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I mean... The UK wants more nurses and care workers right? Why would it say no?
I would much rather have relied on the workforce of the EU than selling our country off to the lowest common denominator.
That's pretty racist my friend. Why is your assumption that Indians are, in your words, the "lowest common denominator"?
That's a pretty outdated way to think.
GDP per capita. That is not racism. it is fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
Not everyone is a racist.
Err, sorry what does GDP per capita have to do with skilled nurses and care workers? As long as they are skilled who cares where they come from. Would you refuse to be treated by an Indian nurse because he or she came from a country whose GDP per capita was lower than a French one? Grow up.
You have to do better than to pretend your comment is anything other than racist. Fucking hell this sort of thinking is still popular these days. Disgusting.
Coming from the most racist country in the world this is brilliant.
India has issues I would rather not deal with until they can change. The education system is not good for everyone, it is good for the privileged few. Corruption is rife across the country. So no it is **NOT **racism, it is statement of fact. India is a very poor nation in terms of GDP. There are consequences to that.
If they're coming here to work in non-profit industries like healthcare, what's this got to do with anything?
A majority of the treatment in the NHS is privatised. There is profit in healthcare. Talk to anyone from the US about that.
Still doesn't explain why you're so worried about it when it represents systematic issues and not individuals.
I never said I was worried. I said it would be better to deal with the EU over India.
We were relying on medical staff from India and the West Indies long before we joined the EU and freedom of movement began. Should we not have good relations with our own commonwealth?
Why does India want this? Surely skilled workers leaving India for the UK is bad for India - far from being a price for the UK, this would enormously benefit the UK. The UK will be getting skilled workers whose education is mostly at India's expense.
I think if might be about fairness.... probably still a sore point for India, especially with Britian.
Also, skilled workers may not always stay, and bring back what they learnt. Also, many send money home to relatives. We get another supply of skilled workers. It's win win.
But we know why Brexiteers don't want this....
