LBC caller insists Brits deserve social housing more than immigrants | LBC

[@ianshippen279]

You know we are in serious trouble with housing when they talk about getting on the "social housing ladder" ..

[@marktucker208]

You cant unless you are foreign or a single mum.

[@IJ72]

​@@marktucker208and where is a prove of that? News papper?

[@ThatGuyThanus]

😂

[@brianrobinson7984]

@@IJ72 Sleeping in the doorways of shops in town centres.. Try opening your eyes.

[@avoidconfusion]

@@IJ72 Just trust him ok? He read it on Truthsocial and on Facebook so it is definitely true

[@Bensonjunior-gl2vf]

The reason housing in this country is so expensive is because they don't want you to own something and pass down to your children they want you poor and working till the day you die literally. Home ownership creates families communities and most important of all being independent

[@vincentvangogh8092]

working class keep the costs of housing down so they create scarcity pushing the prices up

[@nlumby]

...agree completely ...it's all about control and greed

[@ruthbognar5987]

Global elites want to tell us what we can and can’t do

[@amrosayed21]

Absolutely true.

[@bamboo59.52]

Absolutely! 👍

[@SandyCheeks888]

Out of touch rich people are gaslighting us about social housing like this presenter.

[@Fahhad007]

This is a way of creating racism. This is what they want, divide and rule

[@Lezzyboy87]

What about white immigrants ?

[@susanpettitt713]

Exactly x

[@Fahhad007]

@@Lezzyboy87 We should not even talk about color.

[@callumward7503]

There's white on white racism here, too.

[@Fahhad007]

@@callumward7503 I reacted to the heading of this article. It should not matter, white or black or yellow. This is what they try to do via the media. To create distance between us. Meantime they create more problems for us.

[@rupertjpb]

I’ve seen this happen in reality to my mate- Born in Britain and leapfrogged by non-indigenous people. Chap on the phone is right 👍🏻 Interviewer has no idea 😂😂😂

[@binitamin4727]

You do realise that just because you're born in the UK, doesn't automatically make you British, correct? Law was changed in 1983.

[@rupertjpb]

@@binitamin4727 I don’t understand what this has to do with this particular situation- He was born in the late 70’s

[@aaronaaronson7600]

​@@rupertjpboh please just stop playing the victim all the time, it's getting so boring 😂

[@rupertjpb]

@@aaronaaronson7600 Did I say I was a victim 😂😂😂

[@aaronaaronson7600]

@@rupertjpb you're acting like one

[@Jim90117]

I've paid tens of thousands of pounds in tax, if I lose my job and cant pay the mortgage/rent, I go on the street and potentially die off. Someone comes here (sometimes illegally) and is automatically entitled to all the help they want out of our taxes. In what world is that fair?

[@albangbo]

Make sure you don't loose job. No one cares

[@Khalkara]

This is a false dichotomy. An immigrant is just as likely as you to die on the street if they don't have a job and can't pay rent.

[@missg300]

the point is,its not fair.i mean,im sure the majority of us agree with this caller although he doesn't explain himself very well.i did love his question about "why do have a problem with British people" waow,her face said it all.she felt so attacked.truth hurts.

[@karenhopwood891]

No one comes here "illegally" a person crossing the channel has the right in law to claim asylum in ANY country of their choice. If after processing their claim is rejected, and they remain in the country, only THEN are they illegal. Got it?

[@missg300]

@@karenhopwood891 if you do your homework you'll see that the vast majority of people coming across the English channel are being denied asylum as they dont meet the criteria.secondly,a lot are absconding or committing crimes whilst there claim is being processed.neither of these actions are the sort of behaviours you'd expect from someone who was wanting to be welcomed into another country after 'fleeing' there own 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@TheGazza636]

If you are born here you should get priority over any immigrants

[@Whythehate]

Jimmy Saville, Fred West = Yes. Mo Farah, Boris Johnson = No.

[@lionheart4552]

@@Whythehate So give priority to Immigrants because you like them ?

[@alexanderspear9464]

End of story

[@Whythehate]

Give priority to immigrants such as fleeing Ukrainians because we invited them to come in the first place and don't want them to be living on the streets?@@lionheart4552

[@blodwynnUK]

no priority @@lionheart4552

[@johnwarner3809]

Lets face it being born and bred in the UK means nothing.The people ruling us accommodate everyone in every way shape and form except for the people born and bred here.This presenter is a perfect example of my point. Even laughing at the gentleman who rung in who was saying it like it is.

[@aaronaaronson7600]

Because he's talking trollop 😂

[@skymanifest8339]

​@@aaronaaronson7600Be quiet jew, an Englishman is talking.

[@j.harrison6744]

​@@aaronaaronson7600Open borders for Israel.

[@SandyCheeks888]

British people first.

[@willspeke2728]

She too busy being smug to see we dnt have the food or room where's her plan to house them

[@aaronaaronson7600]

I'd be smug as well if I explained how something worked just to hear the same trollop

[@angietowey]

Exactly my thoughts.!

[@Whythehate]

In the £30bn empty houses there are in the U.K. according to a report out this week? But they're the rich people who are telling you to hate the poorer people. Nice work, Puppet!

[@BacklumChaam]

No immigrants should be on a housing social list. If you have no home to move into-then you shouldn’t be moving here. It really is simple.

[@brother1ray]

@@BoiseLou You can't get a Visa for Australia without the ability to support yourself......it's a REQUIREMENT!

[@tayibahussain]

I dont think immigrants can its only those with right to permanent residence or British national as no one else gets that right. Exception being the Ukrainian refugees

[@ibexdnb2879]

​@@BoiseLou Nice one 😂😂😂

[@samjones7296]

They're human. You're human. Being human is all that matters ya dingus

[@BacklumChaam]

@@samjones7296 huh?

