General Chat

So Mac - "If I had a choice, I would choose the best, irrespective of Race, Colour or Creed"

If we apply that to the population, maybe there are some English people who could stand to be exported, to make room for some better non-English people to take their place ...

And you do get a choice. If you think people of colour should not be getting in, you stick to your principles and suffer the gallstones rather than have an immigrant doctor operate on you. Easy.

waves to brian .....lolol.xxx

Recent genetic studies by Oppenheimer and Sykes suggest that the true "Britons" are a Basque people from central Iberia. Immigration by Celts, Romans Angles Saxons Vikings etc has had no more than a 5% influence on the overwhelming genetic ancestry of "the English". They also believe that the British spoke a Germanic language long before the Angles and Saxons arrived.
Google it!

I am of Paternal haplogroup I- the original Cro-Magnon inhabitants of Britain- so all you immigrants go back where you came from!

xxxxx mick

Just out of interest - why are immigrants described as 'people of colour'?
There have been lots of immigrants to Britain that aren't 'of colour' - and some are Moslem!!!
Just after the war - lots of 'people of no colour' immigrants were Jewish!!!

Here's my view - we are all part of the human race. By accident of birth, I was fortunate enough to be born here - where we have a very good quality of life.

There's no need to over-populate this tiny island - much better that we give of our good fortune to others much less lucky than us. And if that means a few points on tax, then I'm quite happy with that.
Sue x

I don't think immigrants are described as "people of colour", Maggie. Have you ever heard someone refer to, oh, Poles as people of colour?

Until the Poles, did anybody much object to people of no colour immigrating to the UK? Do many such people immigrate to the UK?


The English have emigrated all over this green earth for centuries. Usually without meeting any points test. Usually without even asking, in fact. Sometimes, things just come back and bite ya.


suzian, btw, has an excellent point.

If there were greater social and economic justice in many places, fewer would be wanting to leave them.

And one reason for there being so little social and economic justice in some places is the past and present behaviour of countries with political and economic power. Like ours.

If your country's dictator had been good friends with some other country's leaders, wouldn't you think that other country maybe owed you a hand?