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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 6:15am On Jan 10, 2025

njambert:
Thanks for taking out time to respond. I have major differences again with certain things you mentioned.
It seems you target low hanging fruits while ignoring the bigger picture which completely skews the rightful use of data.

I absolutely agree migration plays a role in housing, but where we differ is the comparative significance of this role. Migration helps to maintain the vibrancy of a market that contributes upto 40% of national GDP. Even if you feel that number is too high, you don't want a rapid decline and with any vibrant market, you'd have periods of boom and bust. Those living in canada and already paying rents should be encouraged to get on the ladder. It's how they'd build wealth.
There are several ways the government can tame the market which they could use when it gets overheated - yearly ground rent, much higher tax for foreign buyers e.t.c. But again, you don't want excessive government interference in a free market.
Anything done has to be without an emotional mindset as many provinces rely on capital gains tax they get on sales e.t.c This is not considering the significant rise in GDP constructing 1 million homes would bring. Also, foreigners bringing in capital from their country is a good thing - reason why many countries have been very careful in placing a ban on foreign ownership.

I still take exception to using the word importing when describing people who followed a perfectly legitimate means offered by the Canadian government to migrate.
There would always be bag eggs. That does not mean you throw the baby away with the bath water. Those folks will still integrate or their kids would and bring a good cultural mix.
Careful when referencing the UK (or EU) based on media narratives- there is a reason why all of a sudden there's an uproar for an event that happened over a decade ago. The Conservative party who are asking for a new enquiry didn't do anything about the last enquiry on same issue that lasted 7 years and was concluded while they were in power. I have seen this before - its what led to Brexit. Even the extra health levy (in addition to the regular income tax) all working non-settled migrants pay came about when there was an overblown narrative of a few visitors using the NHS. The government fed on this to introduce a surcharge on immigrating workers (not those visiting). On the rape issue, it'd interest you to know that there were similar horrific incidents on same scale perpetrated by mainly white men which hardly saw any significant media attention. The scapegoating of migrants is not a new thing - before BAMEs and Europeans, it was the Irish being blamed - see attached. Before the Irish, it was the Jews.

Birth rates are unlikely to rise anytime soon. Its a fact of modern soceital development. The richer and more educated, the less kids are born- even in Africa, same trend is taking shape. Virtually no developed country has been able to reverse this despite huge initiatives some have taken. As birthrates are dropping across the developed world, the circa 400k folks Canada aims to invite this year via the EE pathway would not be filled from the anglosphere.
Same also with the H1B. All the talk of merit = more Indians. Simply because they have the numbers and network effect.

Thanks for remaining civil

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Travel › Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by jedisco(m): 12:59am On Jan 10, 2025

Stumbled upon this.

BTL dey enter my eye ooo. Anyone here on that pathway? Can people confirm if the stated yeild matches what they have in their local area.
@Missjekyll and other socialists, this is not for you

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 12:38am On Jan 10, 2025

maternal:
The liberal government is like the black sheep of the family. Everyone is taking out their frustration on them. A lot of things regarding the oil industry are being blamed on the Liberals, unjustly so. I worked in northern Alberta for 6 years. Conservative voters shouldn't get their hopes up as absolutely nothing will change. Watch.

You can make a bunch of promises and talk tough throughout the campaign. But once you get into government and realize you have to cater to every interest groups as much as possible, then you have provincial autonomy which can delay or destroy a PM objective; you'll then understand how hard it is to please everyone. Personally, I know not much will change. Don't get your hopes up my people.

Interesting and not surprising insight for someone in the know.
Many complex issues have more nuanced facets but of course telling voters 'we'd just do x' is easy to understand and help get votes. Too much traffic? We'd just end migration. In Nigeria, the populace were told, theres no subsidy etc.
Life has taught me when all the populace think the solution to something is so easy, they're manytimes on the wrong path or not considered all the repercussions. It's usually very easy to find a low hanging fruit to blame. For example, migration has been one that worked for centuries. Even Nigeria tried it with Ghana must go. We all know how we fared afterwards. Recently, the UK tried it with Brexit and lesssons are still being delivered. Let's see how Trump and the incoming Canadian government fare.
All reminds me of a discussion I stumbled upon recently regarding how UK migrants were making the NHS struggle

