Liberalism, ‘false’ liberalism, and the Remain voters who cannot understand the difference between being multicultural and having no control over EU immigration

As time goes on, and the wait for Brexit continues, those Remain voters who cannot bring themselves to admit that they were wrong continue to misinterpret information whilst pretending to be liberal. They continue to associate voting Remain with being ‘multicultural’ and do not seem to understand vital factors that negate their false liberalism. Firstly, there were many Leave voters who are not racist in any way, shape, or form, and simply wanted the UK to regain control over its immigration laws. To clarify, there were many Leave voters who do not mind immigration from the European Union, so long as it is properly managed. So what is not multicultural about that? Secondly, leaving the EU does not mean that there will be no immigration from EU countries. They seem to be feigning some kind of immigration halt, which simply won’t happen. It’s beyond ridiculous. They pretend to be intellectual liberals, but are so ignorant that they are just as bad as the racists who voted Leave for the wrong reasons. Thirdly, although the news media tried to portray Nigel Farage as the spokesman for the Leave camp, he certainly was not. There were many Leave voters who voted to leave the European Union because they are genuine ‘liberals’. They cannot bare to see the poor in the UK suffering whilst a government led by the irresponsible, wasteful, and disregardful middle and upper class, who are not affected in the least by most of the decisions they make, squander money on not only EU membership but also on other fees associated with being a member of the EU.

There are those going to food banks, teenage students needing loans to go to university, elderly dying in winter because they cannot afford their heating bills, not to mention many homeless individuals that with the right amount of funding could begin to find jobs and accommodation and start their lives again as they rightfully deserve.

False liberals have bleeding hearts for Eastern European migrants, but do they feel the same way about the poor in the UK? I doubt it. I’m sure they walk past the homeless guy outside the station without even acknowledging him, and yet in order to keep up their pretence that they are oh so liberal and caring towards others, without being able to make up their own minds, they blindly follow what they think will portray them as being ‘liberal’ and ‘multicultural’. These types of individuals are dangerous to say the least, because on the outside they seem to care, they seem like they are not racist, they seem to want the right things, but at what cost, at the cost of others who are in need, at the cost of those that are genuinely anti-racist and who want multicultural Britain to improve its services for those who currently live here, of those who like a certain  amount of immigration because it adds to multicultural Britain but understand that lack of control is not wise for the country, and of those who in truth want to help Britain be prosperous and successful because it is one of the most liberal and multicultural countries in the world.

Ignorance is terrible, wherever it comes from, whether it comes from the racist on the street, or whether it comes from a false liberal with no real conscience.

My own fashion collection at VIDA!

Hello!

I now have my own fashion collection at VIDA!

https://shopvida.com/search?q=from+works+on+paper+exhibition&x=0&y=0

Products include clothing such as Modern Tees and homeware such as Accent Pillows, which contain artwork from a ‘Works on Paper’ exhibition at The Brick Lane Gallery.

The artwork is from drawings entitled ‘Acceptable Clones’ which contains images of Justin Timberlake, and ‘African American Dancer’ which features ballet dancer Samantha Figgins, so would also be an ideal gift for any fans.

Prices start from $40 and go up to $200.

This is the first bit of my collection, as I will be adding more later. I am also open to suggestions for pieces, depending on what someone might like placed on clothing or homeware, so be sure to check on the website often and make any suggestions via email at

laksalamendis@yahoo.co.uk

There are some reduction codes offered on the website such as 30% off, so be sure to look out for those.

Happy shopping for clothing and homeware with original artwork designs!

Laksala x

 

Are the ‘right’ women calling themselves feminists?

Having spoken to various women about the subject, many of them in their twenties, there seems to be a general consensus that a lot of women feel that they are feminists, but do not associate themselves with the angry, man-hating women who call themselves feminists even though they may be using the definition incorrectly.

So who really is a ‘true’ feminist? Feminism itself is classed as ‘the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes’ according to Google. And most women feel that ‘feminists’ are those who ‘believe in gender equality’.

So why are many women not comfortable with claiming themselves to be feminists even if they do believe in gender equality? Apparently, when they think of feminism and feminists they think of angry, man-hating, bra-burning feminists who really have nothing at all in common with them. They do not feel that in order to be a feminist you have to be angry and against men, nor do you have to fit in with other stereotypes relating to feminists.

