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I really liked my neighbour until she said this

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neighbourhoodwatch · 18/08/2022 23:00

I've recently moved to a new area and was talking to my neighbour, who I really like.

Somehow the conversation went to GPs and how you can never get appointments and basically have to beg to be seen nowadays.

She was saying how it didn't used for be that way... before...

She then went on to say that it's because of all the immigrants that have come into this country and how our country is too small to hold all these people.

She also talked about the illegals coming in on boats etc and how terrible it is.

I am immigrant. I didn't come on a boat and I have a good job etc. But essentially I came to this country. I've never claimed benefits or anything like that. I'm on a high salary etc and studied here etc etc. So, I'm well established. Essentially whenever people say stuff like that, alarm bells start ringing for me.

Am I seeing it too black and white ? It's just difficult when someone says stuff like this to someone who also came here..... as an immigrant...

OP posts:
woodhill · 29/08/2022 15:29

lollipoprainbow · 29/08/2022 15:14

*You wouldn't need to keep changing infrastructure though and all the environmental damage that results if you didn't keep importing so many people. Up until the prick that was Blair opening the floodgates, you didnt have half the problems we are facing today
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This this this

Yes he played a large part in this

spongedog · 01/09/2022 21:56

JassyRadlett · 26/08/2022 04:54

I don't know, what do you reckon?

Hoping the graphic shows up - assuming this very old data is even still valid - France - from which all of the 22k+ people (illegal immigrant) channel crossings to the Uk this year (end Aug so not even a full 12 months) start from is barely twice UK applications. Yet the land mass of France is at least 4*UK - population size used to be similar = perhaps that's no longer the case. So a much larger EU country is not doing as much as us. No shit sherlock.

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