UK seeks to attract high-skilled workers with points-based immigration system

[Loiner]

10 hours ago, candide said:

Benefits policy has never been decided by the EU.

No, but Europhiles within successive governments have done. Lying Tony Blair and socialists were only too pleased to nurture generations of a benefit-reliant populace. Closet socialists like Cameron were too. 

Eastern Europeans replaced those UK worker national resources with imported wage slaves, all in support of their precious EU Freedom of Movement principles. 

It was win - win for them, two sectors of society who would usually be Labour supporters. And they could rub the real conservatives’ noses in it. 

The cream on top for the metropolitans came with cheaper and compliant home help, tradesmen, and staff for their businesses. 

Well that’s all over now. 

[sanemax]

3 hours ago, puipuitom said:

Exactly, as many British retirees living in Thailand voted for.

Nothing to do with Brexit 

New rules were put in place to stop unemployed Brits getting mail ordered Thai brides and claiming benefits for them as a married couple .

   Theses days you have to earn enough money to support your new wife .

The days of unemployed Brits going to Pattaya to find a wife to get more benefits are long over 

[candide]

19 minutes ago, Loiner said:

No, but Europhiles within successive governments have done. Lying Tony Blair and socialists were only too pleased to nurture generations of a benefit-reliant populace. Closet socialists like Cameron were too. 

Eastern Europeans replaced those UK worker national resources with imported wage slaves, all in support of their precious EU Freedom of Movement principles. 

It was win - win for them, two sectors of society who would usually be Labour supporters. And they could rub the real conservatives’ noses in it. 

The cream on top for the metropolitans came with cheaper and compliant home help, tradesmen, and staff for their businesses. 

Well that’s all over now. 

I am confused. Didn't BoJo announce an increase in benefits?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-50278634

[simple1]

3 hours ago, Loiner said:

No, but Europhiles within successive governments have done. Lying Tony Blair and socialists were only too pleased to nurture generations of a benefit-reliant populace. Closet socialists like Cameron were too. 

Eastern Europeans replaced those UK worker national resources with imported wage slaves, all in support of their precious EU Freedom of Movement principles. 

It was win - win for them, two sectors of society who would usually be Labour supporters. And they could rub the real conservatives’ noses in it. 

The cream on top for the metropolitans came with cheaper and compliant home help, tradesmen, and staff for their businesses. 

Well that’s all over now. 

Not until 01/01/21, so in the meantime can expect a large volume of new arrivals. EU nationals will be working in UK in low paid jobs for many years ahead.

[samran]

Although Boris is on the record for wanting post Brexit free movement...

 

https://www.britishchamber.com/blog/britain-australia-should-forge-post-brexit-free-movement-pact-boris-johnson-hans-van-leeuwen

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/news/106628/liz-truss-says-brits-could-live-and-work

 

...it is just not EU free movement. 
 

The rest, if not already, is satire 

 

https://m.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/australia-politely-declines-boris-johnsons-invitation-to-become-their-new-spain/

 

 

[bannork]

6 hours ago, HauptmannUK said:

So the UK wants 'highly skilled' immigrants like engineers and IT specialists who can speak English?

GOOD NEWS - India and Pakistan produce these graduates in vast numbers (1.5 million engineering graduates a year in India). Even better news - most cannot find employment in their own countries (80% of engineers unemployed in India) and are immediately available to take up positions in the UK....

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/80-engineers-are-unemployed-how-can-we-prepare-engineers-for-the-jobs-of-tomorrow-1468240-2019-03-01

And now as foreigners will not be allowed to do unskilled, low paying jobs, we shall see those jobs filled by the English working class, the under class, serving food to and cleaning the offices of the richer foreigners.

Sovereignty boys! You've got it back. Now hurry up and serve that group of Indian engineers.

[samran]

42 minutes ago, bannork said:

And now as foreigners will not be allowed to do unskilled, low paying jobs, we shall see those jobs filled by the English working class, the under class, serving food to and cleaning the offices of the richer foreigners.

Sovereignty boys! You've got it back. Now hurry up and serve that group of Indian engineers.

We all know Brexit won’t be enough for them though.

 

They’ll soon be whining that the Indian fellow with an advanced degree from MIT stole his job which he should have been a shoe in for with his four solid GCSE passes. 

[bannork]

Priti Patel admits her parents probably wouldn't have qualified to enter the UK under rules her government will introduce.

She also said some of the 8.45 million people who are inactive economically could take the jobs previously done by migrants.

Unfortunately, only 1.87 million of that total want a job.