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 12:30am On Jan 10, 2025

RodgersAkpafu:
We like this one leg in the west one leg in Africa thing that does not work and doesn't make sense
We also like I better pass my neighbours mentality
That's why we are still struggling

as repugnant and terrible as Indians behave, and their yama yama cultural proclivities and lack of emotional intelligence in dealing with other groups, one thing I do give them credit for is their ability to pool resources together and practice delayed gratification

But that has come in part, at a cost of "slummifying" and "ghettorising" certain places

Brampton and Sheffield for reference in Canada and UK respectively

The kind of hate and words used towards Indians here is worrying. Indian migrants have been by far a significant net contributor to most western economies. In the UK, they're underrepresented in most crimes, overrepresented in educational attainment (asp in STEM), also in financial attainment e.t.c. loads of healthcare workers who have supported the NHS for decades are Indians. Infact, an Indian-owned company has come to the aid of the UK building a batttery plant after the likes of Musk overlooked UKs pleas to build a factory

As far as bulk modern migration goes, you'd struggle to get a much better group than them. Its a reason why despite all the shenanigans, many western nations still return to invite more

Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 12:15am On Jan 10, 2025*

njambert:
You mean let's ignore the fact that an unprecedented population growth, which did not occur naturally but through migration, accounting for over 95% of that growth in three years, has little to do with real estate pricing, overload of public services and the job market? I'm sorry, if you don't think it's major then you need to take some economic lessons.

1. I'm not ignoring migration growth as a potential factor in the housing market. I'm saying it's not the only or major cause. Also, that the rise in house prices (though now too fast) is a planned and wanted outcome of many policies and lastly, the increased demand brought by migration can manytimes be a good thing.

2. I wonder why you are keen to differentiate population growth through migration and that occurring via birth. Yes, they may be subtle differences but ultimately it results in increased numbers. On economic terms, that through migration is much cheaper than and can be better tailored. The average 25yo in the Brit has already cost the government £500k from birth. Not an insignificant number would go on never be net contributors and would go on to live off the government for life. So an average 25 yo needed migrant in the UK is like handing the government a £500 cheque. This is before even considering other things.

3. 'DEI' is seen in multiple facets of the everyday life. Its how balance is maintained. Its a control mechanism that tends to address the positive feedback loop that exists in life i.e the rule that he who has is by virtue if having likely to have even more. Call it compound interest e..t.c. When done with taxation, its called 'progressive' taxation. (I.e someone earning more would pay higher percentage of their pay as tax than a lower earner). Higher earners contribute more to lift all boats. When done with healthcare, its called universal healthcare and equity. I can go on. It may surprise you to know the greatest determinant of wealth is not hardwork or intelligence.

4. I take objection to use the word 'importing' when referring to human migration moreso that of a legal kind. These are people which the government made a pathway for them to arrive here. They are not goods in a container.

5. On H1B, I dont know if you've been following the news but it'd interest you to know that Elon and Vivek are already vocally pushing for its restructuring which to them means increase in numbers and more emphasis on merit. So far, Trump does not seem opposed.

To summarise, whether DEI or migration, there are pros and cons to most things and finding the right balance is important. It's done me well in life not to stress over things I can't change. Like them or hate them, those Indians and their kids especially would form the pillar of the Canadian society tomorrow. I'd always take exception to is hiding behing migration to spread hate

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 11:33pm On Jan 09, 2025*

lavida001:
They are not special or hardworking they just have ways of manipulating any system.

Racial stereotypes are almost always wrong.

First, regarding the state of India, it's worth remembering that civilisations come and go. Before the current European period, several empires and civilisations have been top of the ladder at different times in human history. India has a rich history and suffered greatly as western nations extracted resources - I dont see what 'manipulation' surpasses that. China, Indonesia, Singapore, UAE e.t.c has shown that building a modern economy is not an inate ability of a certain race. The current rise of China has not been seen in human history. Furthermore, as the indian economy is rapidly on the rise, if they maintain current progress, they'd be at the top in no time.

That you push the narrative that Indians are innately bad surprises me. I've done well for myself in the UK and respect high performers. I have seen extremely bright Indians who worked their way to the top through grit. They being overrepresented in higher earning roles is because they worked doubly hard and built a network. They endured the racism, put in the hardwork that others didn't and rose to the top. There are mediocre ones and bad eggs but thats the case with every race.

