Cmon Nick,
Do your good deed and take a few in,will make you feel as if your doing your bit.

"With over half of London's rough sleepers now being foreign nationals it is important that migrants who come to this country are able to support themselves so they do not become destitute"

Well, that accounts for London's 50% increase then!

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Ouch. Are you suggesting that the wonderful Labour Party allowed too many unskilled people through our borders?
When you read the records of all the parties it really brings it home how crap they all are.

Edited by Helmet46 (26 Feb 2015 8.46pm)

Because the economy and outlook is better than compared to then.

And other parts of the world, even close to home, are still s***ty.

Optimistic as ever

They all probably worked for Labour previously.

Actually, a number of investment experts are suggesting that Europe and Japanese economies are due for out performance this year and next, as both are now in the early stages of quantative easing, or stimulating the economy, a tactic already employed in the US and UK.

The immigration policy under both recent governments in the UK would have to be considered flawed by your measure Helmet, as both have presided over increased numbers. In Labour's defence, at least they never promised to reduce immigration and failed, unlike Cameron.

However, the idea that immigration to ageing nations is negative doesn't bare scrutiny. Countries such as ourselves, Italy, Germany and especially Japan need taxpayers to support increasing numbers of pensioners, and the birth rate isn't supplying them.

Japan, a far more insular country historically than the UK, is currently looking at ways of bringing in workers to settle, work and pay taxes to support their ageing population. We already have a supply of taxpayers from abroad who contribute far more than they take out; what's the problem with that?

I used to be immortal