There are many on the left who believe that we have to rectify the imbalances of Britain's colonial history with a 'white guilt' by having unlimited immigration and to hell with the consequences. Of course they see zero negatives because it doesn't fit in with the strange ideology and will never accept any facts or evidence to the contrary. To query this automatically means you are a racist or xenophobe. I guess you are in that camp?

Edited by Penge Eagle (21 Oct 2018 9.54pm)

Where on earth did you get that idea from?

doesn't this thread highlight that?

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I don't need to look for reasons why immigration is the most important issue when it isn't because i'm not pushing that agenda

I'm trying to research and understand why immigration bothers people so much in the face of facts that show it isn't a big problem (and in terms of EU freedom of movement has benefited our economy)

I want to believe it's not Xenephobia but I can't see any other reason

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I could list loads of reasons but I feel that it wouldn't change your mind. If you are genuinely interested, then there is a lot of information online regarding immigration and Brexit from a wide range of media outlets.

If there's a housing shortage then local and central government policy have not acted to resolve the problem, other factors such as right to buy, buy to let, ease of borrowing and lack of regulation in the housing sector all culminate in pushing up house prices. Instead of calling on these rational explanations people such as yourself look to blame another section of society, mainly from stories peddled by the right wing media

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There are many ways you could build social housing at low cost and if it's needed it should be done. What about the fact you cannot buy in Central London? only the mega rich can buy and that pushes up prices and spreads to the outskirts. Tax them more and use that to build more social housing

Immigration could be used as one factor for increased demand but you only pinpoint that over many contributory factors as you let your prejudices blind rational thought

Edited by Pussay Patrol (23 Oct 2018 6.17am)

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What 'right wing media'?

As for the illiterate idea that's never worked.

Tax the mega rich? What's that? The top one percent? Five percent? Are you living in the past? These people aren't nationally restricted.

This is what makes me so angry about the left....Don't you understand? Being 'mega rich' means you make your money nontaxable by use of accountants. And if you could somehow change that being 'mega rich' means you can leave.

Also, do you have even the slightest idea of how much money you need to build this social housing when your own policies are welcoming 300, 000 new people a year into the country when you have millions already waiting for homes?

So this make believe of 'taxing the rich' is just for the houses then.

In reality your idea just means money accelerates away from the country 'Lewis Hamilton' style.

The far left tell the poor they will improve things by talking economic make believe when in reality the result makes the poor poorer.

In reality your 'tax' is going to fall on the middle and lower middle class.

Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Oct 2018 9.41am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I wouldn't change income tax, i'm talking more about property taxes. I would put a tax on people with 2nd properties and increase council tax on properties over £1m. Use that to tackle homelessness and put into improving social housing

At the end of the day we have huge wealth in London and many expensive properties out of the reach of ordinary people, yet homelessness is at record levels and we allowed Grenfell to happen in one of the richest parts of the country. Big social imbalance, it's time to redress that

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That's not true, Lewis Hamilton's lifestyle is such that he is rarely in one place and he doesn't make his income in the UK so it makes sense for him to be based in a tax haven, you can't apply the same theory across the board

If you're happy for the rich and corporates to take advantage of taxloopholes and pay as little as possible, fine. I guess as long as ordinary folk blame immigrants for all the countries ills they can get away with it

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