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Thread #151569 Message #3541949
Posted By: Jim Carroll
26-Jul-13 - 09:11 AM
Thread Name: Osborne wrong: UK immigration needed
Subject: RE: Osborne wrong: UK immigration needed
" but England is the most crowded country in Europe"
The mindless repetition of this and the constant and deliberate ignoring of the fact that there are many houses standing empty for want of attention only underlines your on-going agenda of making immigrants the enemy of the British way of life. Throw in the fact that there is also a great deal of built up, but unused property that could be used for domestic building and you have more than enough room to alleviate overcrowding in Britain if the will was there to do so,
I repeat - the ending of immigration would alter the 'supposed' overcrowding in Britain
Your either deliberate or totally ignorant misrepresentation of the Irish sutuation only serves to underline your agenda-driven hatred.
The empty houses in Ireland are the direct result of predatory banks overlending in the good times, largely for second homes; few efforts were made to accommodate permanent residents in rural areas.
"If only there was a very uncrowded, almost empty land nearby,"
There are indeed a great many newly built homes here - some statistical facts to put that in context.
"Present population of Ireland 4.576 million
Focus Ireland estimates that there are up to 5,000 people who are homeless in Ireland at any one time. You can view some facts and figures on the number of homeless here. A small minority of people who are homeless sleep rough but most stay in emergency accommodation such as a hostel or a night shelter, a B&B, with family and friends or in a squat.
All of these are very stressful and short-term arrangements. In some of them only essential living necessities are available; in others not even basic needs are being met. None of them is a place to call home.
There are also thousands more families and single people who are at risk of becoming homeless. These people are often at risk of losing their current accommodation due to various reasons including struggling to pay their rent or falling in to serious mortgage arrears.
Focus Ireland works to support people in these situations (And people in groups that are deemed to be particularly vulnerable to homelessness) to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.
People who are homeless can find it very difficult to find a place to live. There is a large waiting list for local authority housing* (* Over 98,000 households in 2011) and there is very little housing association accommodation available.
Focus Ireland has called for the government to set a new deadline of 2013 to end long-term homelessness. The previous target of 2010 was not met, mainly because of the failure by successive government to provide the housing vital to move people out of homelessness.
Focus Ireland believes that it is possible to both and homelessness."
Homelessness, here or elsewhere has nothing to do with the availability of land for new building, rather, it has everything to do with the political and social will to tackle the problem - but there again, it's a handy, time-tested stone to throw at 'Johnny Foreigner'.
So far you have used paedophelia, terrorism - even the murder of a soldier as a platform for your racist hatred, sometimes going to unbelievable lengths to turn the crimes of a few into the 'cultural tendencies' of all; now you have turned to 'overcrowding' to extend that platform - the energy that you are prepared to put into your campaign is more than a little gob-smackingly admirable.
All these issues are genuine concerns, but none of them have the silightes to do with immigration or multi-culturalism
Jim Carroll