BBC Radio 4 "Today":-
A vicar in St. Leonards has been found guilty of officiating in 383 marriages. They were to enable people to live in the UK. (A half such marriages - or even more, I believe - would be pointless if the Conservatives had kept their 1979 election promise to end marriage as a means of living in the UK for foreign men.) The vicar's crime? Not publishing the banns of marriage.
Imran Khan, Pakistan's former cricket captain and political leader, believes the threat to the West is not from Pakistan - which has suffered terribly from supporting the West - but from Muslim nationalists in Western countries.
He's not alone.....
By 2050 77 million people are anticipated to live in the UK. (Will such a political entity exist then?) When I was a boy (60 years ago) I asked my Mum why I didn't have any brothers or sisters; she replied that Britain was over-crowded (40 million).
BBC Radio 2 "Jeremy Vine Show":-
A woman justified providing papers for a Gambian through marriage by citing his many good qualities. If she wants to be married to him there's nothing to prevent her from living with him in The Gambia. If he does work that's important to the UK he could get a work visa. (Good qualities do not qualify for work visa status - if they did, why bother with marriage? I've been told I have good qualities - but no one has told me that entitles me to live in someone else's country.)
Jeremy Vine interviewed the Reverend Rose Hudson, Chaplain to the House of Commons.
She was chosen by the Speaker of the House of Commons because as well as being a woman she is also black. Where is the Judge to say the Speaker broke the law (made in the House of Commons)?
Friday 30 July 2010
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Flexible Cap
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, on a visit to India, was questioned on BBC Radio 4 "Today" about his immigration cap being "flexible" (and also subject to consultation with the Indian Government).
He soon resorted to expressing the need to clamp down on bogus students!
That is a clear admission that his cap is not the answer to the UK's immigration problems (or "issues", as they are called).
Having been issued visas and allowed entry, foreign and Commonwealth people like it so much here they don't want to return to their own countries......
What they do is find someone to marry......
In the run-up to the General Election in May 2010 there was a debate on Channel 4 between the 3 MPs primarily concerned with immigration, in which the then Immigration Minister Phil Woolas claimed that 60,000 people had been deported over the past year. The Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne (now Energy Minister) revealed this to be misleading - since 30,000 hadn't been deported; they had been denied entry.
Maybe most who had been denied entry would concede it was "a fair cop", but there were surely others (like my pen friend in 1965 and my girl friend in 1978) who felt (and maybe still feel) shocked and depressed by the miserable experience of making a long and expensive (return) journey all for nothing.
P.S. At about 1235 Emma rang in to BBC Radio 2's "Jeremy Vine Show" to say how hard it was to get a work visa for India. She works in Goa (which was a Portuguese colony until 1960). "They don't want us there," she said. "It's extremely hard to live there."
He soon resorted to expressing the need to clamp down on bogus students!
That is a clear admission that his cap is not the answer to the UK's immigration problems (or "issues", as they are called).
Having been issued visas and allowed entry, foreign and Commonwealth people like it so much here they don't want to return to their own countries......
What they do is find someone to marry......
In the run-up to the General Election in May 2010 there was a debate on Channel 4 between the 3 MPs primarily concerned with immigration, in which the then Immigration Minister Phil Woolas claimed that 60,000 people had been deported over the past year. The Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne (now Energy Minister) revealed this to be misleading - since 30,000 hadn't been deported; they had been denied entry.
Maybe most who had been denied entry would concede it was "a fair cop", but there were surely others (like my pen friend in 1965 and my girl friend in 1978) who felt (and maybe still feel) shocked and depressed by the miserable experience of making a long and expensive (return) journey all for nothing.
P.S. At about 1235 Emma rang in to BBC Radio 2's "Jeremy Vine Show" to say how hard it was to get a work visa for India. She works in Goa (which was a Portuguese colony until 1960). "They don't want us there," she said. "It's extremely hard to live there."
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Exposing Rights
An international conference opens today in Kabul.
It provoked much discussion - including an interview with Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague - on BBC Radio 4's "Today".
But there was no mention of Al-Qaeda! Whose presence was the reason for NATO's intervention.
Britain wants to talk to the Taliban. But Hilary Clinton doesn't - because of "women's rights".
322 British troops have died in Afghanistan. (And many more wounded.)
"Everyone's right to life" is protected under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
It provoked much discussion - including an interview with Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague - on BBC Radio 4's "Today".
But there was no mention of Al-Qaeda! Whose presence was the reason for NATO's intervention.
Britain wants to talk to the Taliban. But Hilary Clinton doesn't - because of "women's rights".
322 British troops have died in Afghanistan. (And many more wounded.)
"Everyone's right to life" is protected under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Sunday 18 July 2010
Cultural Relativism
Sunday. The Church of England has just voted in favour of women bishops. The Pope is strongly against the ordination of women. He is vexed by Cultural Relativism; according to which, what is thought to be good in one society does not necessarily hold true in another.
