No Laughing Matter

In 1959 I set out for Asia age 21. But there was nowhere I was allowed to live & work. I returned to the UK in 1962 just as the Commonwealth Immigration act was coming into force. There was a rush of young men to beat the Act. It was obvious that Commonwealth men would now find someone to marry to live in the UK. Conscription had just ended. That was good for young British men. It was also good for young foreign and Commonwealth men; they would come to the UK to avoid conscription in their own countries. I used to want children. But not since then. So it is easy to imagine my feelings when politicians say 3,000 children living in France should be allowed to live in the UK "to get the future they deserve". The UK gets the future it deserves! The people who have organised for these children to get to France must be laughing.....