- 20 Nov 2018 14:32
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Nonsense -
If I had my time again, I too would head to Italy or Scicily, because that's where my heart lay before I got married in 1971, I love the country, it's people & it's history.
Unfortunately, mass migration is undermining that country's economy, none of those cost is affordable or funded by the E.U, which hasn't had it's accounts 'signed-off' in 20 years & people have the nerve to mention 'Fiat' currency, which the £ 'Sterling' is fast becoming through zero , real level interest rates.
I am against the E.U, I am not against any individual country in Europe, or individual from anywhere there, who has come here to improve their lot, I welcome them.
In or OUT of the E.U, we 'English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish, are 'European' by nature & outlook as well as nationalistic.
It's NOT just this country that is cooling rapidly on the E.U, other countries are too.
We do see, as well as care about how Greece or Italy are treated by the E.U & we resent that.
The 'problem' with structures like the E.U is that it imposes 'Liberal' elitist policies or 'social-engineering' that are not financed by revenues in advance, such as mass migration & the inflationary squeeze that is imposed as 'austerity' on those least able to afford it as a direct result of that.
There are limits, they have been grossly breached, on what each country can afford, when resources have\are not being created to meet those demands.
I have stated before that , there has never been any verifiable sources demonstrating actual cost-benefits arising from mass migration, yet, we feel all too readily those effects in our personal wealth declining year on year.
That tells ordinary people that, either the government's are spending any gains, as benefits to many migrants, or that the rich-better-off are receiving the 'dividends' from that migration, along with massive tax cuts-breaks & everyone else is paying the price.
If the latter, which means most of us, the situation is untenable, it's NOT the fault of migrants, but indigenous people are feeling more, each year, they are crying out, enough is enough.
They blame the E.U, pro-E.U politicians & their parties.
The 'solution' that CORBYN envisages, high wages for migrant workers, does NOT help, it PUSHES INFLATION UPWARDS & SCARCE RESOURCES FROM ANY 'GAINS' ARE SENT BACK HOME TO THE MIGRANT FAMILIES, WHILE OUR OVERSEAS AID IS £12 BILLION PER ANNUM.
EVERYONE that comes into this overcrowded country, needs resources or money from the state, money that is never available to others, which has to be taken as taxes or higher prices, to pay for such help in housing, health & benefits.
We are constantly lied to by politicians who are pro-migrant when it comes to 'benefits-cost' of such migration.
The fundamental problem or 'flaw' with the E.U is that is a monolithic, bureaucratic, structure, that has changed from it's inception through various treaties WITHOUT seeking the consent of the European people's for those changes.
Whereas hitherto, it was a structure of national communities, each with their sovereign power, mitigated only by the consent of those treaties, the structure is fast becoming that of a singular supranational state, where challenges to it's powers or policies will be thwarted by loss of vetoes, replaced by majority of voting.
Individual state power will be subordinated to the super-state-E.U, it will be acting like a sovereign state without challenge to it's authority, 'democracy' & freedom within will be relegated to the status of which 'Leavers' are now frequently subjected to, that of abuse.
noemon wrote:Britain is now in panic mode, held hostage by a foolish plan gone really really bad.
Theresa May has been cornered by her own party, which is plotting to get rid of her. She is mocked by the opposition and laughed at by the EU.
The only option left open to her is to try to win the hearts, or perhaps the underbellies, of voters, by finding an uncomplicated and easy-to-repeat narrative to justify her version of Brexit. The problem is that panic and politics aren’t a good mix.
If the worst comes to the worst, I can go back to Italy. British-born people, on the other hand, have no plan B.
Populist promises such as the one she made this morning to stop EU migrants “jumping the queue” spread resentment towards European citizens like me. Not only did we play no part in this mess, but we work here legally and contribute to the country in many different ways. We did not “jump the queue” but exercised the same general right of freedom of movement that allows British people to work in Berlin and Paris, or retire in Spain. Even so, our reward seems to be an increasingly hostile atmosphere, and infinite red tape when we attempt to apply for permanent residency to set our minds at rest.
I was born and grew up in Sicily and moved to London in 1996 shortly after I turned 20 years old.
I’ve put down roots here, made friends and created a wonderful family. Since I started working as a photographer I’ve paid my taxes and national insurance contributions and jumped no queues whatsoever. No, I’ve earned the benefits I enjoy – a happy and constructive existence in London – through sheer hard work.
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Since the referendum in 2016 I have noticed an alarming increase in both veiled and more explicit verbal abuse based on my nationality and my Mediterranean appearance. Living life in the face of this stigma is not always easy, but I have enough resources to stand my ground, and thanks to the broad support I receive from friends and colleagues I have the luxury of brushing nasty comments off with irony and a lot of sarcasm. However, this rise in anti-European feeling needs to be addressed and stopped, because it will end in people getting hurt.
