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View Poll Results: Should Speaking English be Mandatory | ||||||
Yes | 12 | 48.00% | ||||
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No | 12 | 48.00% | ||||
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06-05-2017, 04:12 PM | #51 | |||
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yes speaking English
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06-05-2017, 04:13 PM | #52 | |||
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She has already started on the criminals
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06-05-2017, 04:22 PM | #53 | |||
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Only kidding, I'm for free healthcare for all!
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06-05-2017, 04:26 PM | #54 | |||
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no Healthcare needs a major overhaul so people cant waste time crying because they got a splinter
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06-05-2017, 04:27 PM | #55 | |||
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If someone intends on living here for the rest of their life then they should make the effort to learn the language.
I've never met an immigrant who doesn't speak English though so I'm not sure how much of an issue this is really. |
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06-05-2017, 04:34 PM | #56 | |||
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I don't even think it is that big an issue ^
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06-05-2017, 04:34 PM | #57 | ||
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Kavos,Benidorm and Magaloof are English provinces anyway.Oh and oiibeefa.
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06-05-2017, 04:41 PM | #58 | |||
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...have ya seen wor national debt? just make sure prospective immigrants are loaded
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06-05-2017, 04:47 PM | #59 | ||
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I say no.
I think it would make things easier to be able to and anyway I'd guess picking up some of or the language would come over time. I know when I've been abroad Just on holiday,it is amazing what you pick up as to other languages. Anyway no for me to have to be able to. |
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06-05-2017, 04:47 PM | #60 | |||
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You should be able to speak the main language of the country you want to move in. Even if you dont know you should study and learn that language.
People escaping rare conditions to live are an exception however they should also try to learn the language because if you dont know the language how are you going to do your daily works and fit with the society?
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06-05-2017, 04:53 PM | #61 | |||
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06-05-2017, 04:59 PM | #62 | ||
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Maybe British Citizens should get a vote on whether immigrants who don't bother learning the language should be entitled to any financial assistance and those that don't think they should then get a reduction in their taxes if the yes vote won or those that do get an increase in theirs. Let them put THEIR money where their mouths are. Why should those that disagree contribute for such people.
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06-05-2017, 05:01 PM | #63 | |||
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06-05-2017, 05:10 PM | #66 | |||
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Try telling that to all the Brits who move to France and can't/won't speak a word of French
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06-05-2017, 05:15 PM | #67 | |||
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Actually I think you'l find that most of them work or want to work and they only have a right to free NHS treatment if they are part of the EU and have medical card.
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06-05-2017, 05:16 PM | #68 | ||
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Most, if not all, Brits that move to France pay their own way - they don't sponge off others.
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06-05-2017, 05:17 PM | #69 | |||
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How would 'speaking the language' be assessed?
There are plenty of British adults that struggle with the language, sometimes due to developmental disorders. Is anybody proposing that those with developmental disorders should be banned from Britain indefinitely? Thats a bit dark. What about migrant children? How much English should they know? Those that just want to retire here, like the thousands of British expats? What kind of test are those that voted yes proposing? Is there an exclusion criteria? Has anybody who voted yes actually thought about any legitimate element of this past their mindset?
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06-05-2017, 05:18 PM | #71 | |||
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"There shouldnt be migrants that cant speak the language because I want to put language interpreters out of work" (also source? Id imagine most families are perfectly fit to help for free)
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06-05-2017, 05:27 PM | #74 | ||
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I work for the NHS - and if no one can speak the patient's language no one can be sure the family are giving the patient the correct info/interpretation. It is a safety issue. |
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06-05-2017, 05:35 PM | #75 | |||
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Do you assume those that dont speak the language simply 'can not be bothered to do so'. I think you should give this line of thought a bit more of a sitdown if ya do.
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