[@lainey2637]

I actually agree with the caller, British people should be given first housing opportunities, above of people entering the country why is that so hard for you to understand?

[@j.harrison6744]

Because she's a malicious agent.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

But the Brits themselves voted for Thatcher when she destroyed council housing which used to make rental affordable for most...

[@Whythehate]

Because normally people get dealt with on a case-by-case' basis, not on their nationality. Otherwise, Ukrainians fleeing war and officially welcomed by the Govt get automatically put on the street and housing is given to UK people who decide to move out of a comfortable family home.

[@Whythehate]

Yes. Remember them telling the people asked to come here on the Windrush they might have to leave to go to a country they left 60-odd years ago as a 2 year-old? I think most intelligent people would recognise priority should be given to those most in need, regardless of nationality/skin tone. I'm guessing a lot of these angry people used to complain about UK girls getting pregnant 'to get a house'

[@sniffmearse]

@@EllaBella-76it’s your own fault for going with an Abb dabb from Sri Lanka . He musta stunk

[@libradan]

What is she talking about.. how can she not see his point... she's part of the problem

[@wolves1980]

Yes she is a leftie have you ever listened to Mr james o'brien he is worse then her

[@charlesjohnston8161]

The homeless are forgotten, with many being veterans. The elitists on LBC clearly do not understand.

[@stephenwakeman3074]

No they aren't forgotten. This and previous successive governments have forgotten to build social housing stock.

[@dufud]

Unfortunately lbc has become a left wing echo chamber.

[@philroo1]

I'll bet you voted for the austerity that put people on the streets.

[@Whythehate]

Whereas normal folk, like Jacob-Rees Mogg... Don't forget to tug your cap!!!!!!

[@kaysussex4991]

LBC=globalist propagandists

[@elainecameron5545]

No immigrant should get priority.

[@Whythehate]

Not even an orphan from the Ukraine we invited? You're all heart, Elaine.

[@Thurmoman]

@ThomasPercy45being a British citizen should be a priority qualification when awarding social housing. House British people first then we can sort everyone else out.

[@foundgrace82]

But white ones do by immigrant do you mean brown immigrants!

[@daveceaser13]

He is right. Most other countries prioritise their own people so I don't know why we shouldn't

[@binakhan2945]

For a country that pillaged the globe and is wealthy off that rule, a state of affairs that ended mostly only 75 years ago, and in some cases about 50 years, since “Britons ruled the waves” it’s hardly surprising that there is so much racism and this attitude of this is ours not yours. Because it WAS theirs till it was pinched. Also didn’t the Norman invasion dilute “indigenous” blood. Or does that not count because it’s white blood?

[@iangascoigne8231]

@@binakhan2945You forgot about the Angles, Saxons, Vikings.

[@user-il9qo4qc4n]

@@binakhan2945 So modern Brits must pay for the sins of our great great great grand fathers?

[@Outdoor_Cycling_Adventures]

If you are legal here, there shouldn’t be a problem..

[@joeycottone7755]

Much like this woman in the show. She is prioritizing her people

[@ericp1139]

The caller flat out would not call her a fellow Brit. He called her, “Asian, British-born, or raised in Britain.” But he would not say she was British.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@eric Same goes with Kemi. Disgraceful!

[@briandoherty2728]

Because she was all of those things,

[@Rory-co4vm]

All of those things may be true and she’s still a Briton.

[@greamespens1460]

@@Rory-co4vm I wonder if she would consider Cliff Richard as more Indian than she is

[@DW-indeed]

@@feelingsmutual5946 the entire human race came out of Africa. The idea of indigenous blood is short sighted at best.

[@ParaPathways-p1v]

She is very disrespectful to that gentleman and very patronising

[@legendg219]

What do you expect? LBC is nothing more than smug Leftist elitist propaganda designed to bring on and ridicule the working class, primarily native Brits. This stations absolutely disgusting and out of touch with reality.

[@SayemTabla]

Bohoo

[@ChloeMarilyn]

Have a cry mate

[@kevinchappell7966]

He's no gentleman

[@greenlover4522]

😂😂😂

[@Sovereign-kh4ng]

I think we should discuss how private companies are allowed to charge stupidly low wages and then say "British people won't do the job". How can somebody in this country LIVE on the wages these companies give out. Personally, I think the Government should have mandated "salary bands" for all Private Businesses so directors have their pay capped so that people lower down can earn more. I am sick of this being framed as a problem with immigration, when its the corruption and greed of British businesses and landlords that is causing this. LBC has the same problem. Their presenters are probably on massive salaries they don't deserve for a segment that takes up half the day

[@martinseal1987]

Isn't this an issue with capitalism at large

[@jip230]

Here here! I’m American and I lived in the uk about a decade ago and was super shocked how low the salaries are in comparison with the cost of living - and this was a decade ago! I can’t imagine the strain on the average person given the recent rounds of inflation. British have a big problem that they never took their spoils of colonialism and invested that money in their people. They took it instead and handed it to the people at the very top and the gentry. Britain is now decades behind in investments in its people and infrastructures and it’s a nearly impossible position to catch up from

[@Auriflamme]

The Tories only care about their mega-rich donors and friends. They have gutted social policy and at every turn they bleat that it's all about promoting the entrepreneurial class, while they give honours to scam-artists like Michelle Mone. The only option is to vote the inept xenophobic mob out of government and put pressure on Starmer to actually work to make Britain a fairer and better place for everyone of its legal residents, regardless of whether they or their parents were born there.

[@simonjohnson9055]

Very Labour of you! Almost sounds like Communism.

[@Frank.and.Beanzz]

​@@simonjohnson9055sure does sound like it.