This blogsite argues that irrespective of whether British men can live in other countries through marriage - they can't in Indonesia, for example - that is no good reason why men (from outside the European Union) can use marriage as a means to live and work in the UK.
Comparing China with the UK is like comparing chalk and cheese.
Even suppose 9,000 British students went to China this year - and stayed there permanently - they would be insignificant in comparison with China's overall population.
The Sunday Express reportedly has an article about wreaths for British war victims being made in China.
Today's radio News reports that four British servicemen have just been killed in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, every working day, women with a right to permanent residence in the UK are enabling foreign and Commonwealth men to occupy the UK.
Some Englishwomen are proud that England is the home of feminism, and derive inspiration from struggles of 100 years ago.
But History and Cultural Relativism are also natural bedfellows.........
This blogsite argues that irrespective of whether British men can live in other countries through marriage - they can't in Indonesia, for example - that is no good reason why men (from outside the European Union) can use marriage as a means to live and work in the UK.
Comparing China with the UK is like comparing chalk and cheese.
Even suppose 9,000 British students went to China this year - and stayed there permanently - they would be insignificant in comparison with China's overall population.
The Sunday Express reportedly has an article about wreaths for British war victims being made in China.
Today's radio News reports that four British servicemen have just been killed in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, every working day, women with a right to permanent residence in the UK are enabling foreign and Commonwealth men to occupy the UK.
Some Englishwomen are proud that England is the home of feminism, and derive inspiration from struggles of 100 years ago.
But History and Cultural Relativism are also natural bedfellows.........
Friday 16 July 2010
Students on a Roll
9,000 Chinese students have applied for university places in the UK. (BBC Radio 4 "Today".) A record number of applications to enter UK universities have been made.
There is nothing to prevent students from outside the EU from taking up permanent residence in the UK.
The obvious method is by finding someone to marry.
It is natural that most foreign students are male.
The last time I was at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London the women's toilet had been moved to the Ground Floor and the men's to the First Floor. Though the Bar, occupied mostly by men, was still on the Ground Floor.
The only Member of Parliament to oppose women-only short-lists for parliamentary candidates was Ann Widdecombe. She asked: "Why do you men roll over?"
If Parliament won't end the concession to foreign men whereby they can live and work in the UK through marriage, then, in the interests of fairness, it should not be beyond the remit of a (female) Judge......
There is nothing to prevent students from outside the EU from taking up permanent residence in the UK.
The obvious method is by finding someone to marry.
It is natural that most foreign students are male.
The last time I was at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London the women's toilet had been moved to the Ground Floor and the men's to the First Floor. Though the Bar, occupied mostly by men, was still on the Ground Floor.
The only Member of Parliament to oppose women-only short-lists for parliamentary candidates was Ann Widdecombe. She asked: "Why do you men roll over?"
If Parliament won't end the concession to foreign men whereby they can live and work in the UK through marriage, then, in the interests of fairness, it should not be beyond the remit of a (female) Judge......
Monday 12 July 2010
Up (Down?) to the judges
BBC Radio 4 yesterday had a programme ("File on Four") that exposed the ease with which foreigners can obtain false papers and National Insurance numbers to enable illegals to work in the UK.
People working illegally feel that since they pay taxes they're not doing anything wrong.
More than one-third of the Chinese in London's Chinatown are thought to be working there illegally.
Immigration control was (next to the economy) the most important concern for voters at the May 2010 General Election.
Now the election's over............
........So it's up to the judges......
After all, balance is a symbol of justice.
So it's long overdue for them to act on behalf of the exploited indigenous population.
People working illegally feel that since they pay taxes they're not doing anything wrong.
More than one-third of the Chinese in London's Chinatown are thought to be working there illegally.
Immigration control was (next to the economy) the most important concern for voters at the May 2010 General Election.
Now the election's over............
........So it's up to the judges......
After all, balance is a symbol of justice.
So it's long overdue for them to act on behalf of the exploited indigenous population.
Friday 9 July 2010
Conflict Reports
BBC Radio 2 News reports that the previous (Labor) Government's attempt to prevent foreigners from coming to the UK on bogus student visas has been declared to be unlawful by a judge.
This means that one man (whose decision may depend on what side of the bed he got out of) can defeat democracy.
Why bother with elections?
Who paid the judge?
What a way to earn a living!
(It doesn't bear singing about.)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Where's the judicial process that prosecutes a Government for issuing visas for false purposes?
(The News also said that yet another British serviceman has just been killed in Afghanistan.)
This means that one man (whose decision may depend on what side of the bed he got out of) can defeat democracy.
Why bother with elections?
Who paid the judge?
What a way to earn a living!
(It doesn't bear singing about.)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Where's the judicial process that prosecutes a Government for issuing visas for false purposes?
(The News also said that yet another British serviceman has just been killed in Afghanistan.)
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