Thursday 27 May 2010

Queen's English

The Queen opened Parliament on 25 May with a speech on the new Government's policies:
"In the long term we should up-skill British workers so that we do not need as many economic migrants to fill jobs."
"up-skill" = improve the skills of
"migrants" = foreigners
If people go to another country to work, the usual procedure is for them to have work visas which have a time limit.
That does not make them migrants.
To call them migrants up-steps their potential claim to permanent residence.

Wednesday 12 May 2010

Equality for All (not a Sop of a Cap)

Britain has a new Home Secretary, Theresa May. She is also Minister for Women and Equality.
For there to be Equality, there has to be a Minister for Men.
If only there was one, doubtless he would oppose the present law that allows foreign men to take up permanent residence in the UK through the simple expedience of marriage. The law also allows him to compete with native British men for work and promotion on equal terms.
Naturally for every foreign man who benefits, there is a native British man who loses out.
It is pointless the new Government talking about caps on immigration (as a sop to fool the electorate) while this long-standing systemic inequality continues.

Wednesday 5 May 2010

Illogical

"You cannot stop illegal immigration."
Thus the justification by a prominent Liberal Democrat supporter for her party's policy to have an amnesty for people who are in the UK illegally. (BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show, today.)
But you need not have a policy that encourages it. You can try to discourage it and prevent it.
There is no need to give greater consideration to those who break the law than those who abide by it. Which is what an amnesty means.
Besides, it contravenes one of the three pillars of the European Union - which are democracy, human rights and the rule of law. If one pillar goes, the other two are worthless.

Tuesday 4 May 2010

"Dishonest" (As if we didn't know)

"... Labour and the Conservatives are being dishonest with you. They've been running secret amnesties...."
That being so, it's for sure foreigners know it.
The Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg was speaking on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show today about his party's policy to give an amnesty to people who are in the UK illegally.
Nothing (except perhaps control) is more important than the occupation of territory.
The Leaders of all three main parties (and Mrs. Thatcher) deserve to be in the Tower of London.
(Labour gave amnesties in 1975.)

Monday 3 May 2010

Shanghaied!

All three Leaders in the Leaders Debates on TV prior to Britain's General Election on 6 May were in agreement that the UK's immigration controls need to be tightened.
The Liberal Democrat Leader used the words "chaos" and "shambolic" to describe the situation. He also wants illegals to become legitimised as British citizens. (!)
The Conservative Leader wants a cap. But he won't give a figure or explain how it would work.
The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said a points system has recently been installed. His party's Government has been in power for 13 years. If a points system is the answer, why wasn't it done earlier?
All three studiously ignored the ongoing practice of people coming to the UK for limited periods and subsequently being entitled to permanent residence. Marriage is the obvious and major example. Then they have children....
Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics has just died. In one of his books he states categorically that the entire population of China is legally entitled to residence in the Home Counties. This, he states, is because their human rights are infringed because China is not a democracy. (!)
The chaos and shambles that are the result of Britain's democracy are self-inflicted and (partly) due to deceit by politicians. In particular, Mrs. Thatcher did not keep her 1979 election promise to end the "concession" to foreign men that enables them to live in the UK through marriage.
So all British citizens should have the "right" to live in China.