Nigel Farage in UKIP event no-show due to 'immigration'

[Chippiewill]

Nigel Farage has blamed high levels of immigration and the state of the M4 for missing a meet-the-leader event ahead of UKIP's first Welsh conference.

About 100 supporters each paid £25 for Friday's reception to meet the UKIP leader in Port Talbot on Friday evening but he did not arrive in time.

The event at Margam Park was part of his party's conference which was held on Saturday.

Labour criticised Mr Farage calling his excuse "absurd".

Speaking to the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales, Mr Farage said: "It took me six hours and 15 minutes to get here - it should have taken three-and-a-half to four.

"That is nothing to do with professionalism, what it does have to do with is a population that is going through the roof chiefly because of open-door immigration and the fact that the M4 is not as navigable as it used to be."

Shadow Welsh secretary Owen Smith said: "Remarks like these are what makes Farage so dangerous.

"It is clearly absurd to suggest heavy traffic on the M4 is caused by immigration, but through the laughter at his silly comments you can hear UKIP's dog-whistle politics of division."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-30370570

That's right, immigrants cause congestion as well as bad weather.

[FlyingJesus]

It's true they're all blocking the roads as they try to get to Westminster Mosque

[The Don]

someone on reddit made this hilarious meme in response

http://i.imgur.com/Go6LM7p.png

the 'blame the immigrants' routine is getting old fast, it's almost as if they haven't got any other policies to talk about.

[-:Undertaker:-]

http://www.ezimba.com/work/141209C/ezimba18673594775600.png

More people = more cars = more congestion and generally cramped living conditions. Just ask the Chinese.

[FlyingJesus]

This just in: immigrants the sole reason for population increase, and all of them useless to the UK. Waaa stop picking on me when I say stupid things

[The Don]

This just in: immigrants the sole reason for population increase, and all of them useless to the UK. Waaa stop picking on me when I say stupid things

Isn't that the ukip way though? HOW DARE YOU CRITICISE ME WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE DID SOMETHING A BIT SIMILAR YEARS AGO?!?!

[FlyingJesus]

If you criticise me it means I am right!!!

[-:Undertaker:-]

This just in: immigrants the sole reason for population increase, and all of them useless to the UK. Waaa stop picking on me when I say stupid things

Net immigration into this country is running at around 250,000 per year, on top of population growth. It's unsustainable and absurd.

[FlyingJesus]

Apart from one guy not leaving enough time before travelling on a party fundraising visit we seem to be sustained, and well done to those 250,000 who are contributing more to the economy than natives who apparently deserve everything for nothing

[Chippiewill]

More people = more cars = more congestion and generally cramped living conditions. Just ask the Chinese.

It doesn't cause the levels of congestion which would cause him to be 3 hours late.

Nigel shouldn't blame his lack of planning on immigrants.

[Inseriousity.]

"Sorry Miss, I can't do my homework, the immigrants bought all the pens"

[FlyingJesus]

https://33.media.tumblr.com/1eab5262a5bf0ff71476083c4e512daf/tumblr_ng9v1sSwkJ1qzcv7no1_1280.jpg

All these different coloured cats get them OUT

[MKR&*42]

What the hell lmao. I wonder what he'll blame immigrants for next...?

[AgnesIO]

"Sorry Miss, I can't do my homework, the immigrants bought all the pens"

Definitely trying that on my next coursework deadline.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Apart from one guy not leaving enough time before travelling on a party fundraising visit we seem to be sustained, and well done to those 250,000 who are contributing more to the economy than natives who apparently deserve everything for nothing

Oh yes sure those lazy good for nothing Britons.

Isn't it interesting if someone made a generalisation like that about immigrants there'd be hell to pay, but **** of British people as lazy and useless? Just fine!

[FlyingJesus]

Well I didn't say that at all

[buttons]

those damn immigrants in their super expensive cars they got from all the benefits we give them :@

[-:Undertaker:-]

Well I didn't say that at all

Yes you did, those lazy natives sitting around like white dee INNIT.

Where would we be without mass immigration from Eastern Europe I wonder? Well, just like we were in pre-2004 just without a huge burden on services.

[FlyingJesus]

Yes you did, those lazy natives sitting around like white dee INNIT.

