Sunday. The Church of England has just voted in favour of women bishops. The Pope is strongly against the ordination of women. He is vexed by Cultural Relativism; according to which, what is thought to be good in one society does not necessarily hold true in another.
This blogsite argues that irrespective of whether British men can live in other countries through marriage - they can't in Indonesia, for example - that is no good reason why men (from outside the European Union) can use marriage as a means to live and work in the UK.
Comparing China with the UK is like comparing chalk and cheese.
Even suppose 9,000 British students went to China this year - and stayed there permanently - they would be insignificant in comparison with China's overall population.
The Sunday Express reportedly has an article about wreaths for British war victims being made in China.
Today's radio News reports that four British servicemen have just been killed in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, every working day, women with a right to permanent residence in the UK are enabling foreign and Commonwealth men to occupy the UK.
Some Englishwomen are proud that England is the home of feminism, and derive inspiration from struggles of 100 years ago.
But History and Cultural Relativism are also natural bedfellows.........
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Friday, 16 July 2010
Students on a Roll
9,000 Chinese students have applied for university places in the UK. (BBC Radio 4 "Today".) A record number of applications to enter UK universities have been made.
There is nothing to prevent students from outside the EU from taking up permanent residence in the UK.
The obvious method is by finding someone to marry.
It is natural that most foreign students are male.
The last time I was at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London the women's toilet had been moved to the Ground Floor and the men's to the First Floor. Though the Bar, occupied mostly by men, was still on the Ground Floor.
The only Member of Parliament to oppose women-only short-lists for parliamentary candidates was Ann Widdecombe. She asked: "Why do you men roll over?"
If Parliament won't end the concession to foreign men whereby they can live and work in the UK through marriage, then, in the interests of fairness, it should not be beyond the remit of a (female) Judge......
There is nothing to prevent students from outside the EU from taking up permanent residence in the UK.
The obvious method is by finding someone to marry.
It is natural that most foreign students are male.
The last time I was at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London the women's toilet had been moved to the Ground Floor and the men's to the First Floor. Though the Bar, occupied mostly by men, was still on the Ground Floor.
The only Member of Parliament to oppose women-only short-lists for parliamentary candidates was Ann Widdecombe. She asked: "Why do you men roll over?"
If Parliament won't end the concession to foreign men whereby they can live and work in the UK through marriage, then, in the interests of fairness, it should not be beyond the remit of a (female) Judge......
Monday, 12 July 2010
Up (Down?) to the judges
BBC Radio 4 yesterday had a programme ("File on Four") that exposed the ease with which foreigners can obtain false papers and National Insurance numbers to enable illegals to work in the UK.
People working illegally feel that since they pay taxes they're not doing anything wrong.
More than one-third of the Chinese in London's Chinatown are thought to be working there illegally.
Immigration control was (next to the economy) the most important concern for voters at the May 2010 General Election.
Now the election's over............
........So it's up to the judges......
After all, balance is a symbol of justice.
So it's long overdue for them to act on behalf of the exploited indigenous population.
People working illegally feel that since they pay taxes they're not doing anything wrong.
More than one-third of the Chinese in London's Chinatown are thought to be working there illegally.
Immigration control was (next to the economy) the most important concern for voters at the May 2010 General Election.
Now the election's over............
........So it's up to the judges......
After all, balance is a symbol of justice.
So it's long overdue for them to act on behalf of the exploited indigenous population.
Friday, 9 July 2010
Conflict Reports
BBC Radio 2 News reports that the previous (Labor) Government's attempt to prevent foreigners from coming to the UK on bogus student visas has been declared to be unlawful by a judge.
This means that one man (whose decision may depend on what side of the bed he got out of) can defeat democracy.
Why bother with elections?
Who paid the judge?
What a way to earn a living!
(It doesn't bear singing about.)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Where's the judicial process that prosecutes a Government for issuing visas for false purposes?
(The News also said that yet another British serviceman has just been killed in Afghanistan.)
This means that one man (whose decision may depend on what side of the bed he got out of) can defeat democracy.
Why bother with elections?
Who paid the judge?
What a way to earn a living!
(It doesn't bear singing about.)
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Where's the judicial process that prosecutes a Government for issuing visas for false purposes?
(The News also said that yet another British serviceman has just been killed in Afghanistan.)
Saturday, 26 June 2010
Dunce's Cap
The details have been announced today (BBC Radio 4 News) of the Government's cap to immigration from non-EU countries. Work visas will be restricted to a little more than 24,000 between now and next April. This will reduce the number of work visas issued by 5%.
Either the visas are necessary or they're not.
If they're necessary there shouldn't be any cap.
If they're not, they shouldn't be issued.
What happens if the Americans take over BP after the cap is imposed? They don't get visas?
If the issue of immigration to the UK is to be taken seriously, the obvious loophole to close is the one by which foreign men can live here through marriage even though they don't have a job.
