I have no intention of calling you any names TTT ! It would be counter-productive to do so. Anyway, wouldn't it be nice if we could all debate this hoary old chestnut in a civilised manner ?
We have discussed this many times here on AB. If the lazy, work-shy British dole-bludgers would only get off the sofa and go to work, most of these immigrant workers wouldn't bother to come to Britain in the first place. They are only here because jobs are available, the same jobs that so many of our own citizens can't seem to find.
I am in Cornwall for a few days. Local farmers can't get local unemployed people to work in the fields for love nor money. If it wasn't for immigrant workers, the potatoes, and daffodils would rot in the fields. This isn't hearsay....I have actually spoken to many of these farmers. I was in the local Lidl earlier this morning and there was a Polish chap on the Till. Before anyone comes in with the "but these foreigners will work for less money than Brits" argument, I am not prepared to entertain the notion that Lidl has two rates of pay, one for the Polish, and one for the Cornish.
There are a couple from Latvia in the pitch next to mine. I met them first 2 years ago. They both work at Heathrow. He is the one with the table tennis bats, that direct aircraft on landing, and his wife works in one of the First Class lounges, looking after wealthy people, before they depart. Neither of them did this work in Latvia, but were trained at Heathrow when they arrived. When they first came over to Britain 4 years ago, he worked as a labourer on a building site and she was a waitress in a greasy spoon.
Why were both of those jobs available at Heathrow, for this couple to take in the first place ? Why were both vacancies not already filled by our own unemployed ?