The Left Wing Immigration - Unemployment Paradox

In a conversation with a left leaning friend of mine I raised the idea that two main left ideas may well be incompatible.

Basically we were discussing unemployment and particularly his belief that most people who were unemployed wanted a job but that there were simply not enough jobs available for them - and therefore that Labour's new jobs for kids policy is set to magically solve unemployment. This led me to question another conversation we had at an earlier date that immigration is not detrimental to the UK, particularly the lower paid sections of the country.

My argument went that if as he claimed the majority of people that are unemployed want to work and are therefore unable to work as there are no jobs available then it stands to reason that one contributing factor is immigration, in fact with unemployment standing at 7.1% and foreign born (Employable) residents of the UK standing at 11.5% it necessarily follows that unemployment would be solved if it wasn't for immigration.

However if Immigration isn't an issue and the immigrants are coming here and doing jobs that nobody else wants then it necessarily follows that the unemployed are at least partly unemployed by choice. It should be a case that it is always easier to hire local staff over foreign staff as they have the language, cultural and society awareness that will aid in training and working life. 

Forget the Government what about the Champagne Socialists

With all the talk of the Coalition being out of touch you would think that the Labour front bench all grew up in deprived areas and struggled daily to make ends meet, after all the Conservative ministers are all toffs so of course they are out of touch - or so the Socialist Mantra goes.


Of course this article by the Spectator tells a slightly different story.

With Miliband sitting on a £2.3 Million pound house,
Margaret Hodge who with an £18 Million pound inheritance is reckoned to be the Richest Woman in Parliament and
Shaun Woodward selling around £30 Million of property in recent time.

Maybe the reason the Labour Front Bench disagree with the Coalitions "We're all in this together." mantra as they are worried it may mean that they have to give up some of what they have.

Of course a special mention has to go to chief recovery denier Ed Balls as not just is he a Millionaire Class Warrior but his vast wealth is all 100% Tax Payer funded.

"Labour :- Don't let the truth get in the way"