Can we even define "English" ?
woody said:def - English - a huge and continuing mixture of different cultures!!
Bad-Wolf said:It is a very un popular thing to say I know. But in my mind all immigrants are illegal and should all be removed! Without exception!
England for the English!:engsmil:
read a report more than 10 years ago which stated the N.H.S. is over 70% staffed by immigrant workers, i presume you would rethink your comment if you or your family/friends were in desperate need of the medical service.Bad-Wolf said:It is a very un popular thing to say I know. But in my mind all immigrants are illegal and should all be removed! Without exception!
England for the English!:engsmil:
cashman said:read a report more than 10 years ago which stated the N.H.S. is over 70% staffed by immigrant workers, i presume you would rethink your comment if you or your family/friends were in desperate need of the medical service.
Bad-Wolf said:NO I would not. The NHS whilst indeed does have such a number working for them if indeed by now not a greater percentage.
The fact of the matter is that the only reason the NHS has so many immigrants working in it is becasuse of the extreme low wages and generally bad working conditions, of this we are all aware. The fact that so many immigrants work there only highlights the poor condidtion of our own governments situation and refusal to provide adequte teaching training and pay for NHS staff and many more areas beside. If you want a decent NHS kick out the government and replace it with a system that actually gives a toss about its people! If we had this we would have no need of any immigrants working in the system.
Many thanks Cashman for drawing our attention to the main cause of the problem!
lettie said:I think that all immigrants should be made to pay for their care for the first five years of living in this country until they have paid money into our system. This includes spouses of British citizens, but I also think that children's care should be free...
I'm pretty sure something like this is already enforced for legal immigrants, at least it is for russians. Nastya's visa has it clearly marked that she is not allowed to use any publicly funded system, ie NHS, she certainly can't claim the dole or get anything for nothing. But then again, I probably don't know the 'system'also if it was a requirement that before drawing any benefits (housing and such like) you had to have worked in this country for the 5 years and paid into the system.

woody said:def - English - a huge and continuing mixture of different cultures!!
Roy said:I'm pretty sure something like this is already enforced for legal immigrants, at least it is for russians. Nastya's visa has it clearly marked that she is not allowed to use any publicly funded system, ie NHS, she certainly can't claim the dole or get anything for nothing. But then again, I probably don't know the 'system'![]()
would hazard a guess lettie and thats all it is, could be that pakistan was part of the british commenwealth wereas russia wasn't???lettie said:Hehehe, you probably don't know the system Roy, or maybe our system is unfair. I have recently had dealings with our patient services dept, regarding a lady from Pakistan whos husband was born here. She had been here for less than a week and had never lived in this country before, when she turned up for healthcare. Patient services reckoned that she will get away without paying because spouses get free care. If this is the case for somebody from Pakistan, but not the case for somebody from Russia, then our system is not fair to all is it?

nearly 3 years later, did owt ever happen about this mani?ok so this guy my mate wants to report is not only illegal now but is now also workin though he's claimed he's studyin and will leave after his exams even though he's not goin to a college
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