Never mind, eh, robots can take up some of the slack.

I can see it now- robots bent double in the Kent sunshine, picking strawberries, robots tenderly caring for the sick and elderly, and of course, serving breakfast to commuters on the 6.45 to Paddington.

https://www.bbc.com/news/51560120

 

 

Edited February 20, 2020 by bannork

[ThomasThBKK]

58 minutes ago, bannork said:

And now as foreigners will not be allowed to do unskilled, low paying jobs, we shall see those jobs filled by the English working class, the under class, serving food to and cleaning the offices of the richer foreigners.

Sovereignty boys! You've got it back. Now hurry up and serve that group of Indian engineers.

 

 

As long as these UK peasants use a Dyson vacuum cleaner for their new jobs the elite will be pleased enough. 

 

 

[tomacht8]

At the end of the financial year ending March 2019, UK general government gross debt was £1,821.3 billion, equivalent to 85.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) (Table 1 and Figure 1). This represents an increase of £57.5 billion since the end of the financial year ending March 2018.

 

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicspending/bulletins/ukgovernmentdebtanddeficitforeurostatmaast/march2019

 

Immigration points card doesn't matter if the general economic data get out of hand. And the Brexit costs are still to come. The UK will most likely reach the 2 trillion debt mark in 2021.

 

 

[evadgib]

1 hour ago, bannork said:

And now as foreigners will not be allowed to do unskilled, low paying jobs, we shall see those jobs filled by the English working class, the under class, serving food to and cleaning the offices of the richer foreigners.

Sovereignty boys! You've got it back. Now hurry up and serve that group of Indian engineers.

British! ????

[tomacht8]

17 minutes ago, tomacht8 said:

At the end of the financial year ending March 2019, UK general government gross debt was £1,821.3 billion, equivalent to 85.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) (Table 1 and Figure 1). This represents an increase of £57.5 billion since the end of the financial year ending March 2018.

 

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicspending/bulletins/ukgovernmentdebtanddeficitforeurostatmaast/march2019

 

Immigration points card doesn't matter if the general economic data get out of hand. And the Brexit costs are still to come. The UK will most likely reach the 2 trillion debt mark in 2021.

 

 

Still as a supplement:

Source: statista

European Union: Public debt in the member states in the third quarter of 2019

Uk : 2.088,87 Billion

 

The truth will be somewhere in the middle.

 

John Pullinger UK National Statistician:

 

"Furthermore, we remain strongly committed to co-operating closely with our colleagues in National Statistical Institutes and other producers of statistics across the EU and beyond to produce high-quality statistics, analysis and advice for the public good."

[JonnyF]

2 hours ago, bannork said:

And now as foreigners will not be allowed to do unskilled, low paying jobs, we shall see those jobs filled by the English working class, the under class, serving food to and cleaning the offices of the richer foreigners.

Sovereignty boys! You've got it back. Now hurry up and serve that group of Indian engineers.

Plenty of British working class working as cleaners, serving food already. Better than being on the dole.

 

You have an issue with white people serving food to foreigners/non-whites? You prefer we import the subclass of India to do this?

Edited February 20, 2020 by JonnyF

[samran]

31 minutes ago, evadgib said:

British! ????

You are just replacing one migrant class with another. 
 

The downward envy will soon be replaced by upward envy. All tied up with higher prices, cause you know skilled migrants earn more and bid up the price of everything! 

[melvinmelvin]

 

sorting immigration so that highly skilled workers slip through:

 

is that supposed to be a stopgap or a lasting measure and answer to the need for such workers?

 

how about turning more Brits into high skilled workers? an option at all?

[samran]

1 minute ago, melvinmelvin said:

 

sorting immigration so that highly skilled workers slip through:

 

is that supposed to be a stopgap or a lasting measure and answer to the need for such workers?

 

how about turning more Brits into high skilled workers? an option at all?

It always has been cheaper to essentially steal foreigners to work.
 

What’s not to like about it? Another country pays for their education, and if they don’t, they pay you to come and study in your country. 
 

The newly minted workers then are ready to go, at no cost to you, to work and pay taxes. 

[tomacht8]

1 hour ago, ThomasThBKK said:

 

 

As long as these UK peasants use a Dyson vacuum cleaner for their new jobs the elite will be pleased enough. 

 

 

Dyson is smart.

He is or was a noisy Brexiter.

As is well known, his new high-tech research laboratory is in Singapore since .... 2? - 3? Years.

 

 

[elliss]

19 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Employers, and all other organizations, have to adapt to changes.

