General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Well I agree with all that's been said above. I'm not racist either, Heaven forbid, but I think there should be a specific pre-requisite before anyone is allowed into this country - from anywhere - and that is that they can read, write and speak English to a high standard. On arrival they should be given a passage from, let's say a Charles Dickens book, and if they can read it perfectly then okay, but if not, back on the plane they go. It's been on the news tonight that there are now 60M people in this country, a large percentage of which are from other countries. Well I'm sorry, and I reiterate I am not racist, but my bloke's a plasterer, I work for electricians and in the building trade also our own guys are being put out of work because of all the Polish that are coming here in droves working for a much lower rate of pay. Not on in my book.