[@nlumby]

...the ignorance is breath-taking ...and COMPLETELY played by this wretched, manipulative government :(

[@nlumby]

...really glad you hurt his feelings, lol

[@mogznwaz]

Your arrogance is breath taking. Immigrants who need social housing are not a benefit they are a COST. They choose to come here - if they can’t support themselves and expect to get looked after when they get here they’re just plain rude because I certainly would NOT expect that if I were moving to a foreign country.

[@philyewin4880]

​​@@mogznwazWhy have you chosen not to hear when she said? 'legal immigrants who come here on work visas to fill vacancies that couldn't otherwise be filled who are earning 30k aren't entitled to social housing'.

[@Lezzyboy87]

@@philyewin4880 30k a year shouldn't require benefits

[@finianlacy8827]

Anyone believing ANYthing..this government says is delusional.

[@kimmie411]

I came back to the UK after working abroad for 10 year in the EU. I am a British citizen, I have a family and was entitled to nothing in the UK when I came back, I couldn't even rent a flat or get a credit card because it was like I'd never existed. I worked for 10 years and paid my taxes before I was relocated abroad.

[@markrainton9466]

Same here 10years in tenerife but at least my debts were paid off happy days

[@phil2003ashleigh]

Did you come back on a dinghy ? Case closed, no chance of a house or benefits mate. If you say you’re a brain surgeon (they all are) you’d get everything and extremely quickly too it would appear.

[@kimmie411]

​@@phil2003ashleigh thankfully I had saved the money to come back, but there was no support if I needed it because I'm treated worse than an illegal immigrant being an expat. Though my husband is foreign and had to jump through hoops to get here despite being in a highly qualified profession.

[@symon3304]

You didn't plan properly. Next time save money on flights by using a dinghy and, voila! All your troubles will be sorted by the indigenous taxpayers this presenter despises.

[@Dimebar729]

You paid your taxes for the time you spent here. It doesn't cover you for life. You might be a British citizen but that doesn't entitle you to anything when you come back. You have to earn your keep. What support did you even need? why did you not get a job lined up before you moved? and it doesn't have to be in your profession straight away. You'd just need a job and a place to live.

[@Lantey1]

I agree with the caller 100% as a black person prospective I believe that those who just come in should join the back of the queue

[@philroo1]

That's exactly what we have now, first come first served.

[@stephenjon3502]

@@philroo1No it’s not. It’s points based. My son was told that he would have to wait up to 2 decades to get a council property but my friend’s daughter went into a gaff within a year with her 7 kids by 3 different men.

[@philroo1]

@@stephenjon3502 *as far as nationality is concerned, first come first served.

[@Whythehate]

It's question of how we want the system to work. Should a single person get priority or a single mother with kids? What about a couple? I hope most people wouldn't want the idea of kids being brought up in hotels by the council (locals councils have spent 100s of millions on hotels for the homeless for decades, but you only hear about the scheme when immigrants start using it, for some reason...) The answer is tough as there's no "one size fits all solution", unless you want a woman left holding the baby to 'sofa surf' with friends.@@stephenjon3502

[@villhelm]

It shouldn’t be that way. If you weren’t born here, you should never be allowed social housing or benefits. Don’t care if you become a citizen, those things should be off limits to anyone who wasn’t born and bred here or if born outsized of U.K. have parents who were born and bred here.

[@casperscinema]

How dare you want a home in your own country

[@ThatGuyThanus]

Sunak prioritises the wealthy, and corporations. He doesn’t and never will prioritise uk citizens, unless they are millionaires, at the very least!

[@brians132]

Neither did Blair...

[@carmen6465]

He prioritises those like himself. Search who is his wife.

[@debbieoohlalace298]

She manipulated that conversation without addressing the truth of the situation. The arrogance and condescension of these radio and TV presenters needs to stop. They're not better and they're opinion doesn't count more. It's heart breaking to hear so many people struggling to get by. To then get lambasted and gaslit..... All we do is shout at each other these days. Nobody is inclined to do what it takes to create the change that is needed.

[@mattyr40]

Yup she went full james o brien

[@philroo1]

If someone is better informed then obviously their opinion is worth more

[@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533]

​@@philroo1On one hand she accepts there is a housing crisis, but then claims that 500,000 people in a year (actually closer to 700,000) were needed here for dubious economic reasons.

[@philroo1]

@@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533 I didn't notice any justification for anyone being in the UK, all I heard her say was that under the new rules immigrants would be unlikely to be seeking social housing. Pushing the few that are in the queue to the back really won't make much difference. It's another CONservative policy.

[@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533]

@@philroo1 She stated it was to do the jobs that the British wouldn't do.

[@sueyourself5413]

There's not enough social housing. Thatcherite policies need to be reversed. It's only been 40 years.

[@Warbsy1990]

Although, as any true British person who holds the countries best interests at heart would understand and accept... The buy back would of course only be at the price the original purchasers paid, as the country and councils are in dire straits financially... So it wouldn't be right or patriotic to profit from a national asset like social housing. Unless they would rather the country come first and accept a requisition order for the property, in the national interest of course. 😅😂😅 🇬🇧 🫡 For king and country! 🫡🇬🇧 😂

[@weswheel4834]

@@Warbsy1990 That's not going to work though. What do you do if someone has sold the house? What about those who bought their house in the 80s and have died since? Ideally we'd build a lot more council houses, and not sell them on the cheap. Unfortunately, if Labour do that then as soon as the Tories get back in, they'll sell them off cheap and blame Labour.

[@philyewin4880]

​@@Warbsy1990You haven't thought this through have you.. Taking back all of the ex-council houses wouldn't solve anything, as all of the people renting those houses from private landlords would need to be housed

[@Mr_Subtle]

The native population has been below replacement level for over 50 years. The shortage is due to immigration

[@weswheel4834]

@sw2790 Doesn't matter how bad things are as long as you can blame it all on foreigners?

