Angela Merkel - She has some balls!

[Tommy Winchester]

Saying multiculturalism has 'failed, utterly failed'. Also that immigrants should actually speak German!

Will have to see how this progresses.

[munroman]

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

We are ending up with ghettos where hardly anyone speaks English, has nothing in common with the country and where UK laws are widely ignored, think of areas where insurance and licences are looked upon as something that others have.

[rich1231]

Economic issues across Europe.. subtle shift to the right.

Not seen that before.

[turbobloke]

Merkel is a tenacious mixed bag. Given her East German roots and former role as Secretary for Agitation and Propaganda in a socialist youth movement, then later in her political life emerging as a reasonably pro-market physicist, the next most useful thing she can say is that socialism is an utter utter failure.

[Eric Mc]

munroman said:

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

Does that include non English speaking tourists?

[voyds9]

munroman said:

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

We are ending up with ghettos where hardly anyone speaks English, has nothing in common with the country and where UK laws are widely ignored, think of areas where insurance and licences are looked upon as something that others have.

I know a few who forget how to speak English when it suits them.

[turbobloke]

Eric Mc said:

munroman said:

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

Does that include non English speaking tourists?

Yes they should go back home too, overstaying only leads to problems.

[bradders]

Eric Mc said:

Does that include non English speaking tourists?

Tourism is an interesting angle here. I visit Asia frequently with work. Some areas cater well for the English speaker. Other areas not at all. When I get chance, and have the time, I always try to get about and see the places I visit. Most recently, I've been to several places in China.

Not speaking the language, and not being offered language support does not restrict your enjoyment of a different place and culture as a tourist.

[Eric Mc]

turbobloke said:

Eric Mc said:

munroman said:

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

Does that include non English speaking tourists?

Yes they should go back home too, overstaying only leads to problems.

Yeah - who needs tourists? Bloody foreigners, cluttering up the place, coming over here and spending their money.

[chris watton]

Eric Mc said:

turbobloke said:

Eric Mc said:

munroman said:

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

Does that include non English speaking tourists?

Yes they should go back home too, overstaying only leads to problems.

Yeah - who needs tourists? Bloody foreigners, cluttering up the place, coming over here and spending their money.

I know, Primark would go bust within a week!

[Eric Mc]

chris watton said:

Eric Mc said:

turbobloke said:

Eric Mc said:

munroman said:

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

Does that include non English speaking tourists?

Yes they should go back home too, overstaying only leads to problems.

Yeah - who needs tourists? Bloody foreigners, cluttering up the place, coming over here and spending their money.

I know, Primark would go bust within a week!

Probably lose half their staff too.

Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 17th October 10:33

[Office_Monkey]

Eric Mc said:

chris watton said:

Eric Mc said:

turbobloke said:

Eric Mc said:

munroman said:

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

Does that include non English speaking tourists?

Yes they should go back home too, overstaying only leads to problems.

Yeah - who needs tourists? Bloody foreigners, cluttering up the place, coming over here and spending their money.

I know, Primark would go bust within a week!

Probably lose half their staff too.

Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 17th October 10:33

Quoted because this is the second time I've seen Eric Mc crack a joke!

Lack of integration will always cause problems, but multi-culturalism isn't necessarily a failure. They are not one and the same. What has contributed to the mess (quite a lot) is the constant fear of offending some group or other, or offence being taken on someone's behalf.

[spikeyhead]

I hope that her ideas don't spread across the border into the Netherlands. I'm sruggling to learn any meaningful Dutch.

[Eric Mc]

Office_Monkey said:

Eric Mc said:

chris watton said:

Eric Mc said:

turbobloke said:

Eric Mc said:

munroman said:

We could do with abolishing all the translation nonsense, if you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

Does that include non English speaking tourists?

Yes they should go back home too, overstaying only leads to problems.

Yeah - who needs tourists? Bloody foreigners, cluttering up the place, coming over here and spending their money.

I know, Primark would go bust within a week!

Probably lose half their staff too.

Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 17th October 10:33

Quoted because this is the second time I've seen Eric Mc crack a joke!

I'm laugh a minute, I am.

You obviously haven't read as many of my posts as you should.

[rs1952]

munroman said:

If you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

We are ending up with ghettos where hardly anyone speaks English, has nothing in common with the country and where UK laws are widely ignored, think of areas where insurance and licences are looked upon as something that others have.

Swap "English" and "UK" for "Spanish" in that quote and you get the Iberian gripe in the Canaries and on the Costas

[The Hypno-Toad]

rich1231 said:

Economic issues across Europe.. subtle shift to the right.

Shares in boot & armband manufacturers rise, Wagner CD sales increase, BMW start tooling for a new super secret model for "release in two years,", French white flag companies take on extra staff & the Poles become very,very nervous.

[Eric Mc]

And the Battle of Britain is fought all over again, this time by four Typhoons and a man with a hand held radar gun.

And lost.

So, in 50 years time, we start complaining about all those bloody foreigners coming over here and not learning to speak German like us.

[tinman0]

rs1952 said:

munroman said:

If you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

We are ending up with ghettos where hardly anyone speaks English, has nothing in common with the country and where UK laws are widely ignored, think of areas where insurance and licences are looked upon as something that others have.

Swap "English" and "UK" for "Spanish" in that quote and you get the Iberian gripe in the Canaries and on the Costas

That predisposes that Spain has a recognizable culture in the first place

[Eric Mc]

tinman0 said:

rs1952 said:

munroman said:

If you cannot speak the national language, and make an effort to integrate, (of which language is a key part), then, I'm sorry, please go back home.

We are ending up with ghettos where hardly anyone speaks English, has nothing in common with the country and where UK laws are widely ignored, think of areas where insurance and licences are looked upon as something that others have.

Swap "English" and "UK" for "Spanish" in that quote and you get the Iberian gripe in the Canaries and on the Costas

That predisposes that Spain has a recognizable culture in the first place

Any more than the Brits.

[tinman0]

Tommy Winchester said:

Saying multiculturalism has 'failed, utterly failed'. Also that immigrants should actually speak German!

Will have to see how this progresses.

I hate to say this (and I can't believe I'm saying this) but Tony Blair said something similar about the UK multicultural experiment 3 or 4 years ago.