Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "a poignant article about a policeman" video.

  1. Finding between £6000 to over £9000 upfront to complete an offshore spousal visa application is a policy decision that won't impact non-dom. That's for sure. He has his own family to prioritise, and with his qualifications, and honed language skills, he could find work in the Private Security or intergovernmental field as an analyst in Italy. Good luck to him. Until the UK faces upto some home truths, immigration is going to be an itch that turns into an abscess, ably assisted by political entrepreneurs. You want to stop immigration? Then get real about what that means to an aging workforce who expect to get a state pension and a sustainable income in retirement. What will that mean for the birth rate in the UK, that's below replacement level now? Partially as a result of policies - economic, political, and cultural that surpress the desire and ability to have children, who would grow up to pay the taxes to support you in retirement? What happens because of the shortfall? A declining population, higher labour costs to business which will pass them onto the consumer. Yes, they will be some innovation, but a declining population means a shrinking market for goods and services. So profits will fall. Add to that increasing wealth inequality, immigration is the only response to deeply embedded short-sighted and short-termist policies, based on Ideological and logical fallacies that bring undesirable consequences like a falling birth rate. And we're not helping ourselves by clinging on to them. That's why our junior doctors were leaving the NHS and migrating aboard. In total, since 2021, over 500,000 British people have migrated from the UK. And the real debate is why? Why are they leaving? We need them, especially now, as the consequences if the failed experiments of the last 5 decades come home to roost. Why don't people want to start families? What is it about our country that makes living here an effective contraceptive for workers of child-bearing age. What are we doing wrong? And until we're willing to look hard at our priorities regarding family life in Britain, we won't stop immigration.
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