[@fdr100100]

LBC presenters are some of the most smug self righteous and sanctimonious people on earth, they speak to every caller with such contempt its unbelievable, they always remind the listener that they are in charge this is my show etc

[@honeybunch6473]

Amen 🙏

[@honeybunch6473]

​@stevensame harvey1447 same here

[@downtoearth5443]

Their shows on Israel take the cake...... Easily

[@rajkumat7856]

“Refugees may be entitled to claim housing.” That explains why refugees who arrived here on boats illegally are in b&bs funded by Uk taxpayers, while we have thousands of British citizens sleeping rough every night. Local authorities are close to bankruptcy and this additional cost is suffocating them. Why is a Brit rough sleeper ok but are refugee not ok?! It’s a question of priorities. No foreign citizen should be prioritised over a British citizen when it comes to housing. It wouldn’t happen anywhere else (including India Sangita) apart from in the UK.

[@mrmeldrew693]

To be fair, how many other countries would allow me to just rock up and demand social housing?!

[@aaronaaronson7600]

That's not how it works here, she literally just explained that 😂😂

[@mrmeldrew693]

​@aaronaaronson7600 maybe I worded that poorly. What I meant was that most other countries simply wouldn't let me in if I couldn't fully support myself.

[@aaronaaronson7600]

@@mrmeldrew693 again, not true. Name me a country where that is the policy?

[@Kbyr083]

@@aaronaaronson7600 Australia is pretty tough

[@aaronaaronson7600]

@@Kbyr083 in what way?

[@terriwatson5775]

If it wasn't for Thatcher, we would have social houses! She sold the houses cheap! Then, they wouldn't let council's use the money to build more houses with the money!

[@glynjones5280]

Thatcher, the biggest cursed thrusted on the working classes needing social housing

[@MiningForPies]

Yep, a deliberate ploy to generate Tory voters. Not to help people

[@MrGBROADHURST]

wrong the councils took the right not to build them , if you look at the legislation every house they sold they should build another , they ignored this and this is the reason she was gotten rid of !!!!!!

[@MiningForPies]

@@MrGBROADHURST wrong, the remaining council houses were transferred to housing associations.

[@MiningForPies]

@@MrGBROADHURST also the legislation you are referring to was passed 20 years after thatcher left power

[@catherinehanner284]

Wait a minute. Politically I am on far left but you ignore the indigenous people, born and bred here who have made a contribution to public funds at our peril. Consider what is happening in Sweden, hardly a bastion of far right thinking. Many of those given right to remain who have certain religious beliefs have refused to assimilate and integrate. Similarly in the UK, they refuse to espouse British values eg equal rights for LGBTQ people, prefer Sharia law over British law, the right to question, lampoon religion etc, don't treat women with respect and as equals or acknowledge rights of apostates, and don't allow girls to marry who they choose. If these issues override your desire to be a fully paid up and practising citizen of UK, then consider moving to a country where the belief systems are similar to your own. Why come here in the first place. It would never occur to me to move to a country whose belief systems run totally contrary to my own. A compassionate, fair and just immigration system is a must but we must also consider the future of the UK and its people and their right to live in harmony and peace. If British compassion and generosity is taken for granted and abused then this will be counter productive and result in a far harsher, less compassionate immigration system. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

I'm a foreign student and I kinda agree with this.

[@Prometheus7272]

I'm 22 and my goal is to eventually move out the country

[@symon3304]

I don't see how his opinion is controversial. How much social housing is offered to British people in Arabian or African countries? The contempt this woman has for British people is breathtaking.

[@PlatformNo14]

Go to your average country with social housing, such as France for instance. If you have the right to be there and are in need of housing they will let you apply for social housing. The fact you don't know that baffles me.

[@symon3304]

@@PlatformNo14 You miss my point. Most champagne socialists do.

[@PlatformNo14]

@@symon3304 Ah resorting to ad hominem. Very clever!

[@hosephanerothe1440]

700,000 immigration numbers, Sangita - as brash as this caller is, I think it's clear we do have unlimited levels

[@johhny711]

There was 1.2 million immigrants last year , 30,000 asylum seekers 50% of whom will be refused asylum , the majority of the rest were work related migration and Refugees, who will go home when the war is over , statistics show that 95% of refugees return home , some are asked to stay , like doctors, engineers etc

[@isayit6054]

There is nothing wrong in prioritising British born especially those who have been here for generations- how can they not be prioritised

[@Philljag]

Can you prove that they’re not?

[@scrixdaasd4953]

did you get even get too 2:30 sec in clipp.

[@isayit6054]

@@Philljaghave you seen London - families are Deliberately moved out -some boroughs more than 50% foreign born in social housing prioritised by foreign born housing officers

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

How many generations are you talking about?

[@philyewin4880]

What, even if they're generations of work shy benefits claimers?

[@user-wx4wt6ud3h]

Of course Britons deserve housing before immigrants ffs

[@Amen-sx3mp]

I'm British Asian. Born and raised here. The way she scoffs at callers who talk about British rights is not great.

[@aaronaaronson7600]

I don't blame her, she explained the system and he kept saying the same thing. It's funny 😂

[@sh.4409]

That’s the problem…they import people to England….give them a British passport and label them the British public. It’s enfuriating. A dog born in a barn isn’t a horse.

[@BeBe-vh4ry]

'British Asian' is an oxymoron. Stop trying to erase our history.

[@aaronaaronson7600]

@@sh.4409 Sangita wasn't exported anywhere, she was born here. Stop being so petty

[@aaronaaronson7600]

@@BeBe-vh4ry stop trying to play the victim all the time

[@equinox95]

She hasn't got a clue, if your a foreign national you have the same rights as a citizen to social housing, depending on your status. I've seen entire estates change in demographics from what was there 20-30 year's ago. How did they get those tenancies in those numbers?.