 

 

 No more Polish plumbers , or bricklayers .   UK construction companies in dire straits.

The vast number of unemployed graduates in the UK, may need to get their hands dirty ,  OMG..

 

 

Edited February 20, 2020 by elliss

[samran]

Just now, elliss said:

 

 

 No more Polish plumbers , or brickies 

UK construction companies in dire straits..

 

Inflated construction costs. Ah well, plenty of native young lads to fill the gap, you know the same native young lads who were too precious to work hard when Johnny Foreigner - who despite not speaking the language and not having any local connections - came over and ‘took’ it all from them! 

[vinny41]

3 hours ago, bannork said:

And now as foreigners will not be allowed to do unskilled, low paying jobs, we shall see those jobs filled by the English working class, the under class, serving food to and cleaning the offices of the richer foreigners.

Sovereignty boys! You've got it back. Now hurry up and serve that group of Indian engineers.

No problem that is why Westminster is so keen to retain Scotland and the people of Scotland always knew they would be come useful one day

[vogie]

33 minutes ago, bannork said:

No, the Scots and Irish will soon be off. Okay they'll be a few Taffs amongst the English peasants

 

Sorry to disappoint you but new polls show otherwise.

 

Irish unity would be supported by just 29% of voters, with 52% against, the poll of 2,000 people organised by Liverpool University and Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council found. The remaining 19% said they did not know how they would vote.

If ‘don’t knows’ are excluded, the figures show 65% to 35% in favour of remaining within the United Kingdom, the survey showed.

[evadgib]

27 minutes ago, bannork said:

No, the Scots and Irish will soon be off. Okay they'll be a few Taffs amongst the English peasants.

'Soon'?

Do please enlighten the 'Taffs and English peasants' (along with the casual rejoiners & Ponti's loitering on the boards) as to when and where you lot think you're going; I'm all ????????.

Edited February 20, 2020 by evadgib

[CharlieH]

Reported Troll comment removed.

[vogie]

15 minutes ago, evadgib said:

'Soon'?

Do please enlighten the 'Taffs and English peasants' (along with the casual rejoiners & Ponti's loitering on the boards) as to when and where you lot think you're going; I'm all ????????.

I believe he said he left the UK 38 years ago so he may be forgiven for not realising that the Scots have had a referendum during that time and they voted to remain within the UK.

 

Edited February 20, 2020 by vogie

[Boomer6969]

21 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Australia has had a similar points system for years. Works well.

Australia's immigration policy, is the the model every country in the world should follow: an intelligent balance between humanitarian duties and economic interests.

[bannork]

1 hour ago, vogie said:

I believe he said he left the UK 38 years ago so he may be forgiven for not realising that the Scots have had a referendum during that time and they voted to remain within the UK.

 

The Scots will go once they realise the damage Brexit is doing.

[vogie]

1 hour ago, bannork said:

The Scots will go once they realise the damage Brexit is doing.

What damage is Brexit doing, never been more people in work, the economy is booming. Just because the referendum didn't go the way you would have liked it to have done, that should not mean you wish the UK to implode, not going to happen.

[bannork]

9 minutes ago, vogie said:

What damage is Brexit doing, never been more people in work, the economy is booming. Just because the referendum didn't go the way you would have liked it to have done, that should not mean you wish the UK to implode, not going to happen.

I certainly do not wish Old Blighty to implode but alas, I fear you are all doomed by the Brexit madness. 

But let us see how it plays out over the next year. 

Time will soon tell 

[samran]

2 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

Australia's immigration policy, is the the model every country in the world should follow: an intelligent balance between humanitarian duties and economic interests.

It’s a decent system, but still it relies on attracting low skilled workers via a number of parallel schemes. Additionally a number of FTAs Australia has signed allows the waiving of labour market testing.

 

Overall however, the numbers of migrants via the formal programme will give the average brexiter heartburn (250k+ per year for Australia). 
 

And after 10 years of running such a programme, the average ‘leave’ voter who also may have had issues with Poles and other Eastern Europeans will be having regular embolisms with the make up of their cities given nationalities of those who make use of such schemes...

[Loiner]

4 hours ago, elliss said:

 

 

 No more Polish plumbers , or bricklayers .   UK construction companies in dire straits.

The vast number of unemployed graduates in the UK, may need to get their hands dirty ,  OMG..

 

 

Great. This is what we voted for. 

Get the EU job grabbers out and UK yoof off the benefits and into jobs. 

The remaining UK skilled tradesmen will also be put back into it, no longer being undercut by the cheap imports.