Let me ask, what has been your personal experience with Indians

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:13pm On Jan 09, 2025*

Zahra29:
In fairness to India, they have done extremely well in rebranding themselves from a 3rd world country and positioning themselves as one of the BRICs. India now commands respect and representation on the world stage in politics, science and technology and business. Many top tier global organisations are expanding their offshore operations in India, and India is ramping up its space programme which has already achieved some feats, to mention a few areas.

It's not ethnic prejudice to label Nigeria a 3rd world/developing country. Also the likes of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan which are neighbours to India, but worlds apart.

While I agree with the first paragraph, the term '3rd world' is today largely a derogatory term which is why its worrying when I see those who should know better using it.
The meaning of words and phrases do change and It's use today is far removed from its original meaning. I can't remember seeing that word used in a non-derogatory fashion. Terms like developing world are more sensible

The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. The United States, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Western European countries and other allies represented the "First World", while the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, and their allies represented the "Second World". This terminology provided a way of broadly categorizing the nations of the Earth into three groups based on political divisions.
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Since 1990 the term "Third World" evolved to denote countries with less economic development. The term "Third World" is increasingly perceived to be politically incorrect or outdated, as it is a historical term that isn't as relevant in modern day geopolitics. Around the early 1960s, the term "underdeveloped countries" was frequently used to refer to roughly the same group of countries. This term was in turn replaced by 'developing' and 'less-developed' countries, as politicians found that the earlier term contributed to stereotypes or disrespect of this group of countries.

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:03pm On Jan 09, 2025

I think the effect of Elon buying twitter would not just be down to what happens on X but more importantly how that filters into other social media platforms and ultimately, the wider narrative. Rage which X feeds on is a prime emotion that when tapped into drives up social media engagement. Even Trump that was against Tiktok calling it 'China' all this while has changed his tune and is opposed to a ban after seeing its effect on the last elections.

“So we built a lot of complex systems to moderate content, but the problem with complex systems is they make mistakes, even if they accidentally censor just 1% of posts, that’s millions of people, and we’ve reached a point where it’s just too many mistakes and too much censorship. The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising speech.”

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 7:53pm On Jan 09, 2025

Goke7:
He has already said he doesn’t want to go into war with his sugar daddy and intends to discuss with Baba Trump when he attends his inauguration.

It’s difficult to get rid of Musk the only way is to ensure his puppet doesn’t get into power, even Trump can’t go against Musk unless he wants to be cooked with twitter (ask stammer for starters 😜) that’s how choking is it with Musk. There’s no insult I can see here for Farage except he wants to fund his company or party all by himself. As for kemi trust me she too won’t mind washing plates for Musk, na who no want the world richest man as a friend. That’s what desperate politics or lust for power can do to any one. You throw all caution to the dustbin!

Hehe.. popcorn mood. Its the payer vs the player finally.

Elon is a nasty piece of work just look at his response to Justin Trudeau after Trump had been disrespectfully goading Canada. Imagine if it was a Chinese business man saying such.

BTW, some white South Africans in the West tend to give that bigoted vibe. Wether its the one who fired on the UK riots or Elon sef. Only got to know Elons dad impregnated his half-daughter. I watched a clip of him speaking about their upbringing and the roundabout on how he impregnated his daughter. The way he goes about it is so nauseating. Imagine if it was a Pakistani rich man who had clamoured for an extremist PM saying same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aIDIN7Of0U

Foreign Affairs › Re: U.S Firefighters Use Handbags To Pour Water On Fires In California (Pics, Video) by jedisco(m): 5:59pm On Jan 09, 2025

Imagine what western media would say if this was an African nation

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Attack On Chad's Presidential Palace Leaves 19 Dead by jedisco(m): 2:37pm On Jan 09, 2025

Just imagine

I wonder if France has a hand in this. Perhaps to teach certain countries a lesson.

