Blue-collar support for Sweden Democrats rises
Published: 8 Feb 13 08:27 CET | Print version
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Swedish blue-collar workers increasingly sympathize with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party, an opinion poll review showed on Friday.
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However, the Sweden Democrats have now surpassed the Moderate Party, which leads the current government coalition, to become the second most popular political party among LO members, a review of opinion polls ordered by Sveriges Television (SVT) showed.
"One in six LO members would vote for the Sweden Democrats if we went to the polls today," Sifo pollster Toivo Sjörén commented on the findings.
"Immigration has been in spotlight so we see increased Sweden Democrat support not only within LO but within other groups."
The review looked at opinion polls conducted in the autumn of 2012 and over the holiday season. About 4,800 people were surveyed.
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This is the result of The SD creating an issue and the mainstream political bodies not responding to it in time and not responding correctly.
The leaders of the LO, the Moderat, Social Democrats, etc, knew and know that the problems of immigration and high numbers of refugees are NOT the issues the SD puts forward. They do not take mainstream jobs - that is done by the owners of companies contracting work out to other countries. That is done by CEOs and Boards of Directors who must show a profit at all times.
Immigrants and refugees create wealth. They create jobs. They enrich their new societies immeasurably - England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Singapore all prove this beyond doubt and beyond question.
When small-minded, xenophobic bigots force immigrants and refugees out of the 'system', what else are they to do, but open restaurants, groceries, service companies and other businesses in the grey areas on the fringes of the economy?
They will reclaim those areas and make them 'mainstream'. they will become rich not by stealing Swedish jobs, but by creating their own opportunities.
That is how it works.
"That is how it works"
Hardly. Way to victimize immigrants and hide their responsibilities. They should be held responsible just like any thinking individual. Or do you think less of immigrants? Sweden has a responsibility to offer immigrants every oppurtunity to integrate, but that`s where it`s responsibility ends. Immigrants need to integrate, the final responsibility lies with them. No matter how much Sweden spends there will never be an integrated society if the immigrants themselves don`t want to integrate.
If you notice the countries you listed are non-welfare states, hence you work or you live in squalor and barely get by. Sweden is MUCH different politically and culturally so the mass immigration into the countries you listed above creating wealth is not a model that will work for Sweden. You have to decide if you want a free market with the lack of welfare which encourages immigrants to work... or do you want a welfare state that encourages immigrants not to work. Can't have your cake and eat it too.
I could be wrong but statistics and history is on my side in this debate.
Imigrants need to provide for them selfs, asyulum seekers gets provided for the state.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend", i'm sure you heard this before...right? When that happned, if the SD or anyone else for that matter choose to be our enemy then that can be arranged. But i'm sure they're smarter than that.
Pple like u forget to realise dat our volvo, saab and all our companies have have been taken over by foreigners. Blue collar jobs by polish osv.
SD thinks once immigrants and muslims are gone economy will get better. If that crap is your belief, i am not suprised dat u are non swede. Votin for SD will not make u a swede. Have u listened to Ekeroth lately.
If you think you're smart, then talk facts don't BS ok? If they are not smart then who is, you? The politicians that imported you? Perhaps, deep down you know that you will never be accepted because of who and what you are...you know what i mean right? That's why you are so bitter about these SD people right my friend from the dark continent?
As for me, I don't want to be a swede, and don't pretend that i am, but i will vote for the SD nevertheless!
The tipping point is here. SD is the third largest party in Sweden and will be gaining more momentum fast.
You can't fool all of the people all of the time...
Whoever tried to claim that immigrants enrich societies and "create wealth" clearly has no idea what they are talking about. Immigrants do not "create" jobs, they take jobs. Or worse still, many immigrants come and get no job at all, instead they are provided for by the Swedish state. This is the case with asylum seekers. In a situation where there are already a lot of unemployed natives, to attempt to solve the unemployment issue by taking in more and more unemployed it completely retarded to say the least.
I am glad to see support for the SD is rising, but perhaps it is too little too late.
I will not respond to u again. However i must say hat the poll for sd is rising but not according to wat we find on the street. I guess u are unemployed and immigrants took your job.
1-They try their best to find a job even less qualified ones . Locals say : they are not work
2-Miracle happens and the immigrant find work in his/her field..Locals say : immigrants taking our jobs.
3- Another miracle happens and the immigrant is working for less for a qualified job and Locals say : they are lowering the standards of living by taking low paid jobs.
4- The immigrant give up trying and runs his/her own business. Locals: They are changing the culture of the country. Add more stupid reasons.
So what makes locals happy?
Also, why attacking Muslim immigrants, when the webpage is vastly subscribed by English people whom whine and complain about life in Sweden and the difficulty of integration. Also, why commentator targeting Muslim immigrants, when Sweden is hosting Christians refugee mostly from the Middle East ( There are many youtube videos showing Iraqi Christians who do not want to integrate and just happy to live among their own iraqi fellow men.)
Sweden has the most pro-immigration public in Europe, but even Swedish opinion is on balance anti-immigration. And for sensible reasons - the evidence does not support large scale non-western immigration. It is clearly a harmful development. So why does it continue?