[@lennyw99]

Migration is nothing new. It’s been going on for hundreds of years. Thousands even. We just bleat on about it now because we lost an empire and we can’t go round plundering the riches of weaker nations anymore. Travel is easier. Wars and natural disasters will cause more people to migrate and more people will want to settle in Britain.

[@GlennMantle]

She knows FULL WELL what she's doing. On the pay roll for a voting scam.

[@h.a9375]

I agree with that man ?

[@nicholashanson9508]

someone on a work-visa is entitled to social housing!? then why are they here?

[@Kashish4Eijaz]

😅 no they are not. Listen to sangita again

[@pepelepew2690]

@@Kashish4Eijaz nah, I've had enough of her playing the victim card.

[@theevildrjelly4626]

It a joke

[@TheBillaro]

why are we obligated to be the babysitter of the world?

[@Finearethefoxes]

will non-British residents be allowed to pay less tax? It seems only fair as they won't be able to access what they are indirectly funding.

[@Mr_Subtle]

Except they're not funding it. Only western European and Anglosphere immigrants end up as net contributors according to the stats. The vast majority of immigrants to the UK are a drain on public funds

[@tryingmybest9819]

Not even just tax. It's the NHS fee, visa application fee, biometrics, English test fee among other things.

[@christopheryoung2874]

@@tryingmybest9819 dont like it dont come

[@skinnytinny9023]

99 percent of the foreigners I work with make less than 35k, they are therefore a drain on the economy, that is without the fact that they send what they can back home, draining the economy even further.

[@hunsler1006]

​@@christopheryoung2874 Don't like then leave - or does that only apply when people say things you don't want changed?

[@jamesberry5578]

He's saying what a large majority of people think in my opinion.Britishborn applicants should be prioritised over every other category.

[@melontusk9660]

So you want a benefit for what you ancestors did but don't want to pay to compensate for the damage your ancestors did. Of course most British born people would support such biased and discriminatory laws that benefit them. Meanwhile immigrants in the UK pay more into the tax system than they take out so they are already subsidising British natives on benefits on top of fully covering immigrants from their countries on benefits.

[@davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207]

@politics392 He undermines his own point. I know it's the governments fault but lets blame others anyway...

[@mcc5901]

If you have just arrived and have never paid into the system then things are not equal. And then to deny there isn’t unlimited immigration in the face of all the illegal immigration that is going on is delusional. And we have heard from homeless people that have been overlooked in favour of foreigners on the social housing ladder.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

We have heard...Any proof??There are rules.

[@dwaynewrighton8547]

All illegal immigration is reduced, as a figure, by 73%; given that 73% of all illegal immigrants go on to become successful asylum seekers. It's not as if we've had a housing shortage since the late 90's, before open EU immigration, and before the uptake of asylum seekers

[@mcc5901]

@@BoiseLou Not when it’s mass immigration,‘part of which does want to assimilate and such a notion that they should is far right extremism according James O’Brien. Do not conflate immigration with mass immigration and what is happening now. We already have 2 million unemployed and we want to add more to that list? Madness. We have crime rates on the rise and crimes which are not typical to Britain. We have groups calling for sharia law and blasphemy laws and this will only increase. All net gains?

[@mcc5901]

@@dwaynewrighton8547 So illegal immigration hasn’t decreased just because you want to change the definition, just as there isn’t a recession in the US because the democrats have changed the criteria to suit their purpose, and the housing shortage will only get worse as more enter the country.

[@dwaynewrighton8547]

Well it has; when someone makes a successful asylum claim; all their actions to get into a country retroactively become legal, making them legal immigrants. This obviously does bring down the figure of illegal immigration; but more often then not, the number of succesful asylum claimants are rarely subtracted from the circulated figure, i.e., net illegal immigration is cited, rather then actusl immigration. Not sure why you're bringing america, it's economy, and it's democrats into the mix here, but sure.

[@AlanForrest-oe2or]

That was very embarrassing, for the host. Turning it into a race issue when he only asked her why she hated Britain, when she sounds like she does,

[@Ll-ij2jh]

Yeah she ended the debate so poorly and she was intellectually dishonest and then she had the cheek to act like he was upset when she was the one who got upset

[@FahadAyaz]

Even though she gave him ample time to clarify his position and he refused to do so? If someone said that to me I'd want to know why they'd think I was anti-British too

[@jaspal201]

Why do gammon complain?

[@brians132]

Yes, it was nothing to do with her skin colour, although she lost no time taking the chance to play the race card. It was about her attitude, which sounded anti-British to me. If it was a white presenter saying the same things, they could also be perceived as anti-British. I know a few white folks who fit that description too...

[@alisonmurray8733]

British citizens should be first for housing some people are on the lists for years

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

Yeah I don’t see the problem here. 😊

[@catch22again]

A news report recently stated that around 45% of social housing in London have gone to People not born in the UK.

[@nlumby]

News report? ...since when has the media been a reliable source of information? ...ask the government? ...if there's an independent report, please post it - I'd like to see it

[@nlumby]

...presumably you're aware that an awful lot of British citizens are not born in the UK

[@fryerturk127]

​@@nlumbysad but true.

[@SM-fk5or]

News report from where? GBNews? The Daily Mail?

[@johnmulligan912]

What news report? I wonder why I don’t believe you.

