The biggest increase in work-related visas was actually in temporary work visas for eastern Europeans who were making up for the shortfalls in the agricultural and logistics sectors caused by, you guessed it, Brexit.
So we had a crisis caused by Brexit, followed by the same level of immigration we would have had anyway. Hey ho.
If you want to know how racist Britain is or isn’t then you need to ask non white Britains and immigrants.
Morons will just go, “Britain’s not racist”, “what about X country”, “an individual anecdote is not the bigger picture.” Blah blah blah.
No. Ask the actual people who are targets of racism and then listen to what they have to say.
Just like trying to find out how homophobic or transphobic Britain is. Challenging people who are the targets of this hate is just gaslighting because you cannot accept Britain is not some Land of Hope and Glory for everyone.
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I do believe that there is no comparison because of the free movement that had been within the EU, and EU peiple not wanting to go through this ridiculous visa process.
This is just a twaddle piece.
Oh fuck off with this shit. People needing to come here to work or needing to stay here if they’ve built lives here doesn’t mean brexit wasn’t racist AF.
People come here and stay here *despite* your racist bullshit. That doesn’t make it ok.
The Tories have been promising to reduce immigration for 12 years now. The fact that immigration has gone up is now a win for them?
Britain is one of the least racist countries in Europe. Spend some time on the continent, you lot will shit you pants at how bad them lot can be, lol.
Nobody here ever spent anytime in France and Spain outside the tourist areas?
It’s how I imagine Britain was in the 60s and 70s.
Especially in the more rural areas.
Out in the open racism is not uncommon particularly in Spain I found.
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Tell that to my wife and son who got spat at and asked when they are going to leave now that we have left the EU. She is Japanese.
So still pretty racist.
Also wait until you see how trade is doing as well as inflation.
Just because more brown and black people are coming here doesn’t mean they are going to be accepted or that ‘Brexit Britain’ is not racist.
Given the headline figure appears to be wrong – according to the [official statistics](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2021/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-to-work#immigration-for-work) work-related immigration increased by 9% not 25% between 2019 and 2021 – the article seems more than a bit questionable.
The biggest increase in work-related visas was actually in temporary work visas for eastern Europeans who were making up for the shortfalls in the agricultural and logistics sectors caused by, you guessed it, Brexit.
So we had a crisis caused by Brexit, followed by the same level of immigration we would have had anyway. Hey ho.
If you want to know how racist Britain is or isn’t then you need to ask non white Britains and immigrants.
Morons will just go, “Britain’s not racist”, “what about X country”, “an individual anecdote is not the bigger picture.” Blah blah blah.
No. Ask the actual people who are targets of racism and then listen to what they have to say.
Just like trying to find out how homophobic or transphobic Britain is. Challenging people who are the targets of this hate is just gaslighting because you cannot accept Britain is not some Land of Hope and Glory for everyone.
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I do believe that there is no comparison because of the free movement that had been within the EU, and EU peiple not wanting to go through this ridiculous visa process.
This is just a twaddle piece.
Oh fuck off with this shit. People needing to come here to work or needing to stay here if they’ve built lives here doesn’t mean brexit wasn’t racist AF.
People come here and stay here *despite* your racist bullshit. That doesn’t make it ok.
The Tories have been promising to reduce immigration for 12 years now. The fact that immigration has gone up is now a win for them?
Britain is one of the least racist countries in Europe. Spend some time on the continent, you lot will shit you pants at how bad them lot can be, lol.
Nobody here ever spent anytime in France and Spain outside the tourist areas?
It’s how I imagine Britain was in the 60s and 70s.
Especially in the more rural areas.
Out in the open racism is not uncommon particularly in Spain I found.