Comments on: Letter to the Irish Independent http://mistermysterious.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/letter-to-the-irish-independent/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:23:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 73man http://mistermysterious.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/letter-to-the-irish-independent/#comment-5 73man Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:23:26 +0000 http://mistermysterious.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-5 As if Latvian builders are not as 'highly skilled'. Because they don't have skills where they come from - just Ladas and blonde women. As if Latvian builders are not as ‘highly skilled’. Because they don’t have skills where they come from – just Ladas and blonde women.

]]> By: Hibernia Girl http://mistermysterious.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/letter-to-the-irish-independent/#comment-4 Hibernia Girl Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:59:24 +0000 http://mistermysterious.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-4 Absolutely right, Mr. Mysterious. I didn't get to see the letter myself (not online, I think, and I missed the paper edition), but I saw the headline which appeared on the Indo site for a few hours. My reaction was similar to yours -- that there is not a "bubbling current of racism" in this country, but a concern over mass immigration -- which, for anyone who's read enough of my ramblings, is just the import of cheap labour to this country. 59 per cent of people polled in a recent RedC poll said that they want to see "much stricter limits" on immigration to this country. That is in large part due to the competition for work/decent pay that the working classes are noticing. Absolutely right, Mr. Mysterious.

I didn’t get to see the letter myself (not online, I think, and I missed the paper edition), but I saw the headline which appeared on the Indo site for a few hours. My reaction was similar to yours — that there is not a “bubbling current of racism” in this country, but a concern over mass immigration — which, for anyone who’s read enough of my ramblings, is just the import of cheap labour to this country.

59 per cent of people polled in a recent RedC poll said that they want to see “much stricter limits” on immigration to this country. That is in large part due to the competition for work/decent pay that the working classes are noticing.

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