[@basra279]

If you have lived here and paid taxes and contributed to the country you should be more entitled but she does not say this and we know immigrants come here and are looked after better than the above, come on weak governments and Wokes want to do this, we need to look after our own first

[@TheFr3ELions]

She tried to flip the script on the guy based on an assumption and then thinks she hurt his feelings.🤔

[@Britain4775]

How is this remotely controversial? Yes, a country should prioritize its citizens over people who are not its citizens. Net migration into the UK was a record 745,000 (maybe 1000,000) in 2022. Net migration in the year to June 2023 was at 672,000, The top nationalities for immigration flows into the UK were: Indian (253,000), Nigerian (141,000). Uk is an island country with small land area, How many houses are there in UK？

[@AlanKenny-y8e]

Aren't India and Nigeria part of "our family?" (commonwealth)

[@otmanh]

LoL you got clobbered in your other comment so you deleted it and made a new one with the exact same point 😅

[@re_patel]

Nigeria is. India, no longer is.

[@stephan5673]

Well said.

[@Whythehate]

Visas issued by this Govt to Health care workers (needed as we left the EU) and Hong Kong students (which will expire soon, so the numbers are guaranteed to fall. Watch them claim credit for that!) top 450,000. It's no accident.

[@paulbucklebuckle4921]

If your illegal you get a hotel , if your ex forces you get fek all , if your not on benefits you get fek all

[@brians132]

True, many homeless on the streets are ex-forces.

[@Thesimon221]

Being British does not mean being white

[@lzl3lol]

It depends I guess, if you have British morals, values, ethics, beliefs, etc then you could he called British in my eyes. But if you are someone who doesn't have British values, ethics, morals, etc then you arent British in my eyes, you are a British citizen, but not British.

[@robertpollock2037]

⁠@@lzl3lolwhat are British morals and ethics etc? Invading countries and taking their resources? Involvement in other countries wars and conflicts? Breaking treaties and agreements?

[@shaunm3206]

@@lzl3lolplease expand. What do you consider British morals, values, ethics, beliefs etc to be? I can tell you now some of them will not be the same as mine but please share your thoughts.

[@mielerodriguez5678]

Correct but English does.

[@macjim]

There’s no such thing as British morals… just morals! My morals will be different from yours and I’m not British as there’s no such nation, it’s a union of different nations that all have different morals. That’s why we haven’t voted in the Tories since the 1950’s! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jedibob173]

If you're great grandparents didn't fight in ww1/2 your not British and it's our country and we have rights to things first not someone who came on a boat two weeks ago and put into expensive houses and hotels

[@theevildrjelly4626]

I think the British people should come first

[@m1421]

Sangeeta is a national treasure. She dismantled this caller with wit and intellect.

[@Slipstream_merchant]

British people should get priority for housing. Sangita pulling the race card, typical tactic when she’s losing an argument 🙄

[@GH-pt3eg]

true. Clear as day and she is a spiteful bully when she does it

[@Whythehate]

Except he brought it up... Clear as day! He repeatedly mentioned race and his starting point was based on Nationality and then race, admitting he didn't know presenters racial background.@@GH-pt3eg Clear as day!

[@GH-pt3eg]

@@Whythehate you're looking for it. In a discussion about immigration, her background and loyalties matter. Get real. We're past the point of wasting time discussing things like this

[@Whythehate]

I don't need to look for race/nationalism issues when he calls to say "British people..." and goes on to trip himself up over presenters racial backgrounds.@@GH-pt3eg

[@Slipstream_merchant]

@@Whythehate People that are born here should get priority over immigrants, that’s what the caller said and is 100% correct. That’s how it works in other countries.

[@hjjjjk8399]

He is right. I am black and born here and new immigrants get housing straight away. Us especially single men are denied a house or flat. Should you not give flats to those who contribute.

[@ricardosmythe2548]

British citizens should be a priority for social housing. You shouldnt be allowed to come here legally unless you have the financial ability to support yourself. Social housing is paid for by people who have paid into the system throughout there lives.

[@phueal]

Being a British Citizen doesn't make you somebody "who has paid into the system throughout their lives." - a lot of Brits haven't, and a lot of immigrants have. But in any case, social housing is paid for by those people, myself included; and distributed based on need, not nationality - as it should be.

[@jnothing332]

There are immigrants who contribute more to this country than you and many do not have a British passport: they are residents. If in the future something goes wrong and they find themselves in the painful situation of needing a house, they will be discriminated against and that is not fair.

[@philipjelley4777]

you cant come here legally unless you have the means to support yourself, or youre fleeing persecution. thats sangitas point.

[@ricardosmythe2548]

@@phueal everytime a British citizen spends or earns a penny they pay into the system, doesn't matter if its in fuel tax, VAT, council tax or any other method of stripping there wealth. The same is true for there family line, the longer it goes back in this country the more they have contributed. Its this kind of policy that fails to meet the needs of the people that built this country that will lead to an overwhelming answer of "get stuffed" when citizens are called upon to be fed into the meat grinder against Russia.

[@ricardosmythe2548]

@@jnothing332 How would you have any idea what so ever what I've contributed to this country? Quite an ignorant line to take. They wouldn't be discriminated against they would be treated just as any other migrant would and can also apply for citizenship if they choose to and be treated as any other citizen would, potential conscription and all.

[@chrisshackleford7482]

Unlike America, European and Asian countries are ethno states. I can get Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German, Swedish citizenship but it doesn't make me Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German or Swedish. This journalist has British citizenship but she's South Asian.

[@kenroth87]

hes not wrong, British people should be getting priority for the housing, and that woman is unbearable

[@Dudjdhsbsnshh]

Started off thinking Peter was vile, ending thinking the woman was. Searching for racism when it isn’t there. I’m centre left, but I have no time for bleeding heart extremists ruining our side of the argument because of the race card they can’t resist playing.

