Shanghaied!

All three Leaders in the Leaders Debates on TV prior to Britain's General Election on 6 May were in agreement that the UK's immigration controls need to be tightened.
The Liberal Democrat Leader used the words "chaos" and "shambolic" to describe the situation. He also wants illegals to become legitimised as British citizens. (!)
The Conservative Leader wants a cap. But he won't give a figure or explain how it would work.
The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said a points system has recently been installed. His party's Government has been in power for 13 years. If a points system is the answer, why wasn't it done earlier?
All three studiously ignored the ongoing practice of people coming to the UK for limited periods and subsequently being entitled to permanent residence. Marriage is the obvious and major example. Then they have children....
Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics has just died. In one of his books he states categorically that the entire population of China is legally entitled to residence in the Home Counties. This, he states, is because their human rights are infringed because China is not a democracy. (!)
The chaos and shambles that are the result of Britain's democracy are self-inflicted and (partly) due to deceit by politicians. In particular, Mrs. Thatcher did not keep her 1979 election promise to end the "concession" to foreign men that enables them to live in the UK through marriage.
So all British citizens should have the "right" to live in China.