The "War" to Bring Young Men Here

Wars are mainly fought by young men.. If I were a foreign young man facing conscription I know what I would do. I come to Britain as a student. Of English, of course! To stay here permanently I would find someone to marry. Then I would have free health care, free education for my children....
And I would be able to do all this because of the campaign that succeeded in defeating the Conservatives' 1979 promise to close this loophole. That was a war fought not by young men. They were busy being shot at in Northern Ireland and on and around the Falklands. I used to want children, but not since 1962 when it was obvious that following the Commonwealth Immigration Act men from the Commonwealth would now seek someone to marry so as to stay here.