Nigel Farage Speech

[cockneygeezer2009]

Listened to most of the the Nigel Farage speech on Friday. He basically came over as a very right wing Conservative. Was obsessed with Europe (about getting out of it). Over 90% of the speech was about the EU and immigration and very little about anything else. Its delusional to think that pulling out of EU with solve all of Britain's problems at a stroke.

Just another opposition politician promising the earth but when (or if) they get into power do what they want. If it was so easy to run Great Britain the Labour Party and the Conservative party would be getting it right all the time.

[Leaky]

Immigration matters to a lot of people when you start getting the numbers in what we have had in the past 5 years rightly so, like he said can you blame a Romanian wanting to come here if they can earn 5 times as much as what they do back home and get JSA and a house. This Government should start looking after its own people rather than EU Migrants. Thats the reason people kick off because we are a soft touch, he might well be right wing but he makes a damm lot of sense. True they may well never get in Power but Europe for us is a complete waste of time.

[David Johnson]

Farage does come across as a bloke who is not an Identikit politician and you can have a pint and a laugh with. But when he goes on about he and UKIP being outside the political establishment then you have to point out that no-one could be more of a mainstream political type than Nige.

[frankthring]

I agree with Cockney and David - there are some matey aspects of Farage
that make me almost want to vote for him and his party, but their central
idea of total opposition to Europe is one I cannot agree with....As to Leaky,
I read that the committee set up by Cameron to report on all the scams
perpetrated by these East Europeans in Britain has had to report that the
bad eggs in the pie are actually very few in proportion to the 40 billion pounds
that all those foreigners, by living, eating, working and spending money in the
UK add to the economy ! Not to mention doing a helluva of a lot of jobs that
Brits don`t seem to be rushing to do in enough numbers !

[Gentleman]

Because they are being priced out by immigrants who will do the job for less as they don't gave any inherent standard of living to maintain and any money they save is worth much more back in their country of origin whereas the average nationial is stuck on perpetual merry go round of subsistence.

Please spare us the jobs British people don't won't to do lecture as that's tosh.

[cockneygeezer2009]

"Can you blame a Romanian wanting to come here if they can earn 5 times as much as what they do back home and get JSA and a house."

I thought Eastern Europeans couldn't get JSA until they had done a year's work. Self employed Romanian's would be able to claim JSA as far as i know. If the Romanian has bought the house what's the problem? If he/she pays rent and gets a house to live in what's the problem? Also you can't claim JSA and work legally.

Western Europeans can get JSA and go on the council waiting list straight away.

[cockneygeezer2009]

"This Government should start looking after its own people".

It does but it can do a hell of a lot more.

[socatoa]

Farage killed it for me when we found out about his money out abroad. Just another who will make as much money as he can get away with. Our borders will be opened up and we don't have a say. I think we used to call it an invasion. Multi cultural society = being overrun.

[David Johnson]

"Because they are being priced out by immigrants who will do the job for less as they don't gave any inherent standard of living to maintain and any money they save is worth much more back in their country of origin whereas the average nationial is stuck on perpetual merry go round of subsistence".

You think that "doing the job for less" is an immigrant trait? It has been happening since time immemorial in Britain. Solution? Enforce a living wage as a mandatory requirement.