The dog-whistling May did this morning achieves the exact opposite. It will give permission to any members of the general public who feel that we European citizens are not welcome here to bully, hassle us, or worse.
I believe that in the years ahead, as Brexit is exposed as a false solution and times become hard, there will need to be a scapegoat, someone to point at. May is laying the ground for that someone to be an innocent European national living in the UK.
I confess that I am shocked by the lack of a strong political counter-narrative to this xenophobia, with the exception of London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, who has been active in stressing the importance of EU nationals living in his city, and explaining how strength and growth is founded on pluralism.
Finally I find it strange that we are viewed with condescension even by the most liberal minds in this country. I’m often told: “Ah, you’ll be alright, you’ve been here for many years.” Many British people assume that as an Italian living in the UK I am only concerned about my future here. That is a worry, I suppose. But I have a broader perspective – I am worried for Britain as a whole.
What I am witnessing is the country I have chosen to live in taking a wrong turn. I am left with a feeling of deep disappointment in British institutions and British political common sense. I remember how my British friends used to mock Italy for electing Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister, and I loved the fact that I lived in a country that recognised how surreal Italian politics was. Honest, correct sensible Britain on the one hand and crazy, foolish corrupted Italy on the other.
Unfortunately the landscape has changed. If the worst comes to the worst, I can still go back to the crazy corrupted Italy we all loved to take the mickey out of. British-born people without another nationality, on the other hand, have no plan B. They are the ones who will be forced to deal with an unrecognisable Britain, bitter and corrupted, the victims of an Etonian gamble gone very wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... mped-queue
Nonsense -
If I had my time again, I too would head to Italy or Scicily, because that's where my heart lay before I got married in 1971, I love the country, it's people & it's history.
Unfortunately, mass migration is undermining that country's economy, none of those cost is affordable or funded by the E.U, which hasn't had it's accounts 'signed-off' in 20 years & people have the nerve to mention 'Fiat' currency, which the £ 'Sterling' is fast becoming through zero , real level interest rates.
I am against the E.U, I am not against any individual country in Europe, or individual from anywhere there, who has come here to improve their lot, I welcome them.
In or OUT of the E.U, we 'English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish, are 'European' by nature & outlook as well as nationalistic.
It's NOT just this country that is cooling rapidly on the E.U, other countries are too.
We do see, as well as care about how Greece or Italy are treated by the E.U & we resent that.
The 'problem' with structures like the E.U is that it imposes 'Liberal' elitist policies or 'social-engineering' that are not financed by revenues in advance, such as mass migration & the inflationary squeeze that is imposed as 'austerity' on those least able to afford it as a direct result of that.
There are limits, they have been grossly breached, on what each country can afford, when resources have\are not being created to meet those demands.
I have stated before that , there has never been any verifiable sources demonstrating actual cost-benefits arising from mass migration, yet, we feel all too readily those effects in our personal wealth declining year on year.
That tells ordinary people that, either the government's are spending any gains, as benefits to many migrants, or that the rich-better-off are receiving the 'dividends' from that migration, along with massive tax cuts-breaks & everyone else is paying the price.
If the latter, which means most of us, the situation is untenable, it's NOT the fault of migrants, but indigenous people are feeling more, each year, they are crying out, enough is enough.
They blame the E.U, pro-E.U politicians & their parties.
The 'solution' that CORBYN envisages, high wages for migrant workers, does NOT help, it PUSHES INFLATION UPWARDS & SCARCE RESOURCES FROM ANY 'GAINS' ARE SENT BACK HOME TO THE MIGRANT FAMILIES, WHILE OUR OVERSEAS AID IS £12 BILLION PER ANNUM.
EVERYONE that comes into this overcrowded country, needs resources or money from the state, money that is never available to others, which has to be taken as taxes or higher prices, to pay for such help in housing, health & benefits.
We are constantly lied to by politicians who are pro-migrant when it comes to 'benefits-cost' of such migration.
The fundamental problem or 'flaw' with the E.U is that is a monolithic, bureaucratic, structure, that has changed from it's inception through various treaties WITHOUT seeking the consent of the European people's for those changes.
Whereas hitherto, it was a structure of national communities, each with their sovereign power, mitigated only by the consent of those treaties, the structure is fast becoming that of a singular supranational state, where challenges to it's powers or policies will be thwarted by loss of vetoes, replaced by majority of voting.
Individual state power will be subordinated to the super-state-E.U, it will be acting like a sovereign state without challenge to it's authority, 'democracy' & freedom within will be relegated to the status of which 'Leavers' are now frequently subjected to, that of abuse.
Andre PREVIN : "Your playing all the 'wrong' notes" .
Eric MORECOMBE ; "I'm playing all the 'right' notes,but, not necessarily in the 'right' order".
Eric MORECOMBE ; "I'm playing all the 'right' notes,but, not necessarily in the 'right' order".