Agricultural laboring IS a major source of work for immigrants to Britain but you are not supposed to mention that, apparently
"Glenda Jackson was plunged into a race row last night after she suggested migrants were engaged in ‘picking strawberries’ and ‘digging up potatoes’.
Labour leader Ed Miliband faced calls to discipline the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn in north London after her comments were condemned as ‘incredibly ignorant’.
The extraordinary statement by the Oscar-winning actress came in a clash with Chris Grayling, the Work and Pensions minister. He had said many migrants had snapped up UK jobs because millions of Britons were on benefits.
But Miss Jackson pounced on his remarks, insisting the comparison was flawed. She told Mr Grayling, in front of the Work and Pensions Committee: ‘You put all those people into that box and as far as the people out there are concerned, migrant workers do something like picking strawberries, digging up potatoes. ‘It’s temporary and they tend to be students.’
A startled-looking Mr Grayling said he disagreed and told her to look across society, where she would see migrant workers engaged in a wide variety of jobs.
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Miss Jackson should know that in a country which is totally addicted to, and enslaved by, political correctness, as Britain is, the most dangerous thing to speak, is the truth.
‘You put all those people into that box and as far as the people out there are concerned, migrant workers do something like picking strawberries, digging up potatoes. ‘It’s temporary and they tend to be students.’
She didn't say all immigrants were farm workers. She said it appeared that way to the general public.
At least, that's the way I read it.
I'm with Dean
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