Originally Posted by Chip

Yes, I think that it would be less developed than it is.

I feel that the cheap labour that we brought allowed us a better chance of competing with up and coming 3rd world countries with their cheap labour.

I realise most of our industry has died out now anyway, but I think it would have died out a lot sooner without the influx of cheap labour.


Right at this particular point in time I feel that this country broadly speaking has very little to gain from immigration as we dont particuarly have skills or labour shortages to the extent we did back then, but I do feel that historically immigration has been massively useful and that those people who came here in the 60s worked exceptionally hard to provide a future for their children who now very much deserve their place in our society so its a shame that some people forget that.