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Look around many English and world cities (like New York) and you'll see that already - the indigenous poplulation doesn't even see it as a stepping stone, so you don't see white faces at all, and by then the immigrants are viewing it as a stepping stone.

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Well of course that's why many British firms like immigrant labour, but my point was that from the perspective of you and me and other British people in the labour market the job becomes less attractive because at the end of the day more immigrant labour means lower earnings for us.

It all depends on where you are in the pecking order - if you hire people and profit from then then clearly if immigrants work for lower wages and do a better job then that's a plus for you, whether you're in the building trade, a farmer or taxi proprietor.

On the other hand, if you're a humble driver like you and me then immigrant labour can only be a bad thing, since in effect it worsens our working conditions. Thus the job may look like a career move for a newly arrived immigrant, but from the other perspective it looks more and more like a stepping stone for people like ye and me.

Another point to bear in mind is perhaps while new immigrants seem a godsend to employers at the outset, in a few years time things might look a bit different, when the immigrants become settled and taxi driving doesn't looks so good anymore.

Look around many English and world cities (like New York) and you'll see that already - the indigenous poplulation doesn't even see it as a stepping stone, so you don't see white faces at all, and by then the immigrants are viewing it as a stepping stone.

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What do you mean by ..add a pound

I am not the brightest spark tdo,so i had to look up the meaning of indigenous in the dictionary(native of a homeland country)!So, why should a person from this country go and earn a living in a place like Dubai,Africa or anywhere else for that matters?..........Maybe it is just because they want to strive for better things.

So maybe that is what our friends from the EU countries like Poland etc are only trying to do themselves!!!!

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander(equality)

By the way,....i think the term white faces seemed a bit off,as what has a persons colour of skin got to do with anything.........

every thing you have said is from a man that wears blinkers !

and everything you have said the english drivers have worn the tee shirt !!

you had any family of friends that have been abroad to work or even live ?

you seem rather a sad man to me

The bottom line is that immigration drives down wages and to accuse or at least allude that anyone pointing this out is racist is pathetic.

So would you agree with my analyis then, or do you prefer just to ignore it and start getting mildly insulting?

So British people have gone to work abroad, does this mean that I can't argue against you using immigrant labour to depress your drivers' earnings or that this means I'm lying?

Your response clearly shows that you have little in the way of contrary argument

you can argue what you want my friend, it is my belief that you do not have the need to recruit staff to meet the demand of the needs ! and if you did you my be of a different view !

I still can't get it into my head why anyone would need to import workers into the cab trade, in an area with high unemployment.

Are the local folks up there too greedy or a tad thick?

I still can't get it into my head why anyone would need to import workers into the cab trade, in an area with high unemployment.

Are the local folks up there too greedy or a tad thick?

What I'm trying to get across is the economic effects of immigration, and while some in the trade clearly see it as a source of cheap labour

I love this .... it's so Misleading