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“It's worth remembering that cheap immigrant labour doesn't just damage indigenous people, but also the people doing it; the Chinese Morcombe Bay cockle pickers died because they had no knowledge of local tides, unlike the local workers, who they replaced by virtue of being paid a pittance.” — Julie Burchill

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It's worth remembering that cheap immigrant labour doesn't just damage indigenous people, but also the people doing it; the Chinese Morcombe Bay cockle pickers died because they had no knowledge of local tides, unlike the local workers, who they replaced by virtue of being paid a pittance.
— Julie Burchill