Eitherway, Chad has to build theur security infrastructure

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Education › Re: Anambra State Ranks Lowest Out Of School Children In Nigeria(photos) by jedisco(m): 7:05am On Jan 09, 2025

Before we ignorantly keep spreading unconfirmed stuff as facts, we should always ask where they got their data from. This is the least anyone should do. Sources should be corschecked for how dependable they are and their method of sourcing data. In todays world, anyone even an AI bot can run a twitter page sharing unconfirmed stuff as facts. Does not help that the NBS is not up to scratch with publishing dependable stats.

P.S. This has nothing to do with any of the states listed there

Sports › Re: NFF Appoints Éric Chelle As Super Eagles Head Coach by jedisco(m): 10:48pm On Jan 07, 2025

Good. Worth giving African coaches a chance. Its not like we've fared better under European coaches. It many times worying to see an AFC final with no African coach on the bench of top teams. We have great coaches and can only get better by supporting them.

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Business › Re: Faces Of Loan Defaulters Posted On Tiktok By Loan Company (videos) by jedisco(m): 7:07pm On Jan 07, 2025

Do we have data protection laws at all?

What are the regulatory agencies doing about this? NCC, CBN e.t.c

This loan app uses a centralised bank account. Why cant that be frozen and its handlers arrested and brought to justice?
Not excusing the supposed defaulters but many countries have had a credit system for decades. Even houses are bought on a mortgage (credit) and people do default but we never see such happen.

We have a credit bureau agency and the loan app should have done their due diligence before handing our cash. If recipients default, there are civil ways of handling it without committing a crime

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 1:59pm On Jan 07, 2025

tensazangetsu20:
Indians also had high paying careers before Nigerians. It’s just very recently Nigerians started having good careers abroad. In the past most Nigerians did mostly menial jobs but Indians have been working in high paying industries like tech and healthcare. It’s why most of the veteran japarians are very pained that new japarians are having it easy compared to them.

Hehe... wawulence everywhere. i.e 'if I suffered, you must suffer thesame too'. I wonder how true this is.

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 1:11pm On Jan 07, 2025

Goke7:
This free speech movement is really doing wonders o where someone wants the King to send the entire parliament home or for Britons to be given asylum in the US 😜

Farage is the one that messed up himself going to Malarago or whatever they call it. Anything his eyes see he should collect it all by himself including handing over to Robinson as demanded by sugar daddy musk!

Hehe. It's called see-finish. He thought he was about to serve Kier Starmer breakfast but now he's been advised to ho wash plates at the big mans house. I wonder what he'd do if Elon offers £100m at this stage - he'd say master, I know you were pulling my legs. grin

It's insulting finally. Reform is Nigel's personal business which is registered as a company with him being the main shareholder. Its like saying Elon or Trump are not good enough to oversee the vision of Space-X or Truth Social respectively. With all this, the humility in Nigels response is telling. Imagine his response if it was Kemi that said same thing.

Politics › Re: NACCIMA Urges Tinubu To Slash Corporate Taxes To 19%, VAT To 7.5% by jedisco(m): 12:16pm On Jan 07, 2025

Of course, businesses would want lower taxes so they can have higher profits much of which goes to highly placed staff and shareholders.
The government also needs the tax revenue to meet the many needs of the populace- education, health and infrastructure.

The numbers and timeframe proposed by the government is decent. Businesses need to put in their fare share to support the economy they operate in. That way, everyone wins

Politics › Re: Ibadan Stampede: Queen Naomi, Oriyomi Hamzat Must Face Trial - Gov Makinde(vid) by jedisco(m): 11:59am On Jan 07, 2025

Nice one Mr Governor.
People should be held responsible for their actions. Nigerians cannot keep dying with no repercussions.

Anambra and FCT should follow suit.

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 11:55am On Jan 07, 2025

justwise:
Yes because they know that is not sharpest tool in the box, those who support him pay the price, look at Rudy Giuliani and others who foolishly went along with Trump.

Do you remember this dude ....Nicholas John Griffin (British National Party) He was worse than Tommy Robinson but today he is forgotten.

The british political environment is allergic to Trump-like-character

Dont know much about him. Looked him up and his narrative is typical - they know their demography.
I see his shenanigans helped drive the Brexit narrative. I'm sure he's not as happy with the much liked post-Brexit result sheet.

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 11:33am On Jan 07, 2025

Goke7:
You have not watched that GB news interview with Musk’s father where he said the future of the Uk belongs to Tommy Robinson?