Again not what I said, you're just making things up. I challenged the idea that certain people deserve everything handed to them simply based on where they were born, that is nothing even close to claiming that all natives all lazy or anything of the sort. Do at least try to read

[Chippiewill]

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[GommeInc]

Hmm, not sure how it can be immigrants to blame when car ownership in general has shot up. A pretty weak excuse which he should have simply not said in the first place.

[RockyTown]

Folk need to wake up and realise the real issues that are facing us.
We are blessed to stay in a country where we get free healthcare, free education and opportunities second to none. The migrant who enter this country would give an arm and a leg to get these opportunities, hence why the amount migrants put-in is higher than what they take out. They work night and day to provide for there families so that they can be given opportunities that we take for granted. Increase the minimum wage, cut the tax loopholes, apply hereditary tax and kick out the nonce's why are; Ed Millibands Labour(Red tories) and David Cameron and his Eton chums.

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Folk need to wake up and realise the real issues that are facing us.
We are blessed to stay in a country where we get free healthcare, free education and opportunities second to none. The migrant who enter this country would give an arm and a leg to get these opportunities, hence why the amount migrants put-in is higher than what they take out. They work night and day to provide for there families so that they can be given opportunities that we take for granted. Increase the minimum wage, cut the tax loopholes, apply hereditary tax and kick out the nonce's why are; Ed Millibands Labour(Red tories) and David Cameron and his Eton chums.

[Inseriousity.]

welcome to the forum Russel Brand :D

haha only kidding, welcome rockytown, sounds like you're going to fit in well here :)

[FlyingJesus]

A nonce is a paedophile

[-:Undertaker:-]

Folk need to wake up and realise the real issues that are facing us.
We are blessed to stay in a country where we get free healthcare, free education and opportunities second to none. The migrant who enter this country would give an arm and a leg to get these opportunities, hence why the amount migrants put-in is higher than what they take out. They work night and day to provide for there families so that they can be given opportunities that we take for granted. Increase the minimum wage, cut the tax loopholes, apply hereditary tax and kick out the nonce's why are; Ed Millibands Labour(Red tories) and David Cameron and his Eton chums.

Increase the minimum wage, cut tax loopholes, slap yet another tax on the economy........ all sound lovely but time after time do not work. If it was as simple as that, legislating prosperity for ourselves, then Britain would be a very rich country: but that's not the case. Essentially you've just given us a recipe to increase youth unemployment and drive away investment from these shorts.

The issue is, and the most important according to scientific surveys to the British public, is mass immigration over the past decade which has had a huge impact on schools, healthcare, welfare, roads, nursery places, social housing and so on and so forth. Then there's also the issue of social cohesion and social strife in areas with large migrant populations as cultures clash: even senior Labour figures now warn of the danger of rioting in towns and cities which have essentially been ghettoised.

So stop attempting to silence the public on the mass immigration issue. This country and its people have a right to decide who comes in.

[FlyingJesus]

The perceived issue is*

[-:Undertaker:-]

The perceived issue is*

The public certainly seem more aware of the issue rather than the government which predicted back in 2004 that only 13,000 a year would come.

[AgnesIO]

Population of Britain in 1990: 57,200,000
Population of Britain in 2014: 64,100,000
Percentage Increase: 12.07%

Population of World in 1990: 5,278,000,000
Population of World in 2014: 7,280,000,000
Percentage Increase: 37.97%

Obviously a large proportion of that growth is in China and India, but still worth noting the difference in population growth there.

A few other countries just for comparison...

Spain 1990: 38,836,000
Spain 2012: 47,200,000
Percentage Increase: 21.54%

USA 1990: 226,545,000
USA 2013: 316,100,000
Percentage Increase: 39.53%

Poland 1990: 38,119,000
Poland 2013: 38,496,000
Population Increase: 0.99%

Romania 1990: 22,760,000
Romania 2013: 19,960,000
Population Decrease: -12.30%

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Now, I notice that Romania's population has indeed fallen, and if you account for birth rate, Poland's may have ever so slightly (on a real-term basis). But can someone explain how immigration is to blame for the 107,000,000 extra people in the USA, GB and Spain alone? I didn't pick and choose countries here depending on figures - I just picked a few random countries.