"Over the last 20 years, I've lived and worked in Qatar, South Korea, the US. The issues Peter and I talked about are UK-centric, but they are also universal, because human life more or less follows the same curve wherever it is. I was expecting someone very liberal, but Peter wasn't all gung ho we had a good, rational discussion. I had a couple of beers, Peter had mojitos."
"I look at immigration like adding salt to a dish. When you add a little bit, the dish tastes wonderful. Add too little or too much and the dish is either too bland or too salty. There are, unfortunately, people fleeing persecution, but a lot of people coming to the UK are economic migrants who do not necessarily contribute much and can weigh on the benefit system."
Peter is a former civil servant now studying public health, identifies as left and globalist, and recently voted Green. Akshat, 43, is a risk manager from Harrow, originally from India, slightly right of centre and a Conservative voter. Both are immigrants who bonded over a shared love of London and shared starters at a meal. Akshat described living and working across Qatar, South Korea and the US and compared immigration to adding salt: small amounts improve society but excess harms it. Akshat warned many migrants are economic and can burden the benefits system; Peter questioned state planning of ethnic composition.
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