[@baldbadger7287]

Indigenous people first, otherwise our culture will disappear

[@andylewis7360]

People who have contributed to the system and their families should be prioritised over those who have not. Britain does not exist to give free handouts to people who have tenuous links to the country and that is certainly not why we pay taxes.

[@jamiebee1231]

These days if you say you’re English you get arrested and thrown in jail

[@delgriffithification]

When did this come in?

[@robertclements4518]

That’s not a bad idea!

[@albangbo]

What's wrong with that?

[@JoeMama-rf6ys]

No you don’t. Ironic that you lot like to complain about non-yts having a “victim mentality”

[@delgriffithification]

@JoeMama-rf6ys It's a joke. Search for "these days if you say you're English". It's a comedy routine by Stewart Lee.

[@montanasharif]

He has a valid point and she is condescending and want to spin this to a race thing, if your own citizens don’t have priorities over someone who just came here then clearly something isn’t right with your system! Not everything is about race🤷🏾‍♀️

[@tryingmybest9819]

He doesn't have a valid point. Sangita pointed it out for him plain and he just ignored her. The people he was talking about would not qualify for social housing so would not even be competing for spaces. The Tories sold off the social stock and don't build enough new houses. Where the blame should be compared to where this guy wanted to put it.

[@lindacurrie8817]

He did ask a question the answer was twisted by the host and boy the host wanted to make a meal out of it. The caller blooming well ended it. Rightly so.

[@mattfm101]

Trust me it is, the people preching nice stuff have used the kindness of the English to destroy themselves.

[@5hineepropertyofleetaemin]

To be fair I think the caller is trying to say that on the housing list you are given points which in turn give you priority ie the higher number of points and that being British born should be one of the things that you get points for. I don't think he was saying anything about race, i may be wrong, but it would seem to make sense that having a shortage of houses and being born in Britain should give you some sort of advance.

[@billybaker7010]

Your family have paid taxes and fought for this country for generations then a foreigner migrates to this country and gets the same or better opportunities to advance here isn’t fair or right. This isn’t a discriminating view.

[@piixieplayz4303]

This women is the problem with the county !!!

[@fig1115]

lol not the Tory's who have been in charge for the last 14 years and arguably since thatcher as Blair was tory lite ,but decent people like her who basically have no power ? want to see the real problem . look in the mirror.

[@piixieplayz4303]

Who ever left a comment it’s been gosted for some reason

[@simonlinton8123]

Sangita is not as British as me. She was botn in Tanzania of Indian and African Heritage. My ancestors fought and died in the last two world wars.

[@truthoverlies1820]

Stop fighting and dying in wars that end in all this

[@maximyles]

Sangita is on LBC contributing to discussion and social cohesion’s what is it exactly that you currently do for your country?

[@truthoverlies1820]

@@maximyles contributing greatly or not contributing whatsoever..neither makes one or indeed omits one from being a native to said country.

[@SuperKripke]

The colonized countries also fought on behalf the British Empire.

[@naeedaafzal3055]

i am asian my family was in british army

[@Kbyr083]

It's an interesting question, I am South African and my ancestors came to this county between 1680 and 1895, from various places including, Scotland, France, England and the Netherlands. I have none that came here after that, so my family been here for generations now. I have never even been to Europe myself. But if I call myself African there is a lot of backslash. Quite a contradiction really.

[@JoeMama-rf6ys]

You are African and South African since there are also yt North Africans native to the continent, but not Sub-Saharan African which is specifically blk

[@adamgrimsley2900]

He's right.

[@user-lo3lm5bw7o]

He's right British first

[@johnrussell3961]

The issue is lack of social housing. If the Tories ever reduced the costs of asylum, it wouldnt go to more social housing . It would go to tax cuts. Saying reform would be different is moot. They will never be in power.

[@LeahGonzalezBrexit]

It willalways be between conservative and labour,because them two have most expirence.Iwould call myself nonvoter

[@ruqiasalah5744]

British tax payers go to war in Gaza , Britain send weapons to Israel.

[@perrymason866]

@@LeahGonzalezBrexitpolitical apathy just makes you voiceless and unable to affect change. Vote for the MP in your area who says they will build more houses and then write to them to do it.

[@shadowside8433]

This is the problems, these people say 'We must look after our own', as if there is any evidence at all that the government does.

[@wellhungindung]

Well, what did labour ever do for you apart from millions of low skilled workers, depress wages for the working class and Not build any houses just like the Tories? Labour will have their chance soon.

[@everest9707]

Vote Reform UK And, visit the UK parliament petition website and please sign and share this one: "Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years."

[@Whythehate]

Hee hee! So, not students coming in with wealthy parents? Don't think that will happen (think how it didn't happen in the U.S.) Stop helping the Ukrainians? Don't worry, thinking isn't for everyone.

[@bodytransporter1556]

Im black bit shes playing the race card. I dont necessarily agree with his argument. But i dont believe him calling her anti British had anything to with her skin colour. Im sure hed say the same to a white person in the same argument

[@lindacurrie8817]

The caller said he would give the same question to a white person. The host said "I don't believe you" where does the caller go with that? Told he is a liar.

[@Nomad261]

The indigenous people must always come first !

[@MiningForPies]

Well, given they died out 450,000 years ago so I think they’ve lost out on any claims they have to housing 🤔

[@brother1ray]

@@MiningForPies Eh??? Humans didn't even EVOLVE until 200,000 years ago! 🤣🤭

[@NapoleonGelignite]

Tories are totally in favour of large scale immigration- it’s the only source of economic growth, and importing poverty keeps wages (and inflation) down.

[@dougalmcdougal286]

My belief.

[@MiningForPies]

I live in a red wall seat that switched Tory for the first time ever in 2019. Massive brexit anti immigrant gammons. They’re also very happy paying £5 to have their cars washed by 5 immigrants though.