It is true that when you do a bit of research on the internet you do come across those who call themselves feminists but appear to be using the word in order to promote their own angry, man-hating agenda. I too feel that those women do not really represent ‘true’ feminists’ who can be many different female types and characters, and who want to ‘calmly’ promote gender equality.

This is not to say that women shouldn’t be angry or shouldn’t hate men if that is how they feel, but it is not an all-encompassing representation of feminists, many of whom like the decent, good men, who like to wear bras and make-up and shouldn’t have to justify this to anyone, who get frustrated and annoyed by gender inequalities but who do not ‘fight the fight’ so-to-speak through anger – those women are not real feminists in my opinion. I believe that they have some other agenda or some other bug-bear that they are using feminism to express, and this is not fair to the cause, especially since it puts off a lot of women, and especially young women.

But then hey, many causes have those who twist the ideals in order to promote some other agenda. I guess it is just a question of being able to see through those who are genuine and are genuine in their feminist beliefs, and those who pose as feminists when they should really air their anger via some other method.

Have we reached the peak of human intelligence?

As television programmes and the media promote idiocy, vanity, attention-seeking, ego, materialism, and being famous just for the sake of it and not for any talent, one might ask the question, ‘Have humans already reached the peak of their intelligence?’.

There are intelligent human beings of course, but intelligence itself appears to be much less valued in today’s Western societies. The less intelligent are pro-creating more and with larger amounts. The intelligent are pro-creating less and with smaller amounts. So what does this shift towards stupidity actually mean for society?

Those who are intelligent are finding it more and more difficult to meet like-minded individuals. Many who make efforts to add to culture in a positive and life-affirming way are being overlooked because those in power are not the most intelligent or the most talented. They are the ones that can talk the talk and promote themselves, often lying in their CVs. They are the ones that can use the ‘correct’ catchphrases or words that will show up in the computer programme that picks them for the job. They then hire individuals who are like them. That’s why there is so much incompetence in many businesses, and why when you try to get a problem fixed, the idiot that you end up corresponding with doesn’t have a clue what they are doing, and it causes you valuable time, effort, and unnecessary frustration just to fix a problem that said company should find easy to fix, given that it is their company that have provided the product!

In the past, those who were the most intelligent, inventive, creative, and brilliant were the ones valued in society. So much invention and technological improvement and advancement occurred as brilliance and talent were given a platform and help to succeed and develop. Now, those with the most talent or even intelligence are not given their rightful chances, because the wrong individuals are in power. They then hire similar big-mouths and the cycle continues. What they don’t realise is that they are engendering a society which will in the end be ignored or be seen as embarrassing by future generations.

Unless we have already reached the peak of human intelligence…Is devolution actually taking place? Are many of us on the other side of the mountain, slowing sliding towards a society that values only pretension and money? When you see small shops and artisanal stores closing in favour of more corporate organisations, pawn shops, and gambling establishments, one cannot help but remember films that already predicted that society was heading this way. At the time, you may have thought that it was all fantasy cooked up by a conspiracy-theorist screenwriter, but you only have to wander through your own town to see that these predictions are coming true. Do you want to live in a society ruled by the stupid, the vain, the greedy, and the liars? I certainly don’t. You can already see the difference in society just when you try and go out for a shopping trip. There are first the road rage idiots that you have to deal with, who let’s face it don’t have two brain cells to rub together, and are that cowardly that they need a large vehicle to hide behind in order to shout profanities at you, even when they are the ones in the wrong and you haven’t even done anything. I was beeped at recently for crossing at the correct area where there was an island and I waited until the green man. Oh yeah, just for crossing the road correctly I am now getting abuse from idiots who I want nothing to do with. I simply want to lead a peaceful life, and yet somehow these jealous idiots are trying to upset me, for no reason other than that they are truly miserable and scummy that they have nothing better to do than be rude to someone innocent.

And herein lies my frustration. Not only are the worst human beings getting most of the top jobs, be it because of white privilege or because they can promote themselves better than someone who is genuinely talented, but those of us just trying to live peaceful happy lives are having to deal with the bile coming from these repugnant human beings not just once in a while but nearly every few days, as they try and spread their misery and wretchedness.

