Matthew Pinsent won't have to live with the problem.

I bet old Pinsent, who is directly descended from Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.....who rowed for Eton, has a nice house to live in......I bet he doesn't compete for a job with immigrants. I bet he doesn't have to spend hours waiting for a GP appointment

The man enjoyed a life amongst the elites....Never had to muck it out.

Yeah, what have we become Matthew......Did you complain about having it better than over ninety percent of the country or did you just take the advantages.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Sep 2015 4.01pm)

We are all privileged in this country, even the poorest are a lot better off here than in many other countries.

As a teacher, do you have to compete with migrants for your job? (Genuine question, not a dig).

Also I can't remember time last time I couldn't get an appointment to see a doctor the same day if I call up in the morning and if I call in the afternoon I can get an appointment for the following morning, despite the current "crisis" in the NHS.

The irony for me is that I would not get any appointment if it was not for the work that foreign doctors and nurses do in the NHS. I would love us to train more doctors and nurses so we wouldn't have to rely on migrants coming into the NHS but for whatever reason and there are many that is not the reality.

Either we cannot attract to right people to the jobs, we are not able to pay enough or people are just not interested in doing such a hard and demanding job. I wouldn't want to do it.

I have followed this and the other "migrant" threads on the site and I think that there are very good points on both sides. We can't have unrestricted migration into the country, It's just not feasible but it's clear that we can do a lot more than we do to help.

I must say that my heart was warmed by the scenes in Munich. I am pleased that ordinary people still give a damn. For me the world is in a poor state because people just don't care about other people and not because of those people that do care and spend their time to help.

That privilege is meant to come with a 'birthright'. That's the point of having a nationality. You are subject to that country. Foreigners aren't, and in my view, outside of asylum, marriage, students and work permits I don't want anyone here who hasn't an allegiance to this country.

I'd probably like to deport people like Seymour too.

To answer your question of course I don't have to compete with migrants. That's the point. Unlike Pinsent, I care about the affect on this country's working class....I grew up on a council estate and fought my way up. Immigration in this country has already been hundreds of thousands too many for over a decade. Outside of asylum houses in this country should, by and large, go to the British.

I see many of these Syrians as looking to come to the EU for a life upgrade. People like me and most others were shocked by that little boy's death....Even though countless children have died in the med now...Even so, when you learn about the story of the father who was living in Turkey not escaping from Syria....Tell you everything right there.

There are an awful high number of single young men......Stay in your country and fight for it.....Like I would.

This country is already helping money wise....More than most countries. I agree with helping a reasonable amount, but I'm not going to support this state taking responsibility for foreigners outside of a set number on asylum.