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<blockquote data-quote="dbr10" data-source="post: 1482567" data-attributes="member: 174581"><p>Yes. The thing is the single market and free movement go together. It would help if people understood that EU migrants who come here to work make a net contribution to the economy and tend to use services less than we do. This is a truth that the tabloids are not interest in. Of course migration brings problems and has to be controlled. People have told me the NHS can't cope with immigrants and you can't get your kids into school. The truth is that the Government is happy to take their taxes, but not interested in providing the services they need. And immigration is a useful distraction. I spoke to an old man recently complaining about people using the NHS. His standpoint was completely racist. Ironically, the person he was talking about was probably born here. I actually asked him (to avoid the race references), "So, if a German or a Frenchman comes here to work in the city, and he pays his taxes and national insurance, you are saying that he is not entitled to use the NHS or put his children in school".</p><p>"No", he said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dbr10, post: 1482567, member: 174581"] Yes. The thing is the single market and free movement go together. It would help if people understood that EU migrants who come here to work make a net contribution to the economy and tend to use services less than we do. This is a truth that the tabloids are not interest in. Of course migration brings problems and has to be controlled. People have told me the NHS can't cope with immigrants and you can't get your kids into school. The truth is that the Government is happy to take their taxes, but not interested in providing the services they need. And immigration is a useful distraction. I spoke to an old man recently complaining about people using the NHS. His standpoint was completely racist. Ironically, the person he was talking about was probably born here. I actually asked him (to avoid the race references), "So, if a German or a Frenchman comes here to work in the city, and he pays his taxes and national insurance, you are saying that he is not entitled to use the NHS or put his children in school". "No", he said. [/QUOTE]
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