Not to mention all the racism from Eastern Europeans. It was bad enough in the 1980s when those of colour had to put up with ignorant English hurling racist comments, again in a cowardly way, usually from their vehicles. Now there are the racist Eastern Europeans, who come from countries with a large proportion of Neo-Nazis and bigots, and again those of colour are being mistreated. Those who voted Remain didn’t seem to care about the British Asians and Afro-Caribbeans who have to put up with icy stares and treatment from Eastern Europeans who are much like the ignorant racist English from the 1980s. The UK had gone past that. Sure there is still a large amount of underlying racism from the white English, who by the way are immigrants themselves (maybe read a book every once in a while), but it was largely well-hidden, and you didn’t have to deal with it too much before the large influx of Eastern Europeans. What is with white hatred of a colour anyway? Honestly, it’s so pathetic it’s unbelievable. And let’s face it, it must be based in jealousy, because most of them are in the tanning salon trying to become brown. Hey, it’s not my fault that you don’t like your own skin colour. Get over it.

So the question really becomes, as most human beings are devolving into mindless drones who want to watch Z-list ‘celebrities’ get their boobs out, then where are the intelligent and genuinely talented meant to go in order to find solace? I guess it’s a game of seeking out like-minded individuals on Meetup or some such organisation, and thank goodness for them, because otherwise the world would be a lonely place which anyone with an ounce of intelligence and decency couldn’t really relate to. Society has to change though. It has to be the most intelligent, talented, inventive, and innovative that are once again valued and respected, and I intend to do my bit to ensure that this happens.

Unethical and biased news reporting leading to too much ignorance in British society

As Remain voters are still attributing being anti-EU with being anti-European, those of us with an ounce of intelligence continue to feel frustrated at the level of ignorance in British society. Those same Remain voters would see the UK give away billions of pounds a year in order to improve the financial status of the poorer EU countries such as Poland (just do a bit of internet research and you will see the facts and figures). So as they continue to behave as if they are somehow morally superior because they have ‘European friends’ and are thus ‘friends with Europe’ (it’s the same, right?), they continue to spread their ignorance amongst, most importantly, young British civilians, who already have biased news reporting to contend with.

I suppose they also think that Leave voters don’t have any European friends and that Leave voters don’t like to have ease of travel and work within Europe, but hey, those of us who actually care about the country, who have enough intelligence to see the difference between being anti-EU (as the the EU is a dictatorship) and being anti-European, who believe that there are the poor and homeless in this country that need help first, have to keep listening to their ignorance. It’s just as bad as racist Leave voters, who used the referendum to racially abuse Eastern Europeans. Ignorance is ignorance no matter where it comes from, and it spreads and distorts the truth so that those youth of the future will look into history and see a whole lot of untruths from ignorance, and a hefty amount of idiocy. But then again it is the idiots that are reproducing at a significant rate, so something that is more likely is that most of them will probably read the distorted news reports (such as the recent ones about the ‘revolutionary leader’ Fidel Castro), switch the computer off, and then watch the Real Housewives of Cheshire.

Keeping our daughters safe in an increasingly over-sexualised society

The lyrics to many pop songs in the 21^st century are becoming extremely lewd. Since the 1960s, there have been a certain amount of sexualised lyrics, such as the lyrics to Peter Gabriel’s ‘Sledgehammer’ in 1986, but they were fairly subtle in those days and young children would not really understand the meaning. Cut to the 21^st century, and young children are being exposed to not only overly sexual lyrics, but also raunchy videos that even most adults find uncomfortable viewing. Many pop songs of the 21^st century are not only overly sexual, they also include lyrics that are disrespectful towards women, and often border on being predatory.

If young girls do not feel safe going to school, and have taken to wearing shorts under their skirts, then they are being failed by society. Do we not have a responsibility to keep our daughters safe, in a society where sleeping with someone is treated in such a blasé fashion? Young boys are growing up listening to sleazy lyrics where male pop stars talk about wanting women to ‘wiggle that butt’ or perform some sexual act on them. As an adult female, I find these lyrics offensive to women and disrespectful, but the pop industry is normalising such behaviour because there doesn’t seem to be adequate censorship.

It is a difficult question that relates to who is responsible and who needs to take responsibility. Artistic licence is all well and good but when overly-sexualised lyrics and videos impact on society, shouldn’t someone take a closer look at both factors and decide whether it is appropriate. Television and music are such important facets within culture that they should be monitored more closely in order that those wanting to express their own indecency aren’t given a platform. I personally don’t want to know the ins and outs of some filthy guy’s mind, and a lot of pop song lyrics performed by men are quite frankly disgusting. Why should those wanting to live decent happy lives have to listen to some guy’s sexual notions and preferences? It’s just not right. Keep that stuff private.

