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[Khriss]

A mate went out there years ago on ridiculous money - not heard from him since. K

[Mick Dempsey]

8 hours ago, Sutton said:

Good job we've got free housing and free food for these white collar prodigals. Over 200,000.

Welcome back

Why would you think they’re all skint?

[Sutton]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Why would you think they’re all skint?

I'm not anti-expat. Many go abroad for better prospects. I'm saying 2 things: there is welfare even for off-shore wealth when things go pear-shaped and if they bring their wealth home to support themselves then they'll boost the economy by being here. Either way they're our citizens and they're welcome (i.e. a place to live, plenty to eat and hopefully employment). The prodigal jibe was at the well known standard of life out there. None will be skint

[Johnsond]

14 hours ago, Khriss said:

A mate went out there years ago on ridiculous money - not heard from him since. K

Those days with the odd exception are long long gone. Most jobs up to a very high  level are filled with a variety of different nationalities, often on wages not as great as people would imagine. 
 

[Khriss]

It always looked fraught to me- completely different culture. One I do understand but wouldn't want to live or work there. At some point yr job gonna end anyway.  K

[Silverhooker]

Cost of living there is astronomical so you need the big tax free wage to maintain a basic standard of living. A colleague of mine went there a few years ago and was earning mega bucks, but his wife couldn’t work and they came back after 5 years and managed to find a good accountant who got there savings back minimally taxed. They were mortgage free but didn’t rate it as life experience!! 

Edited June 22, 2020 by Silverhooker
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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

An interesting paradox for those with a Lefty leaning in UK politics and an anti Israel sentiment:

 

Palestinians: The 'Un-Islamic' Family Protection Law

WWW.GATESTONEINSTITUTE.ORG

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"I understand the head of the clan, who does not want sovereignty other than the rule of the male, but what do...

 

[Mark J]

33 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

An interesting paradox for those with a Lefty leaning in UK politics and an anti Israel sentiment:

 

Palestinians: The 'Un-Islamic' Family Protection Law

WWW.GATESTONEINSTITUTE.ORG

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"I understand the head of the clan, who does not want sovereignty other than the rule of the male, but what do...

 

You think that's bad, you should see what the Israelies are up to.
I read the article, the source is a bit shit though.
I'm not sure what your point is.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

14 minutes ago, Mark J said:

You think that's bad, you should see what the Israelies are up to.
I read the article, the source is a bit shit though.
I'm not sure what your point is.

Interesting that you direct your focus at the 'source' rather than the content Mark.

 

I'll happily buy and read Socialist Worker - not because I believe in it or support it but because there might be something I want to know about in it.  If it is an accurate report of facts, so be it, doesn't matter so much who presents the facts as what the facts are.

 

The 'point' I was making was that with the UK Labour partly balls deep in an Equality & Human Rights Commission investigation into anti-semitism (and widely acknowledged pro-Palestinian rhetoric) it must weight heavy on the bleeding hearts to learn that such 'inhuman' behaviour is actively supported by the organisations that garner such overt sympathy from the UK Left of politics. 

 

Strikes me as an obvious contradiction.

[Mark J]

7 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Interesting that you direct your focus at the 'source' rather than the content Mark.

 

I'll happily buy and read Socialist Worker - not because I believe in it or support it but because there might be something I want to know about in it.  If it is an accurate report of facts, so be it, doesn't matter so much who presents the facts as what the facts are.

 

The 'point' I was making was that with the UK Labour partly balls deep in an Equality & Human Rights Commission investigation into anti-semitism (and widely acknowledged pro-Palestinian rhetoric) it must weight heavy on the bleeding hearts to learn that such 'inhuman' behaviour is actively supported by the organisations that garner such overt sympathy from the UK Left of politics. 

 

Strikes me as an obvious contradiction.

Thanks for clearing that up.