tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post2733262812260690937..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Indian Bicycle Marketing: George Osborne lets the mask slipMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-38478887985787588062014-06-03T09:38:21.311+01:002014-06-03T09:38:21.311+01:00There has been a big fall in people coming in. The...There has been a big fall in people coming in. There's been a big fall in people going out, which was unexpected. Failure to meet a target, despite measures taken isn't a "lie"; this is one of the most tedious tropes in today's politics. <br /><br />And you repeat the "cast iron" idiocy, as if you didn't know that promise was made (foolishly) in the context of an anticipated 2008 election pre-ratification.<br /><br />Basically you've repeated the entire cannon of UKIP anti-politics stupidity. <br /><br />Are you a 'KIPper?Jackarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477130724830922566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-52642482517067008602014-06-03T08:49:52.602+01:002014-06-03T08:49:52.602+01:00"therefore it is net immigration that matters..."therefore it is net immigration that matters"<br /><br />Also net immigration is a smaller figure and lots of people won't know what "net" means in that context.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-51736322260951432742014-06-03T06:49:39.016+01:002014-06-03T06:49:39.016+01:00AKH, good one.
B, that is true, but remember tha...AKH, good one. <br /><br />B, that is true, but remember that all the racists try to pretend it's "about space not race" they don't mind foreigners in the least, oh no, but "England is a crowded island" therefore it is net immigration that matters.<br /><br />I don't see what's wrong with saying "We don't like Romanian gypsies any more than Romanians do", that's just a fact.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-77051530543447317262014-06-02T21:57:40.189+01:002014-06-02T21:57:40.189+01:00Surely the net migration figures are fairly irrele...Surely the net migration figures are fairly irrelevant. People are worried about foreigners coming over here and taking our job/living on the dole so it's the number arriving that counts. They are not worried about people leaving, because, well nobody thinks about emigrants, do they?Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-53905542676701144202014-06-02T21:40:27.794+01:002014-06-02T21:40:27.794+01:00It's a variant of the liar paradox. George is ...It's a variant of the liar paradox. George is saying "we are better liars than Labour."A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com