There’s a difference between being free to express yourself, including ideas about sexuality, if done in a decent way, but lyrics that are predatory towards women, or make young girls feel unsafe at school, really need to be questioned.

Young girls should be able to go to school, and do whatever else they want to do feeling safe. The musicians themselves are also responsible, and obviously many of them do it in order to be outrageous or gain fans from being rude, but it’s a bit pathetic if you ask me, and kind of distracts from those who actually have real musical talent.

Until these pop musicians are motivated by ethics and talent rather than money then I suppose not much will change, but they do have a responsibility to keep young children, and especially young girls, safe in an ever-increasingly sexualised society.

Boycotting male directors, producers, and agents who tell female actresses that they are too heavy or too large

I cannot believe that in this day and age there are still male producers and directors out there who ask female actresses to lose weight or simply write them off because they think they are too lar…

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Boycotting male directors, producers, and agents who tell female actresses that they are too heavy or too large

I cannot believe that in this day and age there are still male producers and directors out there who ask female actresses to lose weight or simply write them off because they think they are too large. It’s beyond ludicrous, and is almost certainly a matter of control. In a world where men are now using feminism as an excuse to be lazy, pitifully claiming that they don’t know where they stand or how they should act anymore (because gender equality is so baffling, right?), the film industry is a murky place where misogynists, overt or otherwise, can use their powerful status as producer or director to whittle away at attractive and healthy female actresses, until they are so skinny it literally looks like there is nothing of them. The side view is so skeletal that viewers feel concern for the actress rather than being able to concentrate on the storyline.

Even successful actresses fall into the trap of the snide comment about weight (or let’s face it age) as well. And these women-hating men, upstarts from 5000 years of patriarchy, originating from men figuring out that they are involved in reproduction (I mean , please), get away with putting down some of the most already-gorgeous women in the world. Now where’s the sense in that, and I’m sure some of them haven’t looked in the mirror either, but then they are men aren’t they? They receive very little judgement about their looks, and are able to play young boyfriends when they are 85.

It seems like some form of boycotting is needed. Not just because they shouldn’t be controlling what women eat, wear, and look like, but because the film industry is such a major area of culture and society, that their control trickles down into other societal domains such as magazines, television, and the internet. At least these days, most intelligent young girls are aware that models are not like most regular women, but the film industry rolls out movie after movie that contains stick-thin actresses that don’t look particularly happy, and often seem contrived because they have been made to be obsessed with their looks and not the content of the script. Most movie-goers can see through it, so what’s the point? Wouldn’t it make more sense to just have regular-shaped women who are wonderful actresses, probably just as they had been before they were depreciated by some patriarchal bully who gets his kicks out of controlling what women eat and look like? Twisted, if you ask me. It’s a bit like when someone puts on an accent – they lose most of the authenticity of the character because they are concentrating so hard on getting the acting right – very tiresome, but that’s a whole other weird distortion in modern cinema.

Anyway, many young women aspire to be like or look like their favourite actresses, so without wanting to say that they have a responsibility to stand up to these male patriarchs, the male patriarchs have a responsibility not to mistreat impressionable young actresses. At least there more  and more female led production companies or feminist production companies that are paving a way for women-loving women to help women in the industry rather than denigrate them.

Unless required for a character that is meant to look angular and bony, I believe that weight and shape should never come into discussion. I understand that because female actresses want or need the work they cannot always turn down work, but it is affecting young women directly or indirectly, as they look up to successful actresses. If a woman wants to lose weight or chooses to have a slimmer, even skinny, figure that is up to them, but the control of male directors and producers who in turn control many agents has to stop. No one should tell someone else that they are too large or too heavy, especially when it doesn’t really make a difference to their acting, and in fact most women would like to see more curvy-shaped women on screen.

Why I’m glad that we will be Brexiting: racism from Eastern Europeans

As if it wasn’t hurtful enough to go through a young life in the 1980s receiving racism from not only strangers but so-called friends, the recent influx of Eastern Europeans brought with it not only their workforce but also a similar strain of ignorant racism to that of 1980s England. It took quite a few years for racism in the UK to be treated as a hate crime. Of course there is still a fair amount of simmering racism under many an English grimace, but the overt racism is mostly limited to skinheads and UKIP leaders.

