It is clearly unjust that foreign husbands are entitled, because of equality laws, to deprive Britons of work and promotion. It is also unjust that foreign wives are entitled to deprive British men of work and promotion both because they are foreign and female.
The former injustice exists because of the latter.
The Equal Opportunities Commission vigorously campaigned against the Conservatives' 1979 election manifesto policy to stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK. Mrs. Thatcher's Government duly backed down. The EOC's campaign was illegal, because the House of Lords determined on 7 July 1983 that the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act did not apply to immigration control.
Never mind injustice, we have a Referendum on the European Union to distract us.
In 1415 Henry V invaded France to distract English/Welshmen from his father's usurpation and regicide. His intention was to unite the country behind him....The result was the War of the Roses.
Monday, 6 June 2016
Sunday, 5 June 2016
What's the Point... if our Leaders show they haven't a clue what to do?
The 2010 General Election in 2010 was marked in England by 3 TV debates. Next to the economy they focussed on immigration.
The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, stressed that what was needed was a points system. This is what the Leaders of the current Leave campaign want! It begs the question: Labour was in power 13 years so if a points system was the answer why didn't they have one?
All 3 Speakers repeated their arguments in all 3 debates.
David Cameron wanted a "cap".
Nick Clegg wanted an amnesty.
Both Labour and the LibDems later admitted they had got it wrong on immigration.
It only remains for Mr. Cameron to admit it.
Instead he has called a Referendum on the UK remaining in the EU, knowing that people who want to Leave mainly do so because of immigration.
It's for sure that foreigners who witnessed those debates would have laughed in disbelief, or if they are pro-British shaken their heads in despair.
The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, stressed that what was needed was a points system. This is what the Leaders of the current Leave campaign want! It begs the question: Labour was in power 13 years so if a points system was the answer why didn't they have one?
All 3 Speakers repeated their arguments in all 3 debates.
David Cameron wanted a "cap".
Nick Clegg wanted an amnesty.
Both Labour and the LibDems later admitted they had got it wrong on immigration.
It only remains for Mr. Cameron to admit it.
Instead he has called a Referendum on the UK remaining in the EU, knowing that people who want to Leave mainly do so because of immigration.
It's for sure that foreigners who witnessed those debates would have laughed in disbelief, or if they are pro-British shaken their heads in despair.
Saturday, 4 June 2016
Armies, Then and Now
Derby Day! Last year I went to Epsom Racecourse for the first time. Someone had placed flowers on the spot where a woman had thrown herself in front of the King's horse in 1913 as part of a bitter power struggle. Thank Goodness! not all women are like that. Mary Ward argued against extending the parliamentary vote to women (Letters in "The Times", 23 May 1917), pointing out that men served in the Army. Nowadays groups of young men from Africa and Asia march towards the Channel ports intent on occupying the UK. An army of lawyers, activists and civil servants are busily engaged - usually at public expense - on their behalf. These people helped defeat the Conservatives' 1979 election manifesto policy to stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK. (My petition https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/129594) The official figure in 1917 was about 10,000 men a year using marriage to live in the UK. As a result of Mrs. Thatcher's Government not keeping its 1979 promise at least 300,000 men are living in these islands.
Friday, 3 June 2016
"Tug and Scamble"
Shakespeare egregiously refers to England as an island (instead of part of an island). That aside, he nails it with "England doth tug and scamble", the Bastard in "King John". "This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself."
The Tories (Irish rebels!) have inflicted a divisive EU Referendum on the UK. Mr. Cameron's explanation is that the UK is a democracy and there was a demand for it.
Whatever the outcome, it's harmful.
The Tories (Irish rebels!) have inflicted a divisive EU Referendum on the UK. Mr. Cameron's explanation is that the UK is a democracy and there was a demand for it.
Whatever the outcome, it's harmful.
Thursday, 2 June 2016
For Immigration Control Look Elsewhere
In 1904 the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France was widely celebrated as being the end of centuries of hostilities. Britain's Foreign Office opposed it because it identified Germany as a potential adversary. But King Edward VII was pro-French and in favour. Hotels in France are named after him! When former Prime Minister Lord Salisbury was told of it he replied: "Brilliant. Now you've made a future war with Germany inevitable."
At the end of July 1914 there was a naval review at Kiel. When the Royal Navy ships sailed they flew a signal to their German hosts: "Friends today. Friends forever." Within a few days they were at war.
If the UK were to vote to leave the European Union on 23 June it would antagonise our neighbours. The main driving force for wanting to leave is immigration. The prospect of restrictions would spark a rush (as happened in 1962 with the Commonwealth Immigration Act), so will be counter-productive. Britain's immigration problems can be tackled in other ways: e.g., by returning people who have crossed the English Channel and North Sea illegally back to the Continent; by cutting out the power of lawyers; and by cutting down on chain migration: e.g., by signing my petition "Stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK" at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/129594
Many thanks to those who sign!
At the end of July 1914 there was a naval review at Kiel. When the Royal Navy ships sailed they flew a signal to their German hosts: "Friends today. Friends forever." Within a few days they were at war.
If the UK were to vote to leave the European Union on 23 June it would antagonise our neighbours. The main driving force for wanting to leave is immigration. The prospect of restrictions would spark a rush (as happened in 1962 with the Commonwealth Immigration Act), so will be counter-productive. Britain's immigration problems can be tackled in other ways: e.g., by returning people who have crossed the English Channel and North Sea illegally back to the Continent; by cutting out the power of lawyers; and by cutting down on chain migration: e.g., by signing my petition "Stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK" at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/129594
Many thanks to those who sign!
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Theirs isn't the Glory ("Theirs is the Glory" is an old film about Arnhem)
"The Glorious First of June" was a sea battle between Britain and France in 1794.
There won't be a glorious 23 June 2016. Most people who will vote for Britain to leave the EU will do so because of immigration. Even if they win they will have nothing to celebrate. They will have rubbed our neighbours up the wrong way. Leaders of the Leave campaign say (BBC Radio 4 8 a.m) they will introduce an Australian-style points system. But Oz requires visas for everyone (Kiwis?). Co-operation with the French (and others) will not be improved by requiring them to have visas. Canada has a points system. I applied to live there in 1988. I was refused and told not to apply again. My brother is Canadian, but I didn't get any points for being a journalist, and I lost points for being over 44.
There won't be a glorious 23 June 2016. Most people who will vote for Britain to leave the EU will do so because of immigration. Even if they win they will have nothing to celebrate. They will have rubbed our neighbours up the wrong way. Leaders of the Leave campaign say (BBC Radio 4 8 a.m) they will introduce an Australian-style points system. But Oz requires visas for everyone (Kiwis?). Co-operation with the French (and others) will not be improved by requiring them to have visas. Canada has a points system. I applied to live there in 1988. I was refused and told not to apply again. My brother is Canadian, but I didn't get any points for being a journalist, and I lost points for being over 44.
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Bigger Battles
3 sea battles can claim to be the greatest ever. (1) Ecnomus in 256 BC, for the number of ships: Rome 1 - Carthage 0. (2) Leyte in 1944, for firepower and expanse of ocean: USA 1 - Japan 0. (3) Jutland on 31 May 1916, for number and size of battleships: Germany beat Britain on penalties but fled the field.
Libya's Col. Gaddafi had an arrangement with Italy to take back people who entered Italy illegally. Now Italy gives them permits and transports them North in the hope they will go to another country. The USA's strict immigration laws were relaxed in 1965. Britain, an island, used to return illegals to France but, since 1991, now doesn't.
Legal battles have replaced sea battles to determine who lives where.
Libya's Col. Gaddafi had an arrangement with Italy to take back people who entered Italy illegally. Now Italy gives them permits and transports them North in the hope they will go to another country. The USA's strict immigration laws were relaxed in 1965. Britain, an island, used to return illegals to France but, since 1991, now doesn't.
Legal battles have replaced sea battles to determine who lives where.
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