50 million bloody quid

[Kiwifruit]

Yes Col. Like you l had to stop the ramble. I had to remind myself this is a bike forum.
It seems that the world over governments are making decisions to squander the taxpayers money on their own idealistic agenda.

[lil4399]

Agree with all that.

I hate to admit it but the frogs are right - learn the language or suffer.

Not so much suffer, just go back from where they came from.     Another thing to consider, if truck loads of you proper English speaking peeps were to arrive in their home country, what would be on offer to you? Free language lessons?  Dole? Housing? Free School?

The government doesn't make the money, you working people do, the government just takes it & decides how best and what to spend it on. Their priorities would appear to be other people, not the people who actually made the money for them to spend in the first place.  Look after home first, get that right, then & only then, look at giving freebies to new arrivals.  As long as you keep providing, they will keep coming.
We're relatively lucky being tucked away at the bottom of the world, a lot harder to get to our wee islands.

Col..
Its called "Looking good on the World Stage"!!
World Stage my ass..
In my eyes we are weak and ineffectual..
The EU is petrified of the UK doing well outside of the EU (Brexit), in case several other member states also decide it was better as it was pre EU..
Its been watered down from what was voted for so that we are still slaves to the EU and the bureaucrats with many fingers in the EU Pie..
Self fulfilling prophecies will become a reality.. In other words the wimp politicians who don't support Brexit will keep casting doubt and scaremongering the populace..
My Dads generation would be turning in their graves at the lack of Backbone this country now displays.

  I would argue with all the above, but I come to this forum for solace and bike stuff so no comment.   

[Mick_J]

It really does piss me off, there are only white British born racists in this country, jonny foreigner gets to tell us what he/she will or wont do and the law gets changed to suit.  Crash helmets are mandatory unless you are foreign and don't like the look of them.  I also saw on the new that some mosques are gaining listed status, I wonder how many churches will get the same distinction in any of the Arab states 
If the bastards cant speak good English don't let the fuckers in, don't spend our hard earned cash to teach them to claim all our benefits 

[Hooli]

If the bastards cant speak good English don't let the fuckers in, don't spend our hard earned cash to teach them to claim all our benefits 

You forgot 'and won't fit in with OUR way of life'.

[Mister Fishfinger]

  I would argue with all the above, but I come to this forum for solace and bike stuff so no comment.   

Agreed.

[KiwiCol]

Reckon Speedy was right when he said "it's to look good on the world stage" 
I think it's supposed to show how progressive, permissive & enlightened we are, but all it's doing is pissing off the majority of citizens. The 'majority' can't get this stuff to stop, as all the parties are doing the same thing to a greater or lesser extent.  They all want to 'look good on the world stage' & appear more enlightened & progressive than the last lot!  The poli's are ok with it because it's 'not in my neighborhood' & they're insulated from the effects to a certian extent. 
The poli's create this mess, they should have to live with it!

[Andre]

We finally have a new government which is the old one, with a bit of change in the top levels. Our new minister of the interior stated that islam IS NOT part of Germany. Chancellor Merkel emphatically replied that islam IS part of Germany. 75% of the population responded that it IS NOT! Who are the idiot 25% ?

[KiwiCol]

Merkel is one of the 25% it would appear.

[Kiwifruit]

Have just deleted what l was going to post
.........because it seems l'm a white racist.

[Notty]

Have just deleted what l was going to post
.........because it seems l'm a white racist.

thats just what I did !!! 

[Mick_J]

Did you know that there are "no go" areas in Britain where a white man (or policeman) is not allowed to go WTF 

[lil4399]

Did you know that there are "no go" areas in Britain where a white man (or policeman) is not allowed to go WTF 

You do know that, that was made up by an American politician who had to publically apologise?

Many years ago I worked in Knowsley, Merseyside. I had an office in Stockbridge Village, (formerly Cantril Farm) this was often classed as a "no-go" area even for police. I got to know the locals very well and strangely enough, no foreigners.

I saw a tv programme on Craig Charles (Red Dwarf) he was born in Liverpool and his family were moved to Cantril Farm when he was 10. They lasted 6 months and had to leave.  Something to do with his colour.....