UK bans non-EU unskilled workers

[Neil]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

My cousin and his wife went to Poland to work when Michelin at Burnley closed down. He went to Michelin in Poland.

So is he actually doing some work over in Poland. He did naff all when he was still over here

You forgot to mention that the ex-pats that went to work in factories in Poland etc still got paid wages at a UK level. Do you really think he would have gone if he was paid the same as the Polish people working in the same plant? Oh and he will still keep his UK based pension as well.

[Less]

So a ban on none EU Immigrants, sounds good doesn't it? But aren't we also members of The British Commonwealth?
Should we not have a greater loyalty to the people in that than we do to the EU? Those Countries helped make this Country rich when we had the 'Empire' and I was under the impression that a large number of them are entitled to British passports.
They also sent many young men to fight in two world wars, (on our side unlike some EU members), are they now to be banned from entering the 'Mother Country' or is this just going to turn out to be a very large exception to this new rule and we will still be honouring the agreements made a lot longer ago than the ones made with the EU?

[WillowTheWhisp]

It just sounds to me like a load of waffle spouted to pacify the moaning masses.