Hellon
8 years ago
I know we have a few UK members on here so...if you don't mind saying, how did you vote? What are things like over there right now? Your pound has taken a bashing today so...what will the long term effects be? I believe Scotland wanted out...and probably Ireland...not sure how the votes went with Wales but, England was a mixed bag. I do remember my dad never wanted to join in the first place and that was over 40 years ago (I think) so...what's going on over there? How about members from other countries...how is affecting you? |
hiraeth
8 years ago
A majority of Scotland wanted to stay, and I think the same is true of north Ireland? I think Scotland would start pushing to leave the UK to rejoin the EU. |
Sunshine
8 years ago
I'm an outsider, however in regard of Scottish people, they are on the edge of a second independence referendum to rejoin EU afterwards. |
hiraeth
8 years ago
Lol came across something, that I wanted to share. |
Ben Pickard
8 years ago
Rania - all of that was expected to happen immediately after and the markets are expected to bounce back fairly quickly. |
Bob Shank
8 years ago
It was reported that scotland overwhelmingly voted to stay. This will definitely affect them through trade and other agreements. It has effected stock markets throughout the world. Exclusion is never a good thing, but america itself was founded (not really discovered) on such a principle. It's not the end of the world, however I think it will be a long long time before their economy can recover from such a move, not that it was all that great to begin with. Hopefully they'll keep trump over there with them, maybe he can make the UK great again......"sarcasm" |
Britt
8 years ago
I'm going to go into this admitting I am naive and ignorant to what is happening, so please be kind, I'm trying to learn :) |
hiraeth
8 years ago
Stay Side: |
Britt
8 years ago
Thanks, Mark! Is there anything you don't know? Haha!! |
Bob Shank
8 years ago
Britt, |
Britt
8 years ago
I didn't really have much of an opinion either way and still not 100% sure. I don't have time at the moment to really look into it, but so often from the media we are told what we want, so it's nice to hear from people who are actually there. Economically it sounds like it makes sense just based on the quick facts of it, but there definitely always is another underlying agenda that has a lot more to do with underground money, really. I'm such a conspiracy theorist. lol |
Hellon
8 years ago
Looks like you caught me out Mark! Just thought I'd put some wrong information up to see if anyone actually reads these posts when it's not about Donald or Hillary..seems like they actually do haha!! |
Ben Pickard
8 years ago
Bob |
Bob Shank
8 years ago
The problem we have in Britain is that we have a real generational divide between those who are white and think immigration has ruined Britain and taken away our identity (the older generation) and those who are multicultural and have grown up with free borders and integration (The younger generation). There has been discord there for a long time whereas the government has always pushed integration (that may change now, granted). In truth, and this is fact and not my opinion, there are too many people living in Britain now and it's on the dramatic rise so immigration has to be looked at, purely from a practical sense. Unfortunately, those who brandish that around are too often just plain and simple racists that hide under the numerical argument. |
Ben Pickard
8 years ago
Bob |
Darren
8 years ago
I think this has been a long time coming. |
Ben Pickard
8 years ago
This young/old divide is crap. |
Bob Shank
8 years ago
Not all leaders have positions Ben, not yet anyways, Dr. Martin Luther King was a leader and had no position, the leaders I'm speaking of are those who stood up and supported the movement to leave. Nonetheless, I hear Scotland is opting to stay in the EU, making despicable donald look like a complete idiot with his asinine comments yesterday while promoting his golf course, another so called leader that if given the chance will also divide this country. |
Britt
8 years ago
Congratulations, now you see what it's like to be an American during political season, hahaha. I kid, of course, but the correlation is there. |
Red Yoshi
8 years ago
Trump needs to go xD. |
Ben Pickard
8 years ago
Bob, you are absolutely right about what you say about all of us having immigration to thank somewhere down our lines and how badly people have been treated in America, no argument there. |
Hellon
8 years ago
Darren..I'm asking you this question simply because you stated that so many immigrants live in your area don't seem to work, preferring to take every handout on offer to them and yet, figures show that your unemployment rate is 5.4% which is lower than Australia which is currently at 6%. Why is that when you guys are saying UK is bursting at the seams right now? |
Darren
8 years ago
Hellon- definition of immigrant |
Hellon
8 years ago
The reason I asked the 'immigration' question was because, as a migrant myself, I had to apply for immigration and had to fill out numerous forms and part with a large amount of cash before I was accepted into Australia...where as the EU rules say these people (and yourself if you wish) can move freely through countries that are part of this group...I just wondered if that made any difference as to how they were, or should be, viewed. I lived over there in the 70's and remember the huge influx of Indian and Pakistanis that moved over then. Back then, these people took jobs that no one else wanted...eg..bus conductors, low paid factory work. Many owned corner shops that stayed open much longer than any shop owned by a Brit so you couldn't accuse them of taking free handouts back then. Yes, they also sent money back to their own countries but, I think that's more of a cultural thing. They support their elderly family members and do not bang them into nursing homes like our culture seems to do so easily. |
Nicko
8 years ago
Every single human was an immigrant at some stage, including the American Indian Bob. Our human ancestors were wandering nomads, it was about survival and giving our children a better chance, a genetically programmed basic instinct. When a group or family of individuals found an area that was favourable they protected it from others so they wouldn't have to leave, thus tribes developed etc etc. I know it's a pretty basic approach but relevant. |
Hellon
8 years ago
Australia has also taken its fair share of refugees in the last few years, yet after 10 years 93% are still unemployed |
Hellon
8 years ago
Well...Australia is still putting the unemployment rate at 6% so I'm very curious about the 93% you've put forward. I know the elections are coming up...this SATURDAY for all you other folk who probably have no idea who our major candidates are or...even that we're going to the polls this weekend..anyway, are both parties hiding them?...after 10 year I doubt it. We have many Somalian refugees in Perth, they have all but taken over our taxi service but, they're at least working.... |
Bob Shank
8 years ago
Technically you would be right and wrong about American Indians being Immigrants, did they migrate to America, probably from south America at some point and time, but they (Indians) were the only people here, so technically they are the lands natives. The true owners if you will. |
Kevin
8 years ago
The government in Britain likes to push the idea, especially those from UKIP that our schools, Doctors, houses and jobs are being taken up by immigrants. You've heard people in this thread saying the same thing and I won't argue an influx of people into any community is going to add pressure. |
Milly Hayward
8 years ago
As a very proud UK citizen I would like to say how tired and fed up I am of the people who keep saying we have made a mistake and worse telling us we are stupid. What message does that send to the rest of the World? |
Yakari Gabriel
8 years ago
The UK is renowned for colonizing the whole world* |
Kevin
8 years ago
@Milly Hayward Our new PM just cancelled the UK's leading department dealing with climate change. She is against gay rights, she wants insanely intrusive snooping laws introduced to the internet privacy...and you think she is a good PM we should all get behind? |
PETER EDWARDS
8 years ago
I think you're wrong Kevin. Theresa will make a great PM, and if she's introducing snooping laws, then I'm all for it, as I'm sure we all want to be protected against the terrorism, that is growing throughout the world. |
Milly Hayward
8 years ago
Apologies in advance but Kevin did ask me to respond to the link that he put up earlier on the board. So my response is as follows: |