France has too many foreigners
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Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
Now, I know Sarkozy is desperately fighting the next election, but I thought politicians couldn't say things like this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
Now, I know Sarkozy is desperately fighting the next election, but I thought politicians couldn't say things like this?
Why not? Immigration is not a taboo subject and France has a major politicial party (Front National) whose major policy is based around immigration, so it would be odd to ignore it.
You could point out that it is a strange thing for the son of Hungarian immigrants to be saying, but that's a different matter.
You could point out that it is a strange thing for the son of Hungarian immigrants to be saying, but that's a different matter.
Puggit said:
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
Now, I know Sarkozy is desperately fighting the next election, but I thought politicians couldn't say things like this?
No, it's just the UK that is full of PC thttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
Now, I know Sarkozy is desperately fighting the next election, but I thought politicians couldn't say things like this?
ts in power.Indeed it makes you wonder how the French manage to accommodate a similar sized population to our own in a country over twice the size.
Although beyond the obvious that he wants to get reelected and as the conservative party is squeezed between his disaffected right wing, of the National front le pen, and the socialist left, his talk is not much different to Damien green on C4 news last night, talking about immigration here. Who wants to reduce overall (non-eu) immigration and allow in the high quality immigrants we need or want. It's a nonsense of course unless we take control EU immigration, our borders, remove illegals, which would require suspension of EUHR act.
But bottom line this like this country is the thin edge of wedge, resources (of all varieties) are relatively scarce, while times were good the levels immigration, competition for resources/services bearly tolerable, now and in the future as the economic downturn both at home and in the EU (a lost generation and perhaps an unravelling of the grand socialist experiment) this will only get worse, and what was unpalatable for the chattering classes to talk about only a few years ago, will become mainstream.
Some of the comments on the Sarkozy article make equally depressing reading.
That
Although beyond the obvious that he wants to get reelected and as the conservative party is squeezed between his disaffected right wing, of the National front le pen, and the socialist left, his talk is not much different to Damien green on C4 news last night, talking about immigration here. Who wants to reduce overall (non-eu) immigration and allow in the high quality immigrants we need or want. It's a nonsense of course unless we take control EU immigration, our borders, remove illegals, which would require suspension of EUHR act.
But bottom line this like this country is the thin edge of wedge, resources (of all varieties) are relatively scarce, while times were good the levels immigration, competition for resources/services bearly tolerable, now and in the future as the economic downturn both at home and in the EU (a lost generation and perhaps an unravelling of the grand socialist experiment) this will only get worse, and what was unpalatable for the chattering classes to talk about only a few years ago, will become mainstream.
Some of the comments on the Sarkozy article make equally depressing reading.
That
I like France and the French attitude. When they had a problem with Gypsies they sent them back to their own country, EU complained made no differance. Want to wear a burka, not here human rights lobby would have had a field day here but the French stuck to their guns. Now what he is saying many British would like to hear. don't come without a job and don't expect to be supported by a country that you have made no contribution to. seems okay to me.
Watch yourself Spaximus talking old skool sense like that.
We live a new world. Where pensioners shiver in winter who paid tax all their life. Where gobby 16 year old entitled types get a nice new build fully fitted flat and just landed 7 kids 2 wifes bogus asylum seekers get a nice 5 bedder in the metropolis.
Keep grafting dear boy. Your tax is needed...
We live a new world. Where pensioners shiver in winter who paid tax all their life. Where gobby 16 year old entitled types get a nice new build fully fitted flat and just landed 7 kids 2 wifes bogus asylum seekers get a nice 5 bedder in the metropolis.
Keep grafting dear boy. Your tax is needed...
Puggit said:
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
Now, I know Sarkozy is desperately fighting the next election, but I thought politicians couldn't say things like this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
Now, I know Sarkozy is desperately fighting the next election, but I thought politicians couldn't say things like this?
Sarkozy said:
He has said that if re-elected, he will reduce the number of immigrants to France from 180,000 a year to 100,000 and introduce tighter controls on access to welfare benefits.
Well, looking at the opinion polls, he isn't going to get re-elected.........spaximus said:
I like France and the French attitude. When they had a problem with Gypsies they sent them back to their own country, EU complained made no differance. Want to wear a burka, not here human rights lobby would have had a field day here but the French stuck to their guns. Now what he is saying many British would like to hear. don't come without a job and don't expect to be supported by a country that you have made no contribution to. seems okay to me.
like it S, roll on the revolution!Puggit said:
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
Now, I know Sarkozy is desperately fighting the next election, but I thought politicians couldn't say things like this?
...says a foreigner himself!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
Now, I know Sarkozy is desperately fighting the next election, but I thought politicians couldn't say things like this?
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