People Problems

It does strike me as odd all these people who complain about the amount of foreigners in the UK. Some think that it is wrong for citizens of other countries to move to the UK. For example, my family were watching a TV programme (pointless, I love it) and a question was 'What different languages has the UK census been published in?' and there were many, many different languages, which shows how many foreigners (I hate that word but can't, at this moment think of an alternative) are in this country. At this point my dad starts complain about the amount of non-UK citizens here. Now this is the thing that makes me wonder; why is this a problem? Surely all people are the same, regardless of where they come from. Why does this country have such a bee in their bonnet about people from different countries living in the UK? I asked this question to my dad and he mentioned that 'Britain isn't British' and that there are far fewer UK citizens living here than people from other countries. 

To address the 'Britain is not British' point. Britain is a country, not the people in it. By what he was saying, and what many others say, all foreigners should be sent back to their native countries. Now, this bothers me, wasn't it Hitler that strove to create a 'pure breed' of Germans? Is this what they are suggesting? Because once that starts happening and people think like that, it is easy to look back and see the devastating effects it has. 

Also, Britain has been invaded in the past by more than I care to recite, to give an example, the Vikings or the Normans. Britain is a country made up of many different people, from very different places and it is no different now. People come here to live, people leave to live elsewhere. It is just what we do.

Now, to the issue of jobs, the facts are that managers employ non UK citizens because of tax. Employers have to pay a certain amount of tax to hire a British worker whereas they don't for someone from another country. If the government was to create a standard tax on each employee, there should be no reason and no  evidence for this 'problem'. 

This has been a bit of a rant but the main point is: WHY do people think that foreign people living in Britain is a problem?

 Countries evolve to accommodate the people living there, and the people must evolve for themselves.