Hehe.. I never watch that one oo.. I'd leave it under tge free speech narrative.

Tommy Robinson doesn't have the right background. He might get overt support from rioters and inward support from others but the average British middle-upper class (e.g Rees Mogg) is not lining up behind him. Nigel Farage appeals more to that group- he has the oratory, education and carriage. Even most of Robinsons protests tend to be in deprived regions.

Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 10:59am On Jan 07, 2025

maternal:
Immigration is hot and cold. When it's hot, you strike. I think it'll be cold for 5 years. Then it'll be back to the 2018 days. I've advised anyone with a PR who's eligible to apply for citizenship, should do so ASAP . They'll be anti immigration sentiments and narratives for the next few years, with this inevitably new government.

I absolutely agree with you. These things come in ebbs and flows- and its important to take opportunities when they arise. Even if you look at British migration which I like discussing, over many centuries when there was net emigration of the British, the rate at which they left was variable. It had peaks and troughs. Now it has flipped to net immigration, just like with any 'market', I'd only expect a similar pattern for the coming decades.

The main differences now, arw that the interval between the peak and troughs may be closer - mainly due to the fact that the natural population in most western nations is in decline (hardly talked about) - more younger folks are needed for stability and second reason is the way capitalism works and refusal of such countries to adequately tax wealth but rather blame migration- the rich get richer. Lastly, unlike before that much needed immigration is only going to come from people of colour

With most western nations tilting right, I think they might be in the pre-Brexit phase of realisation. A less spoken about issue is the fact that the rising anti-migration sentiment would make it more difficult even for those from the anglosphere to move around like in times past.

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 10:29am On Jan 07, 2025*

njambert:
Such issues are rarely unilateral but eventually peak because of a culmination of reasons, amongst which are; record population growth owing to immigration, restrictive planning policies which you cited(like refusal to construct high rises within certain locations), rising construction costs, interest rates, etc.

In 2023 alone, Canada had a population growth of 3.2%, 97.6% of that was due to immigration only. In that same year, Australia had a population growth of 2%(84% on account of immigration alone) and in the US it was only 0.5%(70% due to immigration).

You can clearly see that Canada and Australia are taking in disproportionately too high a population, leading to high demand for real estate and rentals, and eventually the high prices. These unprecedented numbers cannot be ignored and no country can thrive in the long run bringing in such influx. I would also like to see Poillievre introduce per country cap. One country alone shouldn't be accounting for more than 25% of a country's immigrant flow. We need more diversity, less numbers.

I agree issues are multifactorial but migration is not the major driver. Taking away the recent 22/23 spike (which by historical standards is not unheard off), the population growth rate of Canada has been on a downward trend. The country grew at a much faster pace in the past and continued to thrive. Some of that spurt gave rise to some Canadian cities we know today.

Without migration, the population of most western nations would be in decline which is something they are keen to avoid especially seeing how Japan has handled it.

The way the world works, on a level playing field, one/few countries would always dominate migration numbers be it Brits, Chinese e.t.c. First, Canada is not getting 300k Brits to apply for its EE in 2024. Same also, you wouldn't get tens of thousands of Brits applying to Canadian universities. The numbers willing to apply and with the right qualification would not come from the anglosphere - same is the story elsewhere and it's fairly new. Is Canada going to take someone from country X with an EE score of 250 over an Indian with an EE score of 500? Yes, things could be spread out a bit more but not at the expense of a fair system. Also worth nothing that over 1 in 7 humans is an Indian. Add that to their decent command of English and you'd see their numbers are not surprising.

On diversity, almost 50% of Canadians are of British heritage. No one is complaining about that lack of diversity. Also looking at numbers, any country cap is going to disproportionately affect Nigerians

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 10:00am On Jan 07, 2025

Gerrard59:
To be fair to Australia, most of it is deemed unhabitable or economically dead. The same applies to Canada. And yes, I agree with the narrative that citizens, especially older ones, form NIMBY movements which restricts construction of newer houses. Suddenly everyone runs with the narrative that immigrants caused rents to increase.

Good to see that another Nairalander has agreed that humans are tribal in nature.