Foreign husbands could still live here if they have a necessary job.
Either the visas are necessary or they're not.
If they're necessary there shouldn't be any cap.
If they're not, they shouldn't be issued.
What happens if the Americans take over BP after the cap is imposed? They don't get visas?
If the issue of immigration to the UK is to be taken seriously, the obvious loophole to close is the one by which foreign men can live here through marriage even though they don't have a job.
Foreign husbands could still live here if they have a necessary job.
Thursday, 17 June 2010
The State of Britain - Hands, Feet, Chickens, Roll Over & (Cream)
100 years ago some women in Britain were enjoying (as Mrs. Pankhurst said) the fight for the parliamentary vote.
When the other war came, Mrs. Humphry Ward opposed the proposed transfer of power from one sex to the other (letter in The Times 23 May 1917). She believed it would result in the collapse of the British Empire and bring women into conflict with men - the final outcome of which was in doubt.
With the collapse of the British Empire, the boot of power is on the other foot globally and in the hands of women domestically.
Chickens are coming home to roost.
Following the Second World War these (mostly) took the form of young men from the Indian sub-Continent and the Caribbean coming to these islands.
In May 1979 Mrs. Thatcher was elected to control the controls. Specifically, to end the concession to men through marriage.
This was vigorously opposed by the National Council for Civil Liberties whose General Secretary, Patricia Hewitt (Minister for Women in the last Government), ascribed her success as inevitable as women winning the right to vote and described it as her "most satisfying achievement".
Yesterday the Director of Liberty, as the NCCL is now called, Shami Chakrabarti, won a debate organised by BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour". She had proposed Mrs. Pankhurst as the woman who had done most for women in politics.
Back in 1979 I had thought there's not much point in men having the vote.
There can be no doubt about the outcome if native British men roll over.
(The cream are wasted in Afghanistan. [And were in France and Belgium.])
When the other war came, Mrs. Humphry Ward opposed the proposed transfer of power from one sex to the other (letter in The Times 23 May 1917). She believed it would result in the collapse of the British Empire and bring women into conflict with men - the final outcome of which was in doubt.
With the collapse of the British Empire, the boot of power is on the other foot globally and in the hands of women domestically.
Chickens are coming home to roost.
Following the Second World War these (mostly) took the form of young men from the Indian sub-Continent and the Caribbean coming to these islands.
In May 1979 Mrs. Thatcher was elected to control the controls. Specifically, to end the concession to men through marriage.
This was vigorously opposed by the National Council for Civil Liberties whose General Secretary, Patricia Hewitt (Minister for Women in the last Government), ascribed her success as inevitable as women winning the right to vote and described it as her "most satisfying achievement".
Yesterday the Director of Liberty, as the NCCL is now called, Shami Chakrabarti, won a debate organised by BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour". She had proposed Mrs. Pankhurst as the woman who had done most for women in politics.
Back in 1979 I had thought there's not much point in men having the vote.
There can be no doubt about the outcome if native British men roll over.
(The cream are wasted in Afghanistan. [And were in France and Belgium.])
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Relationships
BBC Radio 4's "Today" reports that the Government will introduce English language tests for people applying for visas to marry someone in Britain.
38,000 such visas were issued last year.
The language tests are expected to reduce that by 10%.
A reduction of 50% (or more) could be achieved at a stroke by implementing the Conservatives' 1979 General Election promise (subsequently broken) to prevent foreign and Commonwealth men from using marriage as a means of taking up permanent residence in the UK.
Naturally, that 38,000 is not the end of the matter. They will have children........
Also, The Daily Telegraph reported (3 June, page 11) that 273,445 foreign students were given visas in 2009, a rise of 30% over the previous year. Those students are entitled to work, and they can acquire permanent residence in the UK through marriage. And, by law, like those who have come here for marriage, they are entitled to compete on "equal" terms with native Britons for work and promotion. This, despite the UK having 2.47 million unemployed.
In a separate item on "Today" Lord Prescott argued forcefully that gardens should be built on to provide homes - because of shortage of space...... (So much for "England's green and pleasant land".)
Meanwhile, British soldiers are being killed in Afghanistan with increasing frequency. Today's was with the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment......
38,000 such visas were issued last year.
The language tests are expected to reduce that by 10%.
A reduction of 50% (or more) could be achieved at a stroke by implementing the Conservatives' 1979 General Election promise (subsequently broken) to prevent foreign and Commonwealth men from using marriage as a means of taking up permanent residence in the UK.
Naturally, that 38,000 is not the end of the matter. They will have children........
Also, The Daily Telegraph reported (3 June, page 11) that 273,445 foreign students were given visas in 2009, a rise of 30% over the previous year. Those students are entitled to work, and they can acquire permanent residence in the UK through marriage. And, by law, like those who have come here for marriage, they are entitled to compete on "equal" terms with native Britons for work and promotion. This, despite the UK having 2.47 million unemployