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That's not the point though, it's not about gratitude, it's about her first hand experience. They're saying that her parents have made a worthwhile contribution to Britain despite not qualifying (on paper) to come here. You would hope that Priti could recognise her own parents' contribution to the country but here she is arguing that immigration by people like them is detrimental.
It would be like someone calling for abolition of the NHS when their partner had brain surgery last year that they could never have afforded privately - you should have anecdotal experience of why this system is a good one.
I suppose lizards don't really do family though, so maybe she never met her parents when she hatched out of her egg
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In my experience, the right wing counter argument in retort is that the difference is time, overall population levels, etc.
I.e. there was a time when we did just need people (or could absorb people) but things are different now.
I'm not convinced by it but its not entirely illogical
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her parents have made a worthwhile contribution to Britain
I'm pretty sure that contributing Priti Patel is the opposite of worthwhile.
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NotThamesWater
I despise Priti Patel as much as the next man. She's the sort of divisive muppet that gets added to reality shows for the entertainment value.
But am not OK with all the news articles where the "her parents wouldn't have gotten in under her proposed system" is presented as a kind of "gotcha!" rhetoric. A brown person is no more responsible for her parents actions than anyone else. She is a fully British citizen and can have any opinion on immigration she likes, she doesn't owe the past system any debt of gratitude.