"The famine's over go home"

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

There would have been no Irish Diaspora if that was the case. Most people emigrating from home do so because of lack of money and opportunities to get it.

You can apply for jobs in that country without moving to that country. If you are offered the job then you will be allowed to immigrate. Fairly simple and straight forward.

And part of my post was saying that any country can restrict the amount of emigration per year. So when the country hits a hard time then they can significantly reduce this amount so that the existing population has better access to jobs etc.

A mass exodus of any country during a hard time does more damage than good to that country. It loses vital skills that the government spent a lot of money educating.

steddyeddy wrote: »

I agree Candie but I do think there's a rise in anti-immigrant feeling post Brexit.

I think the rise in the "media's" reporting of it has risen exponentially, far outweighing any actual increase.

The type of brainless graffiti has been around for donkeys years and never reported upon.

smash wrote: »

It's gas how England invaded half the world and then complained about immigration.

Isn't Glasgow in Scotland...?

What I found particularly funny about the immigration debate as part of Brexit was that there are over a million British citizens living in Spain (made a whole lot easier thanks to the EU) and a large amount of them make no effort to learn the language or integrate into the culture. They hang around with other British citizens and go to pubs owned by British citizens with British staff and a majority British clientele and generally live their lives as if they were in the UK.

Yet, anyone who comes to the UK and does similar is giving a bollicking for not integrating. :rolleyes:

razorblunt wrote: »

The plantation has ground to a halt too lads, pass the message on.

I wouldn't see this as anything further than Rangers "fans". Both Celtic and Rangers have idiots that engage in all this stuff, nothing to do with religion, just a learned behaviour from the cretins they call parents who dragged them up.

I live in Scotland and haven't had any issues.

Really? What anti-Protestant actions have Celtic fans been involved in?

There is without doubt a double standard when it comes to Loyalist fans of football clubs & Republican ones. Loyalists sing about the famine, being up their necks in fenian blood, about the "gallant" butchers. Can you imagine if Celtic fans sang about the brimingham pub bombings, you would never hear the end of it and rightfully so.

One_Of_Shanks wrote: »

The famine is over, it's time to go home

You don't see a comma included in spray-painted messages on walls too often!

Jawgap wrote: »

Nobody from Glasgow wrote that - the spelling is too good:D

Plus who the fúck punctuates graffiti!

EDIT: if it had been a Glaswegian, it would've read "Git tae fook, ya Paddy basturds!!!"

If they were going to punctuate it, a pity they didn't punctuate it correctly! A colon or semi-colon would have been acceptable, but not a comma.

Graffito with a semi-colon: that'll be the day!

smash wrote: »

It's gas how England invaded half the world and then complained about immigration.

Only half the world?
A couple of years ago it was 90%.

You can't infer that Brexit is causing anti-Irish sentiment from one incident like this. Brexit really has no bearing on Irish emigration to the UK because visa-free travel will continue regardless of how Brexit is negotiated.

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Papers are just paying attention of issues that already existed and blaming the brexit. Im 50/50 on the brexit situation which is why i chose not to vote.

If I were in that situation, I would've tossed a coin but still voted.

HalloweenJack wrote: »

What I found particularly funny about the immigration debate as part of Brexit was that there are over a million British citizens living in Spain (made a whole lot easier thanks to the EU) and a large amount of them make no effort to learn the language or integrate into the culture. They hang around with other British citizens and go to pubs owned by British citizens with British staff and a majority British clientele and generally live their lives as if they were in the UK.

Yet, anyone who comes to the UK and does similar is giving a bollicking for not integrating. :rolleyes:

Nigel Farage was asked by a caller on a radio show about immigrants in the UK not being able to speak English as if in agreement with Farage before confronting Farage about his inability to speak French despite spending 17 years in France as an MEP!