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Thread #123889   Message #2733921
Posted By: Gervase
29-Sep-09 - 07:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: The BNP conundrum
Subject: RE: BS: The BNP conundrum
From an earlier post:
it justs get harder and harder to get past the Keith's of this world who have just wilfully decided that we are "swamped", "flooded", "deluged" etc etc, by a "tidal wave" of "unprecedented" and "unnecessary" or "unjustified" immigrants that are "crowding" this scepted isle
Yes, it is hard if you see it as a wilful and deliberate attempt to misinform. I don't believe it is.
If you look at the figures provided by the BBC, which Keith first cited, you will see some raw data which has the capacity to alarm some people.
If you don't see that then you clearly don't understand how people tick. The BNP does, and it exploits that.
To counter the propaganda of the BNP people need to know a number of facts which are not easy to find:

1) how many people are arriving annually in the UK.
2) how many of those are arriving legally.
3) how many of those are arriving illegally.
4) how many are working and making a net contribution to the British economy (in what sectors and for how much).
5) how many are claiming benefits or living in social housing and are in effect dependent on the state.
6) how many people are leaving the UK annually.

I have not been able to find an accurate source for those figures. If someone can, then that would be a good start to the debate.