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Immigrant behaviour leessons
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Should would-be immigrants be given a mandatory course of how to behave in the UK before being allowed access (at their own expense)? It seems that activities and attitudes that are ok in Poland, Pakistan or Somalia cannot be simply brought to this multi-cultural island. If the British people have to show respect, shouldn't everyone else? This doesn't apply to all immigrants I know, but if show that they know how to behave then they won't need to take the course. I think it is a great idea. Activities such as driving etiquette and looting could be addressed.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.>>>Can you give some examples of the types of thing that are acceptable in...other countries
Spitting for one.
I live in Birmingham with many immigrants, and I am forever walking past people who spit on the ground.
One Asian guy was walking towards me the other week and was just a few yards from me, and bent his head down and spat on the ground. I mumbled under my breath as I walked past "disgusting b*stard".
I am not saying "white English" people dont spit, but it is far more common amongst people from some countries.
Spitting for one.
I live in Birmingham with many immigrants, and I am forever walking past people who spit on the ground.
One Asian guy was walking towards me the other week and was just a few yards from me, and bent his head down and spat on the ground. I mumbled under my breath as I walked past "disgusting b*stard".
I am not saying "white English" people dont spit, but it is far more common amongst people from some countries.
Not insuring you car is another.
Recently a list of places with high non car insurance was published, and many were in Birmingham.
Some areas were as high as 30% of cars not insured, and all of them were well known immigrant / Asian areas in Birmingham.
Other immigrant areas in other cities like Bradford were also high.
Again I am not saying some "white English" people dont insure their car, but I bet no "white" area has figures as high as 30%
http://www.thisismone...forcing-premiums.html
Recently a list of places with high non car insurance was published, and many were in Birmingham.
Some areas were as high as 30% of cars not insured, and all of them were well known immigrant / Asian areas in Birmingham.
Other immigrant areas in other cities like Bradford were also high.
Again I am not saying some "white English" people dont insure their car, but I bet no "white" area has figures as high as 30%
http://www.thisismone...forcing-premiums.html
"Parking your car where you like" is another.
I know many (of all types) people park their cars in "bad" places or on pavements, but as we are getting more and more "immigrants" in my area the "bad" parking is getting alarming.
Parking ON pavements outside shops, on zebra crossings, on dangerous corners etc etc.
Some of the bad parking needs to be seem to be believed.
I know many (of all types) people park their cars in "bad" places or on pavements, but as we are getting more and more "immigrants" in my area the "bad" parking is getting alarming.
Parking ON pavements outside shops, on zebra crossings, on dangerous corners etc etc.
Some of the bad parking needs to be seem to be believed.
>and it showed the linesman spitting.
Spitting by "sportmen" on a grass pitch can be excused (though I think for many footballers it has got out of hand).
Ths is somewhat different from spitting at my feet while walking down a high st (as the example above about the Asian guy).
I walked past the BullRing shoping centre a few weeks ago, and there were a dozen or so Asian guys hanging about near a railing. I saw a number of them lean over the railing and spit on the pavement, whole many shoppers were walking past.
Unless you live in an area where these sort of things go on you have no idea how awful it is, to see an area dragged down by the arrival of many immigrants.
Spitting by "sportmen" on a grass pitch can be excused (though I think for many footballers it has got out of hand).
Ths is somewhat different from spitting at my feet while walking down a high st (as the example above about the Asian guy).
I walked past the BullRing shoping centre a few weeks ago, and there were a dozen or so Asian guys hanging about near a railing. I saw a number of them lean over the railing and spit on the pavement, whole many shoppers were walking past.
Unless you live in an area where these sort of things go on you have no idea how awful it is, to see an area dragged down by the arrival of many immigrants.
Anyway how can we ever get organized enough to "teach" immigrants how to behave when we cant even keep track of the illegal ones that are here.
On the BBC web site this morning it says there are 125,000 immigrants that have "gone missing" that the UK Border agentcy are supposed to keep track of.
And that does not include the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants we dont even know about as they came in in the back of lorries etc.
We have totally lost control of our borders and the country is suffering as a result
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15581877
On the BBC web site this morning it says there are 125,000 immigrants that have "gone missing" that the UK Border agentcy are supposed to keep track of.
And that does not include the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants we dont even know about as they came in in the back of lorries etc.
We have totally lost control of our borders and the country is suffering as a result
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15581877
>having an uninsured car isn't a matter of "behaviour"
I think it IS a behaviour (as well as the law).
I think "most" white English people buy a car and expect to tax, insure and MOT it.
I think many immigrants buy a car (maybe at an auction), never register it in their own name, so never bother to tax, insure or MOT it.
If they dont get caught it is a years "free" motoring, and they are not the registerted owner anyway.
If they DO get caught it may be a £300 fine (which is less than the cost of a years insurance and they wont pay it anyway).
So if they never insure the car they probably will gain in the long run.
I agree it is the law, and the police should come down hard on them, but it seems they have been getting away with it for years (although the new guy who is head of the met has now started coming down hard on it).
http://www.transportx...review/news/?ID=28427
I think it IS a behaviour (as well as the law).
I think "most" white English people buy a car and expect to tax, insure and MOT it.
I think many immigrants buy a car (maybe at an auction), never register it in their own name, so never bother to tax, insure or MOT it.
If they dont get caught it is a years "free" motoring, and they are not the registerted owner anyway.
If they DO get caught it may be a £300 fine (which is less than the cost of a years insurance and they wont pay it anyway).
So if they never insure the car they probably will gain in the long run.
I agree it is the law, and the police should come down hard on them, but it seems they have been getting away with it for years (although the new guy who is head of the met has now started coming down hard on it).
http://www.transportx...review/news/?ID=28427
"Some areas were as high as 30% of cars not insured, and all of them were well known immigrant / Asian areas in Birmingham."
the top 5 on that list have immigrant populations of around 11-12%. proportionally that demonstrates that the indigenous population in those areas are just as likely to drive uninsured. the highest element of uninsured drivers is related to the obvious urban environment rather than race.
the top 5 on that list have immigrant populations of around 11-12%. proportionally that demonstrates that the indigenous population in those areas are just as likely to drive uninsured. the highest element of uninsured drivers is related to the obvious urban environment rather than race.
"The Londoner has rid himself of the trick of spitting. In clubs, years ago, it was a part of the duty of a smoke-room waiter to see that each member, on lighting a cigar, was furnished with a brass spittoon placed conveniently near; in the roadway there was no disguise of the habit. Attempts were made to discourage it. 'Gentlemen,' it was said, 'who expectorate, cannot expect to rate as gentlemen.' Appeals were exhibited, begging folk to abstain."
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