In the village were my parents live at the mo (in Kent halfway between Canterbury and Folkestone real sticks country in comparison to Deptford) over the last few years in the village shop they have had new owners move in and take over the shop (in actual fact its a valley with lots of villages streching between the two towns which these guys now own all of). So now that i have set the scene for you, the new owners moved into the shop in the village were my parents live, from Sri Lanka and they have run that shop better than any of the British people who had owned it previously (who were just plain lazy and aparently wouldnt sell Ciggys or Booze because they diddnt agree with Smoking and Drinking rather than looking at profits lol) these Srilankans have revitalised the shops in the area now, owning all the village shops in the whole valley and everyone agrees the local shops have never been so good.
Now recently the owner has had a fine slapped on him of £5,000 for employing a illegal immigrant, which going by the law he deserves. However if they went round to all the different shops of similar ilk around this country we probably would be left with no newsagents left. A fine of £5,000 can cripple a small country business like this and as i say all the locals in the area all agree the shops have never been this good. While i agree with the laws and he defo should have been fined i just feel that picking on little businesses like that is not really the people we need to be getting out with regards to illegal immigrants????
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Zero tolerence.
Employ an illegal immigrant, risk losing everything.
Why bother on a football forum?
Sink
Was only looking for opinions Henry sorry i wasnt looking to upset.
If anything the fine seems on the low side, I think they should pay up and learn a lesson.
Shame they broke the law by employing an illegal.
Deserve the fine (in fact they got away lightly as the fine could have been £10k), just as they would if they broke Environmental Health regulations.
I'm sure he's not the only employer in Kent to have been caught by UK Border Force for doing this. It's their job and what they do; just as traffic cops stop and prosecute some drunk drivers.
If we are sinking discussions that may lead to idiotic views and non-football matters, I'll miss the Wouldyas and RIPs
I'm all for harsh fines for employment of illegals, but don't like it when the state get away with murder (which they do literally) and individuals get hit hard.
literally ?
Zero tolerence.
Employ an illegal immigrant, risk losing everything.[/quote]
Could not agree more
None of those are “literally” murder
Ha ha Thats where i work..and indeed we did have illegal immigrants working as cleaners here about 5 years ago and were only caught when one of the security guards how noticed that the pass one of them was using looked dodgy.
They don't just target small outfits, this was a big set up. It was right next door to The Tear Drop refuge dump on the right as you go down the sliproad.
As for the previous owners refusing to sell cigs and booze, that is their choice nothing to do with being lazy and I respect them for that.
Surely that should be the other way round?
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All from the front page on this site but have nothing to do with football. If you dont want to read it or dont wont the inevatble reaction then simply dont read the topic or if you do read, dont comment, then everyone that wants to disscuss or argue can do so.
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Who would pay the fine if they were fined, and where would it go? One arm of the State to another. I know what you're saying, but fining public bodies isn't much of an idea. Fine the people who hired them, maybe, but not the institution
Right again : - )
Boo - employing illegal immigrants.
Not much else to it, really.
Glad someone else realised that and could see the difference between this and a would ya or a RIP
Point taken fair enough i was being stupid your right.
The worst thing about it, and sinking it reflects very poorly on all involved- the absolutely disgusting thing - is making the person who raised the matter - in a perfectly reasonable and sane manner - feel bad about it. I wonder what the people who have behaved in such an utterly pathetic and disgusting manner feel they've added to their own kudos, as a result of their conduct.