I genuinely don't understand why you think any politician would have any "self interest" in immigration. They will all know that immigration is not a vote winner so the only possible reason is economic necessity.

There really aren't the immigration "woes" that so many here get their knickers in a twist over. They exist only in the minds of a few most directly affected and in some population pockets.

That some thought they knew better some years ago and are chortling with indignation now means nothing. They neither had the responsibility then to try to see the big picture nor do they have any idea what things would actually be like if we had failed to bring in needed labour. One of my businesses would have had to have been shut down had I not been able to recruit from overseas. The UK labour was not available. How would that have benefited anyone, including all the other employees?

I genuinely don't understand why you think any politician would have any "self interest" in immigration. They will all know that immigration is not a vote winner so the only possible reason is economic necessity.

There really aren't the immigration "woes" that so many here get their knickers in a twist over. They exist only in the minds of a few most directly affected and in some population pockets.

That some thought they knew better some years ago and are chortling with indignation now means nothing. They neither had the responsibility then to try to see the big picture nor do they have any idea what things would actually be like if we had failed to bring in needed labour. One of my businesses would have had to have been shut down had I not been able to recruit from overseas. The UK labour was not available. How would that have benefited anyone, including all the other employees?

So once again we have claims being made that don't stand up. Let me quote from the report I referenced:-

"The GDP value per capita of a country is an excellent way of measuring the wealth of a country because it takes into account the standard of living. By taking the GDP of a country and comparing it to the GDP of another country, you'll be able to accurately determine which country is richer than another, with a few other factors being taken into consideration as well."

That makes perfect sense. People are not wealthy because of the size of a country's population or it's economy. What matters is their individual standard of living.

By simple size of economy China is the second biggest, but per capita doesn't feature in the top 55. Would you think yourself rich just because there are a lot of you?

Overall economic power might bring with it political clout but it is not an accurate measure of how rich a country is. Therefore the UK is richer than Japan and there is nothing disingenuous about stating that truth.

The Mayor of London owes his job to a certain demographic.
Companies outsourcing call centre jobs is a purely economic decision. The number of people able to do them is unlimited - even people who don’t have English as a first language can be employed.

The Mayor of London owes his job to a certain demographic.
Companies outsourcing call centre jobs is a purely economic decision. The number of people able to do them is unlimited - even people who don’t have English as a first language can be employed.

From all I heard he was voted for by many sections of the community as being the most suitable candidate and for no other reason at all.

Many call centres would not exist if they weren't centred abroad! Companies don't have bottomless pits for such services nor consumers wanting to pay the additional costs of running them in the UK, let alone the staff willing to do such jobs.

There are many millions of people whose first language may not be English but whose English is better than many who are born here. My own wife being an example. She outscored all of her fellow students on the course she recently completed.