Hehe. I don't agree the uninhabitable excuse is a fair let-off for Australia. Yes, large swathes of Canada are not suitable for habitation, same also Australia. Taking away these uninhabitable parts, Australia is still sparsely populated. The Brits were not worried about the amount of habitable land when they came over and the Australians media didn't have so many issues when it was Brits coming in. Most Brits I see have relatives resident in Australia or Canada- its normal for them and the Canadian or Australian media hardly complained about this.

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:35am On Jan 07, 2025

lavida001:
No thank you.

Hmm.. Indians have done well for themselves in the West. I only hope they can also achieve good development back home.
If Nigerians had similar attainment to them in the West, we'd be receiving more hate.

It's important not to follow media narratives to belittle hard working, high-attaininig folks just because of ethnic prejudices. Else, we'd next be calling ourselves third worlders.

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:28am On Jan 07, 2025*

justwise:
Tommy Robinson? That will be a tall order as he is not really popular for good reasons here. The UK political ecosystem is not really financial driven like our American senior partners so he will struggle to use his deep pocket to influence any political party here

He can only be successful if he managed to buy daily mail or the sun newspaper and few yrs down the line what happened to News of the World will be repeated.

Lol@ Tommy Robinson - the 'defender of English values' and the only one speaking the 'truth'
Nigel Farage is not obedient enough to lead the cause.

True, the UK system may have not be as financially laden but it's heavily susceptible to the media. I've noticed that many elements of the Right in the UK are also not huge fans of Trump.

With most of the developed western moving right, the next few years should be interesting. Hopefully its their Brexit moment with similar lessons to be learned

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 10:03pm On Jan 06, 2025

A common narrative is how migration is the reason for the housing crises.

Nobody choruses that U.S is overpopulated yet they have about 330 million people. Australia with a landmass just slightly to the U.S only has 26 million inhabitants. Yet, it's immigrants that are to blame for house prices
Over 60% of Australians own their home. How many of them would not vote out a government that causes house prices to crash. Locals would block every house building initiative and turn around to blame migrants. Estate developers buy up and hoard land around cities and refuse to build. They'd call in land banking. They only build at the rate at which they can sell at their set prices. Same story in Canada and the UK.

The mortgage industry forms a bedrock of the economy of these nations. Imagine the economic output if quality houses could be built at scale. Jobs would be created, house prices and rents would become more affordable, gdp would rise and people would invest in other parts of the economy rather than buying up land. But no, everybody wants to secure their retirement and inheritance on the value of their home

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 9:25pm On Jan 06, 2025

justwise:
He is desperately want to run the UK govt just as he is doing with American govt right now.

He is not getting the attention and recognition he wants from the British govt even with all his money.

My concern with folks like him is how they can drive the media and consequently drive how people think. That most local UK media are commenting about him shows his reach. All he needs is a local popular politician to be his face/puppet

Elon was not a conservative before. He really kicked off when he felt spited. When Jo Biden invited business leaders to the white house and didn't include him.
Since inception, traditional social media tilted towards the left and were more progressive.
He's cut down all safeguards to having a civil conversation and Twitter is now a freeway for every kind of abuse + p0rn I gather. In todays world with a recent flourish of right wing ideas, it's difficult to say how far he can reach

Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 8:55pm On Jan 06, 2025

ednut1:
true , underlying hidden reason is racism. Jews have their communities and practices some weird rules. I interviewed with a company once and the recruiter told me its Jewish owned and they dont work on Friday and i should be ready to work on sunday. A Jewish woman once asked me for help calling a taxi ( apparently they cant make calls on certain days) 😂.

Ukrainian refugees were freely accepted by Europe and North America. Some people have said they are ungrateful and arrogant. One even said in an interview in uk that there are too many blacks and browns where they housed them.

But because these two groups are white ,anti immigration people ignore them. It is well o

True, when push comes to shove, they also target those eastern Europeans. They hide behind wide reaching words like 'integration' to spew trash. How many of them 'integrate' when they go to Dubai or 'China' but they expect me to forget my culture and kowtow because I have come to the west. Yes, integration is important but should be done via mutual respect and not by folks giving up their identity to ppease you.

And most of these communities come to be by reason of persecution. Its the only way by which they survived. If the Jews didn't form such communities, one can only guess what'd have happened to them over centuries. Even at that, the success they had attracted lots of hate to them which led to lots being killed in the world wars.

