Tuesday 25 October 2016

Newfies

The Battle of Agincourt,near Calais 601 years ago today, was fought because King Henry V invaded France in order to unite England. The country was divided because his father had usurped the throne. Henry V's success so stirred up the French that England then lost territories in France she had held for hundreds of years. All were lost except Calais which the French took in 1558. The loss of France led to bitter civil war - the Wars of the Roses. Henry V was born in Monmouth. Welsh archers won Agincourt. He married a French princess in Paris, who, in Shakespeare, accuses him of not liking France. On the contrary, he responds, he likes France so much he wants all of it. After his death his queen marries a Welsh courtier. Their progeny resulted in a Welsh dynasty - the Tudors. Henry Tudor, King Henry VII on winning the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, looked further afield now that France had been lost. He sent an expedition to Newfoundland.... (The rest is history.)

Tuesday 11 October 2016

Vicious Inequality

On BBC Radio 4 on Sunday a feminist coined the phrase "vicious inequality". Back in 1965 Labour had a slim majority. The Conservatives agreed to the Race Relations Act provided the Government reduced immigration. Immigration marches on relentlessly.... The Act incorporates the word "nationality". This means that foreigners can use the law to deprive Britons of work and promotion. That's a vicious inequality if ever there was one. Also in 1965 President Johnson relaxed the US's strict immigration laws. The current political debacle in the US can be partly attributed to this.

Tuesday 4 October 2016

The Abuse of Power

The Prime Minister said (BBC Radio 4 "Today") about immigration that we need to close loopholes. She has been in charge of UK immigration since 2010! So why hasn't she already closed them? One of the most obvious loopholes is marriage. Mrs. May ended by saying that what makes her angry is "the powerful abusing their position". Patricia Hewitt, Tony Blair's Equality Minister, wrote of her campaign opposing Mrs. Thatcher's 1979 election policy to stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK in her 1982 book "The Abuse of Power". Hewitt subsequently was in a position of power. Her successful campaign against the Conservatives' 1979 policy was contrary to the democratic vote....