[@philyewin4880]

That's because although the government can't say it out loud as they'd lose their remaing vote share. They understand that the uk's under performing comparative productivity and the burden of the social security cost of unemployment are both overwhelmingly caused by British people. Everything they've ever tried to remedy this over the last 14yrs has failed, and labour previously had the same problem. Therefore they both resorted to immigration to fill the jobs Brits refuse to do, to keep the country afloat.

[@Prometheus7272]

​@@philyewin4880If immigration stopped then they would have to increase the wages for the jobs "British people don't want to do" to encourage them to work in those jobs. But no we can't mess with their profit margins.

[@philyewin4880]

@@Prometheus7272 Is this utopia where companies are forced to pay more wages until they can get British staff to work, just a figment of your imagination or are there actually countries where this happens? As in the UK businesses that can't get staff for what they're able to pay they're closing down e.g care homes and nurseries and some have gone abroad to wherever labour is cheaper e.g most manufacturing. Brits choose items when shopping based on the cost not whether it was made in England. Therefore businesses are forced to keep all overhead cost down to ensure goods and services are as competitively priced as possible, unfortunately this includes wages.

[@siobhanodwyer8445]

She had to make it about RACE

[@NPC--666]

The presenter is clearly prejudiced and bigotted

[@greamespens1460]

In a previous programme Sangita described her self as Indian and in another British Indian, if she is unsure what she is then it is understandable that someone may perceive her as non British

[@skinnytinny9023]

She isn't British.

[@holdontoyourwig]

I live in the north east. Go out in my town and all you hear are southern accents. The problem is the government isn't sending the millionaires up here.......just the drug addicts and alcoholics.

[@damienbryan2832]

She didn't like being called out

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

Only people who can trace their ancestors to before 1066 should have any assistance from the state. /Scarcasam

[@MiningForPies]

Pft, only people who predate the sinking of doggerland should qualify. By definition everyone else came from over the sea, at least those before walked it here from mainland Europe

[@Auriflamme]

@@MiningForPies Pfft humans? Only single-celled organisms that can trace their ancestry back 3.5 billion years to the area that would eventually become Britain should be considered for social housing.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

No, by 1066 minus one day, this sceptrous isle had already been invaded by the Celts, the Romans (and their mongrel armies) the saxons and the vikings. I suggest everybody's DNA should be compared to that of the bones of Cheddar man or the skeletons found around Stonehenge. If you do not make the grade, you can camp outside.

[@MiningForPies]

@breathoffreshair7314 what is native DNA? The original inhabitants of the UK died out 650,000 years ago. It’s been waves of immigrants since the end of the ice age.

[@MiningForPies]

@breathoffreshair7314 looking at your posting history, don’t bother responding. You post out of hate, not ignorance.

[@DannyMcNamara-mj5nq]

I’m British born and Bread and lived in a homeless hostel for a long time. I’ve seen a lot of things and agree with this caller.

[@bigbrockbear4963]

She cant answer him lol

[@GH-pt3eg]

yes. Demands him to answer he ridiculous and loaded questions, yet refuses to properly answer his. typical of her

[@nigelknight6688]

She is so smug & full of herself

[@allanwhiteley6199]

The British people didn't ask for immagrants to come to this island it was the government but first and foremost British people should be first not illegal asylum seekers and foreign immagrants.

[@struby100]

The caller hit a nerve there 😂😂😂

[@stephan5673]

British doesn't mean that much in England, English does.

[@beagchic3488]

This woman lost the argument when she tried to deflect from his point and then did what Kay Burley does and repeatedly asks a question without giving him a chance to answer and he hung up. If anybodys feelings were hurt it was hers and it showed

[@markhepworth]

10 year old account with 7 comments on it...🤔 Roubles or crypto..?

[@iangascoigne8231]

He was the one who hung up.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

@@iangascoigne8231yeah that’s what the comment said 🤦‍♂️

[@iangascoigne8231]

@@grlfcgombeenhunter2897 Yeah the fact that he hung up, shows he had no argument.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

@@iangascoigne8231 not really cause there’s no talking to her type.

[@iborgiwc7899]

Native British people should come first, not some immigrant

[@jacque0rtiz707]

Sangita Myska, what a sanctimonious self-righteous performance you have given!

[@spherelance72]

by calling out nonsense?

[@sloopjb5359]

Guy was right actually

[@caltreloar9328]

She's just called the race card.

[@rosarose3443]

Always does.

[@a.q5878]

Playing victim as usual

[@minui8758]

We have got an unlimited immigration problem. 700,000 in this last year

[@chamatsprayart2283]

Then, Sangita, "Why are you so self loathing of your own country and the people within it?"

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

He's right

[@jaspal201]

Gammon iq

[@kb4903]

Hows he wrong? Why come here if you cant afford to live here? Expect Brits to pay for you.@@jaspal201

[@lukemorton8431]

No they didnt these 500,000 came here illegally on a boat

[@babybluesky9238]

i often feel these callers have a point somewhere in their arguments however lack the necessary linguistic skills to convey it properly

[@daviddoran2116]

His point was articulated perfectly its pretty simple british citizens in Britain should come first. This should not be controversial but we are living in an upside down world.

[@iconoclast2679]

@babybluesky9238: Maybe they should have paid more attention at school, which is free after all. And they are British, so at the minimum, they should be able to express themselves in their own language. Lastly, perhaps they should spend a little less time on KZbin and TikTok and read books instead.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@babyblue Say again?

[@lindacurrie8817]

Agree and the host uses that lack to their advantage. Twist it around to suit own narrative.

[@fensterrose1585]

@@lindacurrie8817 LBC screen the callers to their advantage I think.

[@janebryder8329]

She just taking a pi$$ and laughing.. why? We need too look after our own!