Seems that way doesn't it.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Whilst many skilled healthcare professionals are immigrants , equally there are low-skilled un-skilled healthcare workers who are working on, or about, minimum wage. It could be argued they present a bigger risk to patients because of language difficulties. But hey, they are cheap and available, and like teaching and policing, the entrance exams have been made a little easier to aid recruitment when there are staffing shortages.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (22 May 2023 9.22pm)

I disengage, I turn the page.

Labour can say whatever they want at the moment, just a load of words, much the same as the Government.

If we really want to know what the parties won't do post election wait for the manifestos

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

It actually transpires that a lot of the issue to do with the "immigration tap"/growth of numbers, is tied in with how the UK account for foreign students and also allowing them to bring dependents with them - presumably a maximum number is involved. The visas they are issued with allow them to stay for 2 years post graduation (a Johnson decision apparently and reversing the more strident approach of May) and then they leave along with their dependents. They are, of course, paying a significant sum for their education and living costs. From memory, a Masters is at least £20k in fees alone.

Providing them with a UK education has many benefits not least to the Universities themselves from a purely financial perspective let alone anything else. It also arguably builds some "loyalty" to the UK from those who have benefitted from the education.

Apparently, the largest number of students is now from India followed by China and Nigeria.

Surely, a truer picture of immigration would be provided by removing this cohort of people from the immigration statistics given they will only be here for the length of their studies + 2 years. As an aside, I don't recall students featuring as a matter of great public concern vis a vis Brexit and they were not, of course, featured in the dreadful poster that Farage came up with in the lead into the campaign.

For me, the whole issue smacks of blaming "minorities/foreigners" for every problem the UK faces - people who are largely unable to defend themselves. Very reminiscent of 1930's Germany.

I know you appear to live your life focussed on the supposed evils of immigration/minorities; however, let me expand on what you highlighted -
Think back to the 1930's and the little things Hitler got away with that encouraged him to go further; the encouragement of social and cultural division and the treatment to those not deemed to be somehow truly "pure" German.
Now look to the present day and unfortunately there seem to me to be parallels such as the deliberate creation of social and cultural division, ultra nationalism, authoritarian tendencies, demonising minorities, attacking the judiciary if it gets in the way and so on. Trump certainly displays all of the above and arguably Johnson did in many respects - think of the proroguing of parliament for example. Remember Trump's incessant chanting of "lock her up" referring to Hilary Clinton during his campaign and that Mike Pence deserved all he got if he dared to certify Biden's victory. Would Trump have imprisoned political opponents if he could - just like Bin Salman and others. Think again of his attacks on the press and then January 6th.
Those are some of the things that make me comment as I did. A much broader analysis than simply UK immigration - granted - but I certainly see the threat of fascism as very real in todays world.

It seems to me that your focus is almost exclusively associated with your views on race and immigration. Anyway, it was an interesting "debate" and I somehow sense that neither I nor others will change your perception just as you won't mine. My "mentality", by the way, kind of speaks for itself.