Even in Nigeria- whether its in Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Anambra e.t.c migrating communities manytimes tend to live in particular parts. In the U.S, there are places with very little blacks. In Australia how many westerners live in or close to aboriginal communities e.t.c. Folks choosing to live with people of their kind are not doing anything new.

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 8:34pm On Jan 06, 2025

Gerrard59:
It seems a "little India or Pakistan" is worse than a "little Nigeria". If not, why are they not picking on on our people in the UK and other parts of the West? Could it be the smaller numbers compared to South Asians or the grave effect of being accused as racists owing to the global influence of African Americans?

There's definitely a numbers game at play.
Having closed off communities might not be the best but its the way many groups thrive. Most of us only disperse due to work.
Worse would be said if it was Nigerians or Kenyans having such. We heard similar stories prior to Brexit of how eastern european folks were taking up districts, only speaking their language and sending money back home. Some of that narrative has died down now as there is no single group to hold

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 8:13pm On Jan 06, 2025

ednut1:
i lived close to a Pakistani community while i was in the UK over 18 years ago. If you mistakenly enter that area you would think you are in Pakistan . Once they target an area they would buy out all the white people there and make it a mini india or Pakistan. Can see the far right people coming for them in recent times

Manytimes, its white folks also selling and moving out. Forming communities is a time-tested way by which humans have thrived. It's one of the basics in building wealth as a group. There are pros and cons but it happens in every society. Jews, blacks e.t.c
The funny thing is that even when westerners migrate to developing countries today, they lump themselves up in closed-off 'expat' communities. How many of them move and mix freely with the local populace as they expect of us? Same scenario with colonial periods- where possible, the natives would be killed off or foced into coccons e.g Australia. If not possible then invading folks take and live in the choice land by themselves e.g SA.

Humans are communal beings and the protection that comes by moving in groups is immense whether its to career progress, business success e.t.c. It's why I laugh whenever migrating Nigerians say they'd have nothing to with Nigerians abroad.

I'm all for integration and live and work in a community which is >95% white but at same time, I cannot discount the benefits of having more people like me around. If not for work, I may have moved to a place with more diversity.

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Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jedisco(m): 8:00pm On Jan 06, 2025

Agidipie:
I am based in the UK. But what is really going on with Indians in Canada. Most of my social media timeliness especially tiktok are full of complaints about them by white Canadians, even blacks. They (Indians) have been under fire for the past few months now, even to people in Melbourne Australia. At first I thought it was the general anti immigration stereotype sweeping the west, but it seems the bulk of it is focused on them. Here in the UK, we all are facing these anti immigration talks biases but it is looking like the ones in Canada seems to target Indians more. They are really complaining about them and their activities. The Indians I am seeing here in the UK are doing great to an extent . Are the ones in Canada that bad? Or what's happening

The narrative has a number of drivers but once you scratch the surface it becomes clear most of it stems a larger underlying prejudice against migration by people of colour and another large cohort of BAME folks who jump on the wagon without understanding the underlying drivers.

Indians are only being targeted because they sre the dominant migrant group in those countries. In Canada, similar was said about the Chinese 1-2 decades ago. If it was Nigerians or blacks, even worse would be said.

There are bad eggs as you'd find in any group who have migrated in numbers but an overwhelming majority came legally and go on to do well for themselves. That many go on to be high achievers only fuels that hate

A few pages back, I had to engage someone who had been made to believe non-white migrants were the reason why some Brits emigrate. Or is it when folks blame migrants for NHS wait lists forgetting you're much more likely to be treated by a migrant healthcare worker than have them ahead of you on a wait list. Or is it how housing crises is blamed on migrants forgetting that no government or western populace has any intention of cutting house price

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 8:51pm On Jan 05, 2025

Goke7:
Anyone following the clash between Farage and Elon Musk. Welcome to 2025!

https://x.com/nigel_farage/status/1875918844562473373?s=48&t=tk-1hGRx-HBpOmsos8uccA[/quote]Lol... late Christmas for Kier Starmer. He'd be hoping the £100m talk would be quenched by this.

See how humbly calculated Farage sounded. Money good oo.

Elon is something else- for even NF to say this one is too far right and disagree with him should make folks unsettled. I wonder what role his aparthied South African roots are playing in his world view

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