EU immigration row / time to get out

Discussion of the latest Peak Oil news (please also check the Website News area below)

Moderator: Peak Moderation

User avatar
emordnilap
Posts: 14814
Joined: 05 Sep 2007, 16:36
Location: here

Post by emordnilap »

There's another problem with politics - you might like single policies from several different parties.

It's easy being me - I like no existing policies, nor any political parties.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
User avatar
RenewableCandy
Posts: 12777
Joined: 12 Sep 2007, 12:13
Location: York

Post by RenewableCandy »

Nick Griffin has taken up T.V. cooking! Yes really :)
Soyez réaliste. Demandez l'impossible.
Stories
The Price of Time
Tarrel
Posts: 2466
Joined: 29 Nov 2011, 22:32
Location: Ross-shire, Scotland
Contact:

Post by Tarrel »

RenewableCandy wrote:Nick Griffin has taken up T.V. cooking! Yes really :)
"Traditional British fare". I wonder if that includes black pudding?
Engage in geo-engineering. Plant a tree today.
User avatar
RenewableCandy
Posts: 12777
Joined: 12 Sep 2007, 12:13
Location: York

Post by RenewableCandy »

Or Irish Stew...have a look at the comments :)
Soyez réaliste. Demandez l'impossible.
Stories
The Price of Time
User avatar
biffvernon
Posts: 18538
Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
Location: Lincolnshire
Contact:

Post by biffvernon »

Seems migration is ok for the rich. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... gners.html
kenneal - lagger
Site Admin
Posts: 14290
Joined: 20 Sep 2006, 02:35
Location: Newbury, Berkshire
Contact:

Post by kenneal - lagger »

They forgot about buying a football club as a way to get a visa!! This would seem to cause large scale unemployment in this country

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

among football managers!! :D
Action is the antidote to despair - Joan Baez
User avatar
Catweazle
Posts: 3388
Joined: 17 Feb 2008, 12:04
Location: Petite Bourgeois, over the hills

Post by Catweazle »

RenewableCandy wrote:Nick Griffin has taken up T.V. cooking! Yes really :)
Well, he has to save the pennies now....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25590155
User avatar
emordnilap
Posts: 14814
Joined: 05 Sep 2007, 16:36
Location: here

Post by emordnilap »

biffvernon wrote:An international Law of Ecocide may be an unrealistic pipe-dream, but I'm campaigning for it. The campaign itself draws attention to the problem so the journey may be worthwhile even if we don't reach the destination.
More about ecocide.
The concept of ecocide reflects a worldview where humans are part of living systems, instead of dominating them, where nature is valuable in itself, not just as a resource for humans. The need for such a cultural shift is growing, and support for a law of ecocide is actually not very far away. When the Rome Statute was negotiated, ecocide was considered for inclusion, but was left out for unclear reasons.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
User avatar
AndySir
Posts: 485
Joined: 23 Jun 2006, 14:10

Post by AndySir »

Since this thread has been bumped, I wonder if the complete absence of a Bulgarian and Romanian invasion has altered UE's (and others) opinions at all?
extractorfan
Posts: 988
Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
Location: Ricky
Contact:

Post by extractorfan »

True, there are a lot here but they were here already working as self-employed. I've not seen any increase (nor decrease) in Romanian nationals at work.
User avatar
PS_RalphW
Posts: 6977
Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
Location: Cambridge

Post by PS_RalphW »

We've had a large Polish minority around here for at least a decade. I heard a couple of brickies talking in what sounded like Russian to me yesterday, but I'm not sure I tell Russian from similar languages.

When I was in Cypress recently I discovered there is widespread use of Filipino women as house maids and home nursing care on the island, and more recently Nepali and Bangladeshi women. They are recruited by legal agencies, but have dubious legal status, are widely exploited and kept in servitude, or even slavery. Passports confiscated, barely paid, unable to read their own contracts (written in Greek) and left with unpayable debts to the recruitment agencies.

My wife's cousin has set up the 'unofficial Nepali embassy' (There is no Nepali embassy or consulate in Cypress) and runs a low key support network, getting them legal support, fighting extradition, getting them paid agricultural work (plenty of that on the island). It makes him very unpopular with the local powers that be.
kenneal - lagger
Site Admin
Posts: 14290
Joined: 20 Sep 2006, 02:35
Location: Newbury, Berkshire
Contact:

Post by kenneal - lagger »

PS_RalphW wrote:............. It makes him very unpopular with the local powers that be.
Much as I love the Greeks, that's not a place I would like to be ... I would be very careful if I were him.
Action is the antidote to despair - Joan Baez
User avatar
biffvernon
Posts: 18538
Joined: 24 Nov 2005, 11:09
Location: Lincolnshire
Contact:

Post by biffvernon »

AndySir wrote: I wonder if the complete absence of a Bulgarian and Romanian invasion has altered UE's (and others) opinions at all?
It hasn't altered UKIP's policies, but since they are not founded on rational analysis of facts, altering the facts cannot be expected to result in change.
Little John

Post by Little John »

AndySir wrote:Since this thread has been bumped, I wonder if the complete absence of a Bulgarian and Romanian invasion has altered UE's (and others) opinions at all?
Not in the slightest. Firstly, because only someone as disingenuous as yourself would choose to insert the word "invasion" in order to mischaracterize both the substance and tone of our position and, secondly, because of a deliberately constructed false dichotomy on your part to assume that our position is predicated on whether or not one particular influx from one particular location occurs at one specific time.
Last edited by Little John on 25 Apr 2014, 17:31, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
UndercoverElephant
Posts: 13499
Joined: 10 Mar 2008, 00:00
Location: UK

Post by UndercoverElephant »

biffvernon wrote:
AndySir wrote: I wonder if the complete absence of a Bulgarian and Romanian invasion has altered UE's (and others) opinions at all?
It hasn't altered UKIP's policies, but since they are not founded on rational analysis of facts, altering the facts cannot be expected to result in change.
Look who's talking. Since when was your own position based on an analysis of facts, Biff Vernon? Your position on everything non-scientific is driven by ideology and wishful thinking, not facts.
Post Reply