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5th March 2013, 07:31 PM
#21
Jim we got on well with the Germans there was not much difference from our way of thinking or our way of life and they knew we were only passing through.jp
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5th March 2013, 07:54 PM
#22
If you could.
For years people in places like Minehead and Skegness have relied on the summer season work in Butlins.People including young people have been contacting the job centres in those areas asking when are Butlins starting to recruit for the summer,also contacting Butlins direct only tobe told lies that they are not yet recruiting.The Sunday Mirror investigated,the holiday firm are recruiting in Poland,Hungary,the Czech Republic,Lithuania,Latvia and Slovakia rather than hire jobless locals at their flagship sites.Job Bank inBrasov Romania claimed"British employers prefer Poles and Romanians because British workers have a drink problem and are lazy.They are unreliable because they dont wasnt to work"Bourne Leisure who own butlins also own 35 Haven holiday sites and Warner Leisure Hotels.They are recruiting in Poland an agency there say that they have found 9.000 Poles to work in the UK. One of the agencies tell the applicants the average cost of living in the UK is £70/100 pw.Over 21's will be paid £6.19 per hour .18 to 20 year olds will bepaid £4.98 per hour. employees are charged about £30 pw for their accommodation.I think that these companies should pay some kind of Selective Employment Tax for each foreign worker employed,also it should be publisised for people of the UK not to use the facilities.Polish workers who have worked there before are warning Poles thinking of working there not to claiming that they will be paid £300 fortnightly after deductions for accommodation.
Regards.
Jim.B.
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5th March 2013, 08:10 PM
#23
Germany has said it will put the blocks on Rumanian and Bulgarians going to Germany next January,.
Cameron the whimp says nothing.
Last week Cameron was in India telling them to come to Britain.
whats all that about.
The man is a nut case.
Brian
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5th March 2013, 09:22 PM
#24
jim so really its greed on our behalf to bring immigrants to this country it needs looking into if we will not work for that wage why should anyone else its next to slave labour?jp
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5th March 2013, 09:50 PM
#25
John the DNA files for lifesaving is pretty good also for faster detection of crims to save time effort and paperwork
I think right or wrong i dot not victimize anyone for nationality religion politics or colour of skin the group i picked on were the ones that have no regard for life or rights of anyone as long as they get to sell and use the drugs they themselves chose this lifestyle and claim it was forced on them, So there might have been some name calling but they were not tied up and forced physically to get addicted they still had a chance to say no
Murder = hang them witnessed and caught on film faster hanging no trial if anyone asks what about there human rights they gave that up when they decided to kill
Manslaughter depends on how it was done but hanging is still up there on the list IE drunk driver killing someone 1 they chose to drink knowing they would be driving 2 they chose to drive knowing they had been drinking (no accident they chose to do that on both counts so you cant choose to have an accident )
I know both dealers and users in the same old cycle the get caught do time (come home saying how good and clean the prison was its like holiday camp) go to pub meet old friends tell them business is back to normal next week and start all over again they have no intention giving up , With the rules and regulations in prisons they are better cared for than the pensioners in this country with 3 meals a day tv PlayStations and whatever
I am not going to go all biblical on this but there is a lot to be said for the old eye for an eye laws of years gone by
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5th March 2013, 10:04 PM
#26
Jim posted
One of the agencies tell the applicants the average cost of living in the UK is £70/100 pw.Over 21's will be paid £6.19 per hour .18 to 20 year olds will bepaid £4.98 per hour. employees are charged about £30 pw for their accommodation
At them rates you can afford to live on minimum wage but try living off that when paying proper rent and bills £30 a week try finding a place for under £125 a week add your bills on that transport to and from work taxes and a kebab treat 1 night a week (said kebab its half the price of traditional chippy tea )
As for the drink problem and lazy yep sorry guilty as charged big problem i cant afford the drink and lazy as i refuse to work overtime for normal rates or even as in some cases no extra pay at all
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5th March 2013, 10:15 PM
#27
lads i have seen it with my own eyes the migrants living in bedsit land 6 to a room one hot meal a day communal TV room bum wages but no tax no council tax no mortgage so the wages they are paid although small to us they are about £300.00 ahead on us with no taxes to be paid employers can hire 3 immigrants to 1 British worker its not rocket science. but this needs to stop thats why we should get out of the eu we are hanging ourselves work wise our young will never get jobs fact.jp
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6th March 2013, 10:22 AM
#28
drop in the bucket
Hi Shipmates, watching a debate from the house of lords on T.V. last night in the U.K. they are 10,000 children from overseas countries who have been dumped in the U.K illegal in the last 3 years, by parents or criminals gangs under 18yrs old every one must be looked after by the U.K. taxpayer its the law avg cost £1.500 a week. Non british woman cost the U.K a fortune for child care cost many come here for dual nationality if baby born here, Every new Asylum seeker gets £168 a week off the home office = soon as they get here ?+ free board , untill house or flat found rent free??? no council tax to pay or any household bills , The house of lords wants to put this up the £168 a week far too low, to live on ??? Many Asylum seekers have been on this for 7 years+ they are not allowed to work How many are here on this ??? The last figures 2010, over 120,000 + in Bradford, swansea, sheffield, london bristol notts, hull leicester What is Mr Cameron or the home office doing about this nothing?
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6th March 2013, 11:51 AM
#29
RE Brian's Post #17 . I blame a lot of this current mess on the Labour’s controversial mass immigration policy by claiming that Britain cannot succeed unless it opens its borders to more people from different backgrounds. Tony Blair said it was 'right’ that the country was made up of different cultures and faiths mixing together. Mr Blair added that migrants had made Britain 'stronger’ and said those calling for greater curbs on foreigners entering the country were wrong.His comments come just days after official figures revealed that the population is expected to soar by the equivalent of a city the size of Leeds every year for the next decade.A defiant Mr Blair insisted his party’s policy on immigration was the right one. He said: 'It’s been a very positive thing and there is no way for a country like Britain to succeed in the future unless it is open to people of different colours, faiths and cultures.’Under Labour, up to 5.5million people born outside the UK arrived as long-term migrants. Between 1997 and 2010, around 2.3million left the country, meaning the UK population increased by around 3.2million as a direct result of foreign migrants . That idiot is the cause behind the current ghetto culture , Hey but his wife is a human rights Lawyer , I bet she loves the Human Rights of the Foreigner too . I recognise that this fine land opened its doors to the dispossessed for three hundred years and risked its existence to defend European Freedom , but Racist , for believing in Britain for the Black , Yellow , Brown , funny speaking , curly haired , short , tall , fat and thin , who want to be British , and not just like a Mosquito bleed the body of us dry . The cry of Racist is too easy nowadays , I don't care what colour or creed or religion anyone is , who wants to live here I care that they live here because they want to be BRITISH , After they get that principle they can even choose to be a Jock , Taff , Geordie , Brummie , Scummer janner or even run a Kebab shop in Bolton . AS LONG as they love our Queen , respect our flag , and think Manchester United is ****
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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6th March 2013, 12:03 PM
#30
before we can even start to sort this mess out the gravy train has got to stop for at least 5 years and clear the books of who should actually be here and deport any that should not. but will government listen to sense i cant see it happening?.jp
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