[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by BBXX

The only reason this should be regulated is for the benefit of those being employed. There should be a system in place where migrants get to work for a fair wage but as a result have to forgo a level of benefit they receive (I am sure those on a certain wage have to pay for their living accommodation costs). People - mainly migrants desperate to work - are being exploited.

It seems like the outrage in this thread lies with the migrants who are working and not the companies who are exploiting them, which feels bizarre to me. If migrants were so well off under the benefits received by the country, they wouldn't need to work.

I think this country have such an odd relationship with the benefits system, it's always seen as unfair but only ever when it's for those they deem lesser. Parents get multiple benefits that people without kids don't, married people get tax credits, single people get a discount off council tax, people who use fewer public funded services pay the same tax level as those who use a lot - it's all part of living in a society, and it's never going to ever be truly equal. I would rather migrants get a job and contribute to said society in some capacity while their application is being decided than not.

You can't complain migrants are simultaneously sponging off the state while also complaining about them working.

[Kate!]

They wouldn't come here if that were the case. And they know what the craic is because they got told by those already here.

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by Kate!

I don't sit on my arse smoking spliffs I run a home despite my conditions. And as I said earlier I did work full time for the majority of my life.

If that's your issue (a hypothetical, made-up one that you're applying to a whole group of people, which is strange) why do you have an issue with those who are working, like this topic is about?

[AnnieK]

closed for cleaning.
Please stop personally insulting each other if it is re-opened

[rusticgal]

Seems to me that some people think its ok to break the law if you are desperate...

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

Seems to me that some people think its ok to break the law if you are desperate...

Seems to me some people think it’s perfectly fine to rant about “law and order” when it suits them but have zero interest in the reasons people end up desperate in the first place. Funny how breaking the law is only outrageous when it’s poor migrants doing it, but everyone else gets a shrug and an excuse.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Kate!

It didn't make any difference to me. I already know they get everything going and more on top.

Therefore you're admitting you're referring to myself.