Itv Poll, Would You House Refugees?

[trt]

Well would you?

http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2015-09-07/itv-news-poll-would-you-house-refugees-in-your-home/

[chaptazbru2]

Why the North West ?

[ummmm]

So far 90% say no!

[jim360]

Big difference between "would" and "will", of course. And even between "would" and "can". If I actually owned the house I lived in, and it had some spare beds/ room, then I might consider the question more seriously. As it is, in a rented flat that already has as many people as it can reasonably be expected to take it hardly matters whether I would want to take in a refugee or not as I am in no position to.

Anyway, even if only 10% of people in the North West would take a migrant/ refugee into their homes, that could still amount to welcome rooms for maybe somewhere in the region of 50,000-100,000 migrants housed in the North-West alone (probably a too optimistic figure but it's in the ballpark for potential space, at least).

[trt]

## Why the North West ? ##

I thought that as well chap, then realized Southerners are to posh to be asked?

[bazwillrun]

"Big difference between "would" and "will""

hahaha...typical.....whatever the words used, its pretty clear the vast majority in this country dont want them even here, let alone in their homes....would, will...pffft

[chaptazbru2]

Well I'm in the North West and I wouldn't !

[jim360]

I'm slightly surprised by baz's scoffing, in a way, because I would have thought this is precisely the sort point he would have been making recently, ie "I'd like to see you take an immigrant into your home" = "there's no point preaching about how we've got to take in migrants unless you are prepared to yourself".

So, here we see a survey saying that not that many people actually want to take migrants in in the first place, to which I added that, in effect, quite a few of those who said they would take in migrants probably won't. So far, so pretty much uncontroversial I'd have thought. Ah, well.

[atalanta]

yes

[Baldric]

. . . NO WAY!!!!

[fruitsalad]

Definitely not

[pusskin]

It's a no no from me.

[DTCwordfan]

No way as it would be a physical impossibility with all my mater's rubbish

Then there are the swine....

[jourdain2]

I managed to vote 'No' a few minutes before the poll closed. It then stood at 92.?% saying 'No'.

[askyourgran]

Make that 91% that say No. I don't think they will be leaving again any time soon. Are they just giving their country away instead of fighting for it and rebuilding it? A great many of the refugees are fit young men.

[DaisyNonna]

How stupid would it be for an elderly single woman to accept a stranger of any nationality or creed into her home?

[gness]

Yes, of course...x

[jourdain2]

askyourgran has a very good point. All these young men should be fighting for their country, not running away . Perhaps their accommodation should be in barracks? If every male between 18 and 30 were conscripted and given basic training they could then be a fairly formidable force against ISIL. After all, our males did it.