merely mentioning Nazis in a blog like this is as near as you can get to calling me one. All be it a rather cowardly way.
The simple link would be your stance on immigration and the coincidence in your user name…

arhh now get it if you are against mass immigration you are a Nazi gotcha