How the BBC reported a Migration Watch study

[paulnolan]

On Wednesday night BBC online ran a news story on the hard-right lobby group Migration Watch’s latest report.

It says that half a million extra school places would be needed in the UK over the next five years as a result of immigration.

The news story simply regurgitated the MigrationWatch press release and didn’t bother offering additional

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[ceilidh_ann]

Is this the mess Sally Bercow got caught up in? I love her.

(Yay, you're back!)

[stevie_jane]

This report is like so much of their bullshit but there's more to this than trying to stir up pathetic DAMN THOSE IMMIGRANTS outrage.

Education is expensive (no shit Sherlock) but those who are educated in the UK, migrants or not, deserve that education. The contributions migrants make to society in taxes, services etc. absolutely cover the costs of the educations of the children of migrants but even if they did not there would be no justification to be outraged by any of this.

EDUCATION IS FOR EVERYONE. This is not a complicated concept. The reprehensible bastards who moan about how "they" shouldn't be here (not the parents and certainly not their children) can fuck right off.

The BBC really needs to step up their game and stop this pandering and promoting of manufactured OUTRAEG!!!1.

[fatpie42]

It says that half a million extra school places would be needed in the UK over the next five years as a result of immigration.

Seeing as there currently aren't enough jobs for all the teachers trained in the UK, that sounds like pretty good news. :P

[azetburcaptain]

Conservatives using dodgy statistics? YOU DON'T SAY!

[bethan_b_bad]

...Damn it, Aunty Beeb, up your game a bit.

This shit is NOT going to fly when I'm working for them. /pipe dream