Immigrant Labour ? What Price?

[Officer Dibble]

Warren, I note the slightly more respectful and conciliatory tone of this last post and I regret having had to ?lean on you? somewhat ? but you have been tweaking the tiger?s tail of late. Officer Dibbs doesn?t mind a good-natured jest at his expense, but your attacks were becoming overly frequent, bold and, ultimately, disrespectful. Among other things you?ve pored scorn on my apparent intelligence and knowledge ? suggesting that facts, figures, and insights gained from Google, Wikipedia, and the Collins English Dictionary are worth less than the same facts and figures garnered from Aberdeen University. Yet I have always had the utmost respect for you and your intellect (if not your modesty) and I don?t believe I have ever insulted or disparaged you personally ? I therefore don?t think it unreasonable for me to expect to be accorded the same courtesy.

I know I?m a gobshite and can imagine how uncomfortable and annoying my rants can be to someone of your social and political disposition, but I can?t help it, and I therefore crave your indulgence. Because under this serene and calm exterior I?m like ?AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!? at the pretence, self delusion and hypocrisy of those who are running this society. It?s an itch I?m compelled to scratch. It?s not focused on you in particular, or even the whole of the middle classes - Jeremy Clarkson is middleclass, but he doesn?t harbor any hand wringing pretensions of social concern or moral superiority. He just gets on with being a decent chap and enjoying life.

You?ve raised some interesting points and queried aspects of my character and psyche in your post. I?d love to write ?an essay? to explain myself and clarify some of the points you raised, but I don?t want to get bogged down with all this right now. I need to get on and earn a crust. But fret not; I?m sure I?ll have plenty more to say in the fullness of time.

I?m sure this forum is big enough for the both of us, Warren. I?m not mean or spiteful (unlike a few caring, sharing ?socialists? I could think of) and can always forgive anyone of who shows goodwill.

Best regards,




Officer Dibble

[Deuce Bigolo]

Many have thought the same Wazza

Author: woodgnome
Date: 11-18-02 21:18

nice try but there's a difference between a dearth of talent and a dearth of quality.

are you by any chance an attendee of 'broken records anonymous': "my name is officer dibble and i'm addicted to repeating myself over and over and over and over..."

[mart]

Can Rod Liddle and Dibble be wrong?

Seems like there is a straightforward explanation to the new statistics.

"Fewer Britons in work due to ageing population and emigration rather than migrants, says report
Alan Travis, home affairs editor
Wednesday January 9, 2008
The Guardian
Demographic changes including an ageing population and rising emigration from Britain lie behind the fall in the number of UK-born people in work, rather than the arrival of new migrants, according to research published yesterday.
The conclusion from a study of the economic impact of migration by the left-of-centre thinktank the Institute of Public Policy Research throws new light on the debate over Gordon Brown's promise to create "British jobs for British workers" and the introduction of a new points-based immigration system from April."



Mart