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what caught my eye today
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01 Apr 2008 Tue 01:35 pm |
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Quoting libralady:
Colony of flying penguins has been discoverd in the antarctic and a film documentary has been made. This is a 90 mininte film, but just so you can get the feel of it, I posted the BBC link.
Amazing! What will they discover next?  |
wow..I never knew they could fly!!
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01 Apr 2008 Tue 01:53 pm |
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You can only watch it in the UK 
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02 Apr 2008 Wed 01:52 pm |
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Quoting Deli_kizin: You can only watch it in the UK |
Well maybe that was just as well! It was rather a poor attempt at an April fools joke on behalf of the BBC!
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02 Apr 2008 Wed 10:44 pm |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting Deli_kizin: You can only watch it in the UK |
Well maybe that was just as well! It was rather a poor attempt at an April fools joke on behalf of the BBC! |
And I believed it
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02 Apr 2008 Wed 10:46 pm |
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PM leaps to defence of immigrants after Lords claim they do nothing for Britain
Mr Brown told his monthly press conference that migration had added £6bn to the economy and was a "substantial income".
Most British businesses that have faced labour shortages had benefited from being able to recruit more widely for skilled labour, he added.
he said gross domestic product per head had risen since 1997 from £13,900 to £22,840 in the past year. He said a cap on immigrants could be applied only to those outside the EU. "Most people who are proposing a cap are proposing a cap of only 20 per cent of possible migrants," he said. "Many of these people are the highly skilled workers who are important to the economy."
AND I vote for labour of course
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/pm-leaps-to-defence-of-immigrants-after-lords-claim-they-do-nothing-for-britain-803534.html
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03 Apr 2008 Thu 11:43 am |
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Quoting thehandsom: PM leaps to defence of immigrants after Lords claim they do nothing for Britain
Mr Brown told his monthly press conference that migration had added £6bn to the economy and was a "substantial income".
Most British businesses that have faced labour shortages had benefited from being able to recruit more widely for skilled labour, he added.
he said gross domestic product per head had risen since 1997 from £13,900 to £22,840 in the past year. He said a cap on immigrants could be applied only to those outside the EU. "Most people who are proposing a cap are proposing a cap of only 20 per cent of possible migrants," he said. "Many of these people are the highly skilled workers who are important to the economy."
AND I vote for labour of course
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/pm-leaps-to-defence-of-immigrants-after-lords-claim-they-do-nothing-for-britain-803534.html |
The new points based system being introduced into the UK to stem the flow of migrants will only affect those from outside the EEA countries. At first they have introduced Tier 1 in February, and this will affect highly skilled workers, such as doctors, dentist, Civil Engineers etc etc. They will need to be able to accumulate 75 points and that is based on salary, level of English and education. It only extends as far as India at the moment, but will be introduced to the rest of the world by the end of the year.
In the following years, Tier 2, for skilled workers, again on salary and education levels.
Tier 3 will be where it really hits, non-skilled workers, and those that will be affected most will the food industry, such as Indian, Chinese and Turkish restaurants. When it comes time to re-aply for visa's this system will come into play. It is already affecting Philipino nurses, lured to the UK a few years ago to fill gaps in nursing. Now they are being sent home as they don't meet the new requirements.
Immigration will still take place in the EEA countries but the Poles are already turning back being lured by a better economy and higher standard of living (than previous) in Poland.
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03 Apr 2008 Thu 12:20 pm |
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Quoting libralady:
Immigration will still take place in the EEA countries but the Poles are already turning back being lured by a better economy and higher standard of living (than previous) in Poland. |
I wouldn't count on that, what is happening is the exchange of labour-force. The Poles that came over there a few years ago earned what they needed and now they're coming back to work out a pension at home. New ones will come for sure. I remember from my teaching days at a secondary school that most of my students' short-term plan was to go to the UK or ROI for a couple of years.
Economy in Poland might be better, still, there's no chance to make as much as in the UK when you're a blue-collar worker. The prices, on the other hand, are similar. E.g. if you want to buy a flat you'll have to pay from 1130 - 2700 pounds per square metre ($ 2230-5400 ) while the average income is 340 pounds/month net ($700 )...
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03 Apr 2008 Thu 01:25 pm |
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Quoting Daydreamer: Quoting libralady:
Immigration will still take place in the EEA countries but the Poles are already turning back being lured by a better economy and higher standard of living (than previous) in Poland. |
I wouldn't count on that, what is happening is the exchange of labour-force. The Poles that came over there a few years ago earned what they needed and now they're coming back to work out a pension at home. New ones will come for sure. I remember from my teaching days at a secondary school that most of my students' short-term plan was to go to the UK or ROI for a couple of years.
Economy in Poland might be better, still, there's no chance to make as much as in the UK when you're a blue-collar worker. The prices, on the other hand, are similar. E.g. if you want to buy a flat you'll have to pay from 1130 - 2700 pounds per square metre ($ 2230-5400 ) while the average income is 340 pounds/month net ($700 )... |
I am referring more to the construction industry where there is a definite shift. With the EURO2012 construction in Warsaw, then we are seeing construction workers returning and a definite drop in those coming. There is strong competition for construction workers here because it coincides with the Olympic development and other major construction work. Interesting times ahead I think! btw Poles are hard workers and put many of our Brits to shame!
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03 Apr 2008 Thu 03:04 pm |
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heheh you've got a point there, there's plenty of construction work getting ready for Euro 2012. I've heard on the news it's going to be Chinese workers and Ukrainian ones who'll build us sports facilities 
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03 Apr 2008 Thu 03:17 pm |
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Quoting Daydreamer: heheh you've got a point there, there's plenty of construction work getting ready for Euro 2012. I've heard on the news it's going to be Chinese workers and Ukrainian ones who'll build us sports facilities |
I have also heard that it will be Romanian, Bulgarian, and Turks (on good authority!) 
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03 Apr 2008 Thu 03:20 pm |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting Daydreamer: heheh you've got a point there, there's plenty of construction work getting ready for Euro 2012. I've heard on the news it's going to be Chinese workers and Ukrainian ones who'll build us sports facilities |
I have also heard that it will be Romanian, Bulgarian, and Turks (on good authority!) |
Really? That's great
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