0:00:01.334,0:00:05.545 He said "those god damn Pakistanis
and their goddamn corner shops 0:00:05.545,0:00:08.385 Built a shop on every corner [br]took our British workers jobs" 0:00:08.385,0:00:12.200 He said "those god damn Chinese [br]and their goddamn china shops" 0:00:12.200,0:00:15.867 I told him they're from Vietnam [br]but he doesn't give a toss 0:00:15.867,0:00:18.693 I ask him what was there [br]before that damn Japan mans shop 0:00:18.693,0:00:22.791 He looks at me and dreams a scene [br]of British workers jobs 0:00:22.791,0:00:26.018 Of full time full employment [br]before the godamn boats all came 0:00:26.018,0:00:29.908 Where everybody went to work full time, [br]four weeks, every day 0:00:29.908,0:00:33.479 "A British Business stood there first" [br]he claims "before the Irish came" 0:00:33.479,0:00:37.151 Now British people lost their jobs [br]and bloody Turkish, they're to blame" 0:00:37.151,0:00:40.725 I ask him how he knows that fact [br]he said because it's true 0:00:40.725,0:00:45.122 I ask him how he knows that fact [br]he says he read it in the news 0:00:45.122,0:00:48.116 "Every time a Somalian comes here [br]they take a job from us" 0:00:48.116,0:00:51.122 "The mathematics one for one,[br]from us to them it just adds up" 0:00:51.122,0:00:55.893 He bites his cake, he sips his brew [br]and says again he knows this plot 0:00:55.893,0:01:00.064 "The god damn Carribeans came[br]and now good folk here don't have jobs" 0:01:00.064,0:01:03.265 I ask him what was there before [br]the god damn Persian curtain shop 0:01:03.265,0:01:06.353 I show him architectures plans [br]of empty god damn plots of land 0:01:06.353,0:01:08.802 I show him the historic maps[br]A bit of sand, a barren land 0:01:08.802,0:01:12.785 There was no god damn shop [br]before the Pakistani came and planned 0:01:12.785,0:01:17.421 Man, I am sick of crappy mathematics[br]Cos I love a bit of sums 0:01:17.421,0:01:21.197 I spent three years into economics[br]And I geek out over calculus 0:01:21.197,0:01:22.980 And when I meet these paper claims 0:01:22.980,0:01:25.992 That one of every new that came[br]Takes away ones daily wage 0:01:25.992,0:01:30.360 I desperately want to scream[br]"Your math is stuck in primary!" 0:01:30.360,0:01:32.401 Cos some who comes here also spend 0:01:32.401,0:01:34.162 And some who come here also lend 0:01:34.162,0:01:36.108 And some who comes here also tend 0:01:36.108,0:01:37.450 To set up work which employs them 0:01:37.450,0:01:40.404 And all your balance sheets and trends[br]they work with numbers not with men 0:01:40.404,0:01:43.751 And all this god damn heated talk[br]Ignores the trade the Polish brought 0:01:43.751,0:01:47.488 Ignores the men they gave work to[br]Not plumbing jobs but further too 0:01:47.488,0:01:51.483 Ignores the guys they buy stock from[br]Accountants, builders, on and on 0:01:51.483,0:01:54.732 And I know it's nice to have someone[br]To blame our lack of jobs upon 0:01:54.732,0:01:57.976 But immigration's not that plain[br]Despite the sums inside your brain 0:01:57.976,0:02:01.391 As one for one, as him or you[br]As if he goes, they'd employ you 0:02:01.391,0:02:03.114 Cos sometimes one that comes makes two 0:02:03.114,0:02:04.757 And sometimes one can add three more 0:02:04.757,0:02:08.020 And sometimes two times two [br]is much much more than four 0:02:08.020,0:02:10.016 And most times immigrants bring more 0:02:10.016,0:02:11.661 Than minuses.