Ah yes, the "it's all the immigrants' fault" defence.
There are 6m immigrants in the current 29m UK workforce. There are 2.5m people unemployed. Send all the immigrants home and where are we going to find the balance of 3.5m people we need to keep the economy going? Which service are you prepared to go without in order to send them all home? Hospitals? Police? Council services?
And what rules would you have? If it was that your parents weren't born here than that's me as my Mum was born in Lahore (then India) in 1920 while her father (a native Scot) was building the Indian railways working for the GWR. And if that was your rule, where would you send me as I was born and raised here?
If there is a proper, fact-based reasoned argument then it would be worth hearing. No Government or special interest group has ever come up with one. And, to cap it all, this is THE policy of UKIP and they couldn't win a by-election on it against a party that believes in the EU and unfettered immigration!
I wonder if this 'defence' is a majority view? If it is then can I expect that there will be an 80% turnout at the next election and UKIP will be elected by a landslide? No. Because too many people who use that 'defence' can't be arsed to vote. Serves 'em right - you have to be in it to win it!
Sorry, this is all way off topic, I'll get me coat...
