Why has the Labour Party ruined this country by allowing immigrants to swamp this country?

Question

ok.we do need some immigrants who could be allowed to work here on a visa.............but the whole dynamics of this country has been changed for the worse by immigrants illegal or legal which 70% of the country does not want

Answer 1

The Labour Party have ruined this country in many, many ways.

Answer 2

because there pooms!!

Answer 3

Please give evidence that 1) immigrants are ruining this country, that 2) immigration is a new and unusual thing, and 3) that 70% of the country oppose it.

The House of Lords Select Committee on Home Affairs published back in June reports that response to immigration varies greatly depending on the area of the country.  London and the southeast (which has more immigration) has less of a problem with it, while the south west and north (where immigration has been a more recent phenomenon), tend to oppose it more, despite the level of immigration being significantly lower.

Furthermore, linked to that, most hostility to immigration seems to come from anecdotes of the 'friend of a friend of a friend' strain, not on personal experience, and it's most definitely *not* proportionate to the level of immigrants in the area.

In terms of the benefit, there is definitely a case for saying that new migrants can put (slight) strain on minimum wages for the lowest paid levels of the workforce (manual), but in terms of the rest of the workforce, all the way to the top, immigrants, who tend to be the highest skilled of the country they left (seeing as they can afford and have the desire to leave it), have an upwards effect on wages - they're improving.

What's more, immigrants bring in upwards of £6-7 billion of GDP per year.  The service and manual manufacturing industries are positively dependent on immigrants for labour, and there is precious little evidence to show this actually causes unemployment to rise.

Immigrants also bring in heaps of revenue for universities and other higher education institutions, as the majority tend to stay behind after graduation to work, and earn lots of taxable income.  They are also statistically shown to be more diligent in their studies than home students.

While there are some cases of benefit abuse, this has been shown (by recent Migration Watch reports) to be in the realms of about 50,000 cases a year, which is less than 1% of the migrant population.  The law states you cannot take JSA benefits in this country unless you have worked for a minimum of two years already, and child benefits etc. can only be claimed when you're employed.

The majority of the work involved in integrating immigrants is done by local Councils on the whole they have been seen to perform well, though finding translators is an issue.  The Government have emphasized that the priority should be getting immigrants to learn English, rather than having translators for everything, which is a sound decision.

As I said, the attitude to immigration is in no way proportionate to immigrants in the area - in a lot of cases, there are categorically no immigrants, and yet opposition is rampant.  The majority of it is few by hostile gutter press, made up stories, or a bad few who make a bad name for the rest of the immigrants who come here for admirable, desirable and welcome purposes.

Answer 4

Have you asked everyone ? Most people I know don't mind at all, after all wasn't it immigrants that made this country the dynamic, diverse, and fascinating place it is ?

Answer 5

Because it was part of the plan to turn this country into the industrial workhouse of Europe.

New Labour were the only Government to veto the EU working time directive by introducing the "voluntary opt out clause" which allows/forces the workforce to work over and above the 48 hour limit imposed by the EU to provide a quality work/life ratio. Hence the reason why so many foreign companies have sprung up in the UK and the amount of foreign transport on our roads. Take a look at the high number of industrial estates and units that have been erected over the last decade on brown and green field sites.

There are 62 million people in this country, of that amount 32 million are officially classed as making up the workforce, which leaves 30 million not working, a large proportion of whom, for whatever reason, are reliant on the state benefit system. When you have a benefits system paying out anywhere up to £1,000 per claimant per week the figures do not make for a viable and sustainable economy by any stretch of the imagination. Hence the need to rapidly increase the workforce, the resultant levels of taxation and Government plans to force many of those on benefits to actually find a job.

I agree that immigration has gone beyond acceptable levels but if mass immigration, especially of workers were stopped, this country, from an economic point of view, would be up the proverbial S**t creek without a paddle.

Answer 6

please tell me how this country is ruined by allowing immigrants to swamp this country? if you or anyone else gives me a credible answer with facts i will join the bnp. half of you on yahoo answers dont have a clue what your talking about regarding politics and the economy, you let the media and personal opinions make your uneducated statements.

Answer 7

Having run down this country over the last decade, nobody would vote for Labour. So, they import a lot of immigrants to vote for them instead.

Because few immigrants live in Scotland, this policy falls flat, as witnessed by the Scottish election in 2007 and the Glasgow East by-election last month which Labour lost dramactically.

Answer 8

Mark G has the best answer on this Q.  His comments are fair and intelligent.  

He at least deserves 10 points!!!!!!!

Answer 9

because the uk is too liberal

Answer 10

they are hoping that the change in the demographic for constituents will enable them to stay in power by using the illegal and other immigrant vote.

Answer 11

I have swamped the UK?  Cool.  But I still cannot vote.  Only Citizens can.  Just because one immigrates here from another country, illegally or legally (As I have done) does not automatically allow them voting rights.  And who says I would vote labour if I WAS allowed to vote??!!  You want to cry unfair?  Look at the Native Americans and what has happened to their country and lands.  Btw, I am law abiding and work without needing government funds to support me.  How many Brits do you know NOT getting government handouts?

Answer 12

The answer is very simple, although immigrants are not entitled to get on the electoral register no one ever bothers to stop this, especially in Labour controlled local authorities. Labour desperately needs every vote it can get. It usually needs 2 or 3 generations before immigrant families see sense and stop voting Labour

Answer 13

because immigrants vote for the labour party, they are making sure they never lose an election.

I love the way people keep using the mass murder of other indigenous cultures as an excuse........at least we know what they have planned, and they're not ashamed too admit it.

Answer 14

If I was an Aboriginal I would cry at your audacity about swamping a country with immigrants, how absurd! your own white race certainly "swamped" Australia with immigrants in the early 18th century, so in your case it's "what goes around, comes around!" lol.

Answer 15

Because the people of this country are weak,disunited and let it all happen!

Answer 16

Because the EU. has decreed that Europe shall have open borders