Mail stories and BNP press releases - spot the difference

The Mail's British jobs for foreign workers story will be discussed here in more detail later. But it is worth noting the striking similarities (once again) between the Mail's story and the BNP press release 'Britain Becomes World’s Laughing Stock as 71% of All New Jobs Go to Foreigners'.

In fact, as the report was accompanied by a press release Keep doors open to migrant workers to meet long-term labour needs, says OECD, 'laughing stock' isn't really right. But anyway, it's yet another example of the BNP taking its cue (words) from the Mail - it's not just the words, it's the order they come in which is so noticeably the same.

Mail:

More than seven out of ten jobs created under the Labour Government have been taken by foreign-born workers, experts revealed last night.

The percentage of new jobs taken by those born overseas is the highest of any of the major economies analysed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

BNP:

the percentage of new jobs here which have been taken by those born overseas is the highest of any of the major economies.

More than seven out of ten jobs created in the last ten years from March 1997 to March 2007 have been taken by those born overseas, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revealed in a report released yesterday.

Mail:

The internationally-respected OECD said in the first ten years of Labour rule, employment rose by around two million jobs. But it said 'almost 1.5million of this was accounted for by persons born abroad' - 71 per cent of the total.

BNP:

The OECD said employment in Britain had risen by about two million jobs over that period, but almost 1.5 million of this was accounted for by persons born abroad. This translates to 71 percent of all jobs having gone to foreigners.

Mail:

In the U.S., immigrant employment accounted for 58 per cent of new jobs. In France, it made up less than 20 per cent of the total, and in Ireland and Australia less than 30 per cent.

Over a ten-year period, only Luxembourg saw more of its new jobs taken by migrant workers, the OECD said.

BNP:

In France, it made up less than 20 percent of the total, and in Ireland and Australia less than 30 percent.

Only the tiny country of Luxembourg (population 486,000) saw more of its new jobs taken by migrant workers, the OECD said.

Even the United States of America, which is being invaded by untold millions from Mexico and Latin America, only lost 58 percent of all new jobs to foreign-born.

Mail:

Around a third of the migrant workers arrived here on controversial intra-company transfers, the OECD said. The system allows international companies to transfer their staff to the UK for supposedly limited periods.

But the companies did not have to advertise the post in the UK first and staff can stay for up to three years, plus a possible two-year extension after which they can apply for settlement.

BNP:

Around 30 percent of all foreigners arrived in Britain on intra-company transfers, the OECD said. The system allows international companies to transfer their staff to the UK.

The companies did not have to advertise the post in the UK first and staff can stay for up to three years, plus a possible two-year extension after which they can apply for permanent settlement.

Mail:

The OECD figures cover the period from March 1997 to March 2007. But, since then, ministers have continued to hand out work permits to non-EU nationals in record numbers. In 2008, as the country slid into recession, 151,635 were issued...

Unemployment rose by 290,000 from December 1, 2007 to November 30, 2008, to reach 1.92million.

BNP:

The OECD figures do not include the 151,635 work permits given to non-EU nationals since March 2007 - a figure which has undoubtedly contributed to the rising unemployment rate of British workers. Unemployment rose by 290,000 from 1 December 2007 to 30 November 2008.