New points system

Have I said that? How do you draw that conclusion?

Prayers not required, I won't!

Youve took it out of context by inference!
I used the word "of" meaning belonging to the EU.
Have i said I would prefer no benifits system? NO
Is the NHS a benefit? kind of but one every employed person, EU citizens included that pays UK National Insurance contributions pays into. So no I am not opposed to that.
What i am opposed to is sponging and blatent abuse!

I understand, Dom.

https://fullfact.org/immigration/does-immigration-reduce-wages/

If you read the page you linked to until the end:


Don't spend it all at once!

I did read it all look after the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves is a truism have a nice evening old chap

"There, but for the grace.... etc"!

Surely, unless you never draw a State pension, we ALL 'end up' on welfare at some point?
Some, of course, will argue that State pension is not Welfare/benefits - but we all pay NI so that we can all 'benefit' later in life?

Let's not forget that, in the post-war (in particular, WW2) years, we welcomed immigrants to do the jobs nobody else wanted to do or we didn't have the people to fill.
Now things have 'got a bit tough' it's all the fault of Johnny-foreigner...!

Totally agree and let me reiterate I am all for people of ANY race coming into the country as long as the playing field is level for EU and non EU folk and they don't add further pressure to the welfare of the country.
Pretty sure my wife's BRP card reads not entitled to benefits!
We should never forget the Polish pilots of world war two amongst others

As I pointed out earlier! As we pay our NI contributions the pension is a right to have not a benifit
My comments about prayers not required was specific to the universal credit!

Better still you quantify my opposition is ill-founded!

But it *was* a level playing field. British people had equal rights to work and settle in 27 neighbouring countries. We have cut off that opportunity to hundreds of thousands of British citizens.

You may say that "I don't want to work or live in Latvia" but, bu the same token, you are going to struggle to work or live in India, Nigeria etc of wherever the next batch of low wage (but not necessarily low skilled) workers come from.

So my wife could of come here from the Philippines with no job no sponsor?

Of course not. We don't have a reciprocal agreement with the Philippines.

However, you could get a job in Germany without a sponsor. A German could get a job in the UK without a sponsor. That's called reciprocity.

We've slammed that door in our face.

I think you need to reread my post again I said I want a level playing field for Any race EU or non EU.
I was being sarcastic with the comment about my wife getting here!
The field was not level fortunately we are doing something about it.