Brits are United at last.....

[joebloggs]

Im from Calamba the birth place of Jose Rizal....I studied in Perapetual oopppss University of Perpetual Help in Binan.

my wife was there for 5 1/2 yrs

from 1998 to 2004

[somebody]

my wife was there for 5 1/2 yrs

from 1998 to 2004

My wife was there also there untill 2004

[adam&chryss]

Personally i`m glad that those workers have stood up for what they beleive in.
It`s about time.
I would never expect to go to another country and take a job before one of their own citizens no matter how developed that country is.
As far as those newspapers go I don`t agree with the lack of intelligence point of view, thats an easy thing to say.
I can remember reading The Sun a while ago and there was a story about a family of immigrants, I think in London,that had a massive house and claimed lots of benefits without working at all. Now i`m not sure about this but maybe a Telegraph or Times reader will enlighten me about the last time they heard of a British family doing that in another country?
So it`s no surprise that people here get annoyed with the current situation though of course i`ve never heard anyone say bad stuff about a Filipinos.
I would expect every country in the world to take care of its own citizens before others and I would never beleive that to be racist.

[Eljohno]

Anytime i have looked at working in the USA or Canada i have always been told that the jobs will be offered to their Citizens first so should the UK be any different?

[jimeve]

You're right,so just give the money to your wife and let her buy

I have done just that, four years ago.

[Sim11UK]

As far as those newspapers go I don`t agree with the lack of intelligence point of view, thats an easy thing to say.

I did only say some of their readership.

[chris40]

i hope my wife will be sucsessful with her visa and wish her to join me sometime in march all going well. all going well she will be legaly entitled to be here , she is aware that i dislike workshy people and intends to find work.
i believe in equal opertunities for everyone so if she is better suited and presents herself well at an interview why should she not get the job above any other candidate regardless of whether they are british or not.

[scottishbride]

I agree with regards to protecting British jobs, I work on gas carriers, the Poles have been flooding into our fleet, however with the pound doing so poorly against the euro it is looking more likely that they will get a highier salary than the Brits, they got a 30% increase in pay last year. I hear the Poles are heading back home due to the poor exchange rate. I read an article about a foreigner opening up a stall in a market in Manila, of course the Philippine athorities were furious and deported him because they believed he was taking away a local's job! So it does seem there will be a lot of protectism going on during the harsh economic times!

[IainBusby]

To get back to the real issue that sparked the protests at the oil refinery, I don't think that protesters there object to any Italian worker coming over here and finding himself a job, just as we British workers have exactly the same right to go to Italy and do the same.

The real issue is that because an Italian company won this particular contract and brought over all of the workers they needed from Italy, local workers didn't have a chance to apply on equal terms for these jobs, even though they are in their own back yard. I beleive that if the so called free market is to work, it should work fairly and equaly for both employers and workers alike.

Iain

[somebody]

To get back to the real issue that sparked the protests at the oil refinery, I don't think that protesters there object to any Italian worker coming over here and finding himself a job, just as we British workers have exactly the same right to go to Italy and do the same.

The real issue is that because an Italian company won this particular contract and brought over all of the workers they needed from Italy, local workers didn't have a chance to apply on equal terms for these jobs, even though they are in their own back yard. I beleive that if the so called free market is to work, it should work fairly and equaly for both employers and workers alike.

Iain

A neat summary

[KeithD]

Now Brown is saying "British workers for British jobs" was taken out of context!

:HeadButter:

[fred]

nigel not only do you have your head in the sand but also in the clouds

so you would let the whole population of africa, china, asia or any other country or continent come to the uk ............ now i've got my head in the clouds

Seems our Mr warm and fuzzy managed to get a UK driving license!!
Suddenly I feel safer driving here.

[somebody]

Now Brown is saying "British workers for British jobs" was taken out of context!

:HeadButter:

Next your be telling me hes not as financial guru who is going to save the world

[KeithD]

Next your be telling me hes not as financial guru who is going to save the world

Well he has now said that we've never seen anything like this before.....which in simple English means he's running around like a headless chicken....

[somebody]

Well he has now said that we've never seen anything like this before.....which in simple English means he's running around like a headless chicken....

No its all under control and he has managed us well and made no mistakes.

[cheesewiz]

my wife was there for 5 1/2 yrs

from 1998 to 2004

what a small world eh I was there 1989 to 1994.

[cheesewiz]

My wife was there also there untill 2004

your wife too i was there untill 2004 too (5 years of sweat and tears just to finish my nursing degree.)

[aromulus]

Same as last time, the heavy snow brings another winter of discontent.....

And the torys are banging at the door of parliament....

I like Chelsea blue colours......