Visible racism, usually in the form of mistreatment when dining or snide looks, was becoming more and more frequent from the Eastern European migrants. Sure the news reported on when Polish immigrants were the victims of racism, and that is wrong too, but it’s funny how the racism from Eastern Europeans towards British Afro-Caribbeans and Asians is never reported, but then again we are not white.

Let’s not forget that many Eastern European countries have a large amount of National Front and neo-Nazis. Those of us who are Afro-Caribbean and Asian, who were either born in the UK or hold British passports due to being resident in the UK for many years, were being treated by many Eastern Europeans as if we were the foreigners. Now do you think that is fair? We have lived and worked and contributed to both the economy and culture for many decades now. We deserve to be here and to hold our heads up, not be treated as if we are foreigners in our own country.

In a way one has to laugh, I suppose in order not to cry, but we go on patiently getting over racist mistreatment, forgiving, and carrying on. I think that it’s time to recognise and congratulate the strength of many Afro-Caribbeans and Asians in dealing with not only mistreatment from the ignorant and racist English in the 1980s but also the similar type of racism from ignorant Eastern Europeans.

Don’t get me wrong, there are many Eastern Europeans who are genuinely hardworking folk, not racist in any way, also contributing to British society, but let’s just say I am glad that the chilly looks and mistreatment should be now kept to a minimum thanks to the decision to Leave. Let’s get a move on though. We need to see the pound much stronger than it is now.

EU Referendum – Using your vote wisely

EU Referendum – using your vote wisely

By Laksala Mendis

There are obviously pros and cons related to being a member of the EU or not. It is quite difficult to find the facts, when trying to decide which way to vote. Certainly there are many reasons to leave the EU and some of these are as follows:

• We would save around 8 billion per year on merely the membership fee, which is money that could be used elsewhere. How can we justify giving away such a huge amount when teenagers and young adults have to pay to go to university, getting into debt and being placed under unnecessary pressure when they should be enjoying themselves? How can we justify giving away over 8 billion per year when there are those attending food banks in the UK because they don’t have enough money for food? There are enough problems in the UK that need addressing before handing over 8 billion per year and that is just the membership fee. There are other costs associated with being a member of the EU, adding up to more billions of pounds that could be well spent in the UK itself.

 

• We receive around half of what we put in, so we are basically just giving money away, and these aren’t small amounts. Other wealthier EU countries also receive less than they put in, such as and France. Poorer EU countries, such as Poland, are receiving more than three quarters of what they put in, and they put in a lot less as well. The UK, and other wealthier EU countries, are basically providing financial aid to the poorer EU countries, when they have their own societal shortcomings that need financial aid. It makes no sense at all.

 

• We are losing control over important factors such as the laws of this country. EU laws are superseding UK laws, and the unelected (and therefore undemocratic) Commission are making decisions about policies that affect the UK

 

• By 2020 the EU wants the UK to have the Euro. This will not only affect the UK detrimentally financially, it is again another factor where we are being bullied into doing something by the EU.

 

• David Cameron, and other scaremongers are trying to convince you to vote ‘Remain’ and here are a few reasons why I think you shouldn’t –

 

1. According to Cameron, we would lose billions (funny seeing as he’s giving away billions to be a member of the EU), but do you really believe that European companies that make billions of pounds from trade with the UK are suddenly going to not trade with us. I don’t think that Aldi and Lidl are suddenly going to say ‘See you later. We are closing all our shops now’? No, it’s not going to happen. I doubt that trade will be affected at all, because the UK brings billions of pounds to EU companies so why would they suddenly stop trading with us.

2. Having overpopulated cities doesn’t affect wealthy politicians such as David Cameron. What does he know about overcrowding in the cities. Does he travel by tube, because believe me I have seen how an already overcrowded tube system is now becoming more and more overcrowded and there is a lot of tension on the underground. David Cameron not understanding the needs of regular working British citizens is a cause for concern in itself, but then elections come and go in a similar way to the EU referendum, in that there is a lot of propaganda and mud-slinging and not much fact-based reporting or information provided. This is how Cameron gets away with things. He already got away with the whole Panama affair by slyly saying that that is OK behaviour in a capitalist society, and no one questioned him after that.

3.He is scaremongering by saying that if you vote ‘Leave’ then you are in Nigel Farage’s camp. This infuriated me, because I am certainly not in Farage’s camp. In addition, the media mostly give airtime to Farage or elderly Brits who want to leave often for racist or patriotic reasons, and these are not really the pressing reasons to vote ‘Leave’. The real reasons why you should vote leave are logistics and sums. Having open borders doesn’t really benefit the UK because if we ‘Leave’ we will just have to get visas – it’s not that complicated or much of big deal, and we might not even have to do that. The other side of the coin regarding free movement within the EU for EU members is the open borders whereby huge numbers of EU citizens can just enter the UK, often without work. This places a huge amount of pressure on services, and overpopulates already overcrowded cities. It just doesn’t make sense to allow so much immigration into the UK, but under EU law, anyone within the EU can work and travel to countries within the EU, so again this is the EU taking control away from the UK regarding immigration.

4.Poorer countries join the EU because they are in financial difficulty. There are more countries planning to join the EU. That 8 billion which the UK put in will help the poorer countries financially. This also infuriates me. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t be charitable, but when pensioners are dying because they cannot afford their heating bill, or there are homeless on the streets, how can Cameron justify giving away huge amounts of money only to receive half? Again it doesn’t make sense. Giving away money that isn’t his is really no problem for Cameron because again it doesn’t really affect him. Electing someone else as Prime Minister, someone who actually cares and can empathise more importantly is an important decision we will have to make in the future, but firstly we are lucky enough to have a say in the EU Referendum, regardless of how it first came about.

 

• Trade really wouldn’t be affected as huge EU companies are not suddenly going to withdraw their business, since they receive billions from UK customers. We would simply have to draw up a new trade agreement with the EU, and this could actually create jobs. Most importantly we would have control over decision-making and that is paramount, because who knows where the EU’s control over policies and laws would end. We wouldn’t have a say over important details about the country in which we live.

 

• There are other countries in Europe that are not in the EU that trade successfully with the EU, such as Norway, so again all the scaremongering saying that trading with the EU would be direly affected is just clouds to blur your vision when it comes to voting about EU membership. If you look at the facts and figures these tell you exactly what we put in and what we receive, and you may well feel as annoyed as I did to find out that the UK is literally giving away billions of pounds, as well as its sovereignty. Ask yourself who is really benefitting from the UK’s membership within the EU. Ask yourself what the UK could do with all the saved billions per year. Try and see what the future may look like with overpopulated cities, less control over laws, and the Euro being used in the UK in 2020 (considering the pound is currently stronger than the Euro).

 

• It isn’t racist to vote ‘Leave’. Just because you vote ‘Leave’ does not make you concurrent with Nigel Farage, UKIP, or any other racist organisation that is using propaganda to try and persuade the ignorant and the racist to leave the EU. There are others, like Boris Johnson, who are urging you to vote ‘Leave’ in order to save this country from a downfall which I can truly see happening. Johnson is promoting the phrase ‘Prevention is better than cure’ without using any propaganda or racist reasons, and it is important to listen to someone who talks sense because I’m not sure it would be something you could cure after the event. We can always vote for a different Prime Minister, but if we vote ‘Remain’ I doubt that there will be another referendum about EU membership.

 

• There are those trying to fool you into voting ‘Remain’ by scaring you. Do not let fear be the reason why you didn’t vote ‘Leave’. Be brave at a time when you need to be brave. Voting ‘Leave’ doesn’t mean that you don’t like Europeans, or you don’t want to travel easily within Europe, or you’re on the side of Farage and the racists. No, it’s not true. Use your vote to decide what YOU think about EU membership. Read unbiased articles that provide facts and not propaganda to help you decide. There are those that will vote ‘Remain’ simply because they don’t want anything to change, but things will change if you vote ‘Remain’ and the UK government will have less and less say over things as the EU takes control of decision-making.

 

• Controlled numbers of immigration are good not only for British culture, but also for the economy. Unlimited numbers from the EU is not good for the UK, which is essentially a small island, especially since no job is required to enter. This only causes a strain on resources and public services. You cannot blame those from poor countries wanting to enter and live in the UK, but you also have to consider how it benefits or affects the UK if immigration is not properly controlled. It can only be controlled effectively if we exit the EU, and thus pressure on resources and public services will be alleviated.