I believe it to be true, yes, that’s why I said it.

If you don’t agree, you can suggest it’s not the case just as I have with becky’s post… isn’t that how this works?

If the public thought rainy days happen then just maybe they could have prevented some of the pain. ‘Declining standards’ we are where we should have been years ago and do you believe as many as are claiming to be pot-less actually are? Look at shops and restaurants and cinemas etc. town centres don’t appear to be slowing down. It’s called jumping on the bandwagon from people who want free stuff. I’m not saying many are suffering yes and should have help but not the amount who claim to be in that position.

Not at all "into" rnb or rap! Yes, to the second. The last time we ate in a curry house all the servers were "white".

New arrivals tend to gravitate to areas where they feel comfortable, often sharing a home for a while. That's nothing new or unusual. That will dissipate over time. How much time depends on many things. It can take several generations receiving a better education, becoming more familiar with and accepting of British culture and being accepted within it.

I can see it happening, even if others don't. Some will probably always live in enclaves, some because of religion, just look at Golders Green, some because of deprivation, but it will lessen. Where people have their home is not exclusively where they spend their lives. Some areas will be permanently changed, like Leicester, but will become more prosperous and develop their own character.

Others will arrive, for sure, but not necessarily from the same areas, and the pattern will repeat.

I see nothing to be unduly concerned about. We need to find the ways to cope with this because to not do so would produce a worse outcome.

We ought not be frightened by change. It's always been with us in one way or another, and this is simply another way.

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It's you who don't see the reality. Which is that we need younger people to bolster our work force and maintain our economy. It might surprise you, but there are a great deal more important things in British culture than fish and chips, which have, in any case, been replaced in popularity by Chicken Tikka Masala. Think about what that tells us!

Our gene pool won't be "erased". With all humans sharing 99.9% of each other's genes that couldn't happen in any circumstances. How many new arrivals will intermarry? Over many generations things will be different, just as they have been before, but by then no-one will notice, or care.

We have taught our Commonwealth cousins to consider themselves British. People came from the Caribbean, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and India to fight with us in WW2. I suspect you approve of some of them joining us, but not others.

The idea that our "race" will be wiped out, without guns and gas chambers, is a disgusting comment. It's an insult both to all those who were actually the victims of a genocide but also to those arriving here with nothing more than a desire for a better life.

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As with all of life today it's happening ever more quickly. New technology arrives, we all adopt it and all share it. We might have different pasts, but we share a today and a future.

Religion is certainly an issue, but you know my solution to that.

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Even that must be preferable to those who say nothing, but use words to do it.

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