SP's problem is how to get transfer fees down to an acceptable level so Palace can compete.

But brexit, he is p****g in the wind.

If you were not subject to the FA and FIFA it would look great but it is the real world and everybody else is.

The answer is to produce the future Wilfrid Zaha's and Wan-Bissaka's from the clubs academy system, with occasional expensive players coming in.

Where does SP think Willan, Richarlison, Sanchez Bernard and other PL imports actually come from? South America not Europe.

If only there was some untapped reserve of talent somewhere desperate to join Palace, I am afraid the net is so intense all the other clubs are there in a flash.

If there is a plus somewhere in brexit for SP good and well, but it is an intangible risk.

Still that is where his business acumen comes in, that flair for opportunism?

Pluses and minuses we know not what they will be.

You are so so so wrong. European workers are not the problem it's the politicians for allowing mass immigration to affect our way of life.

It happened to fast to quick and benefited large corperations wanting cheap labour to boost profits.

Us the public however have rising house prices ,less police. (Yes, less police with a rising population, go figure)
NHS is skint
Our council's are skint

So what was the bloody point.

So no I'm pretty pissed of with how the usless governments have treated us.

So if all the foreign people left, house prices would go down, there'd be more police, NHS would be fantastic, council services would be amazing ?

What bit of too fast too quick do people not understand. No one even people from the right are saying stop immigration totally. That's just what the left do to close debate.

Moderation dear boy, ever heard of it.

Do we have open boarders to the rest of the world. YES OR NO?

OK I get it, the rise in house prices has nothing to do with the lack of housebuilding, legislation, ease of borrowing / low interest rates. It's all the immigrants fault. The NHS struggling has nothing to do with people living longer, the obesity crisis, cuts or mismanagement. It's all the immigrants fault. Less Police has nothing to with 20,000 less police due to cuts. It's all the immigrants fault

I often wondered why politicians say that low paid foreign workers actually benefit the country so recently I used a benefits calculator to get an idea of cost. Of course these are assumptions and you can argue whether my assumptions are correct but I still think you will arrive at a similar conclusion that it costs the taxpayer a lot of money.

I used a benefits calculator from Citizens Advice these were my assumptions:

I am a young married man with a wife who doesn't work because she looks after our 2 children 1 of which is under 5.

I earn the minimum wage and work a 35 hour week so my salary is 14-15k.

I privately rent a 3 bedroom house in London which costs me £500 per week.

After my personal tax allowance I pay £300 pa income tax plus a few hundred for National Insurance

I pay £1500 pa council tax bottom line I contribute £2-3k pa to the Treasury.

According to the calculator I am entitled to Universal Credit benefits of:

£20k pa

In other words I cost the taxpayer net 18k pa and that doesn't include the 4k I maybe entitled to for child care although she is currently looking after them.

The cost does not include education, healthcare and other public services which presumably I and my family would use.

Now you may argue the salary is too low or the rent too high, feel free to do your own calculations, but I think it is clear it costs the taxpayer a lot of money.

Now if it is for a care worker in the NHS that may well be worth it but if Starbucks wants staff ?

I often wondered why politicians say that low paid foreign workers actually benefit the country so recently I used a benefits calculator to get an idea of cost. Of course these are assumptions and you can argue whether my assumptions are correct but I still think you will arrive at a similar conclusion that it costs the taxpayer a lot of money.

I used a benefits calculator from Citizens Advice these were my assumptions:

I am a young married man with a wife who doesn't work because she looks after our 2 children 1 of which is under 5.

I earn the minimum wage and work a 35 hour week so my salary is 14-15k.

I privately rent a 3 bedroom house in London which costs me £500 per week.

After my personal tax allowance I pay £300 pa income tax plus a few hundred for National Insurance

I pay £1500 pa council tax bottom line I contribute £2-3k pa to the Treasury.

According to the calculator I am entitled to Universal Credit benefits of:

£20k pa

In other words I cost the taxpayer net 18k pa and that doesn't include the 4k I maybe entitled to for child care although she is currently looking after them.

The cost does not include education, healthcare and other public services which presumably I and my family would use.

Now you may argue the salary is too low or the rent too high, feel free to do your own calculations, but I think it is clear it costs the taxpayer a lot of money.

Now if it is for a care worker in the NHS that may well be worth it but if Starbucks wants staff ?

How does replacing the foreign worker with a British worker resolve that problem?

The British worker is already here and we have a responsibility to them first.

We should be pushing companies to pay workers better salaries and so decrease the burden on the taxpayer. One way of doing that is to reduce the influx of cheap foreign labour thereby forcing employers to raise wages. Now if companies really cannot find British workers then fine import the labour but the companies should pay them a decent wage and not rely on the taxpayer.

As for vital public service roles rather than pay low wages and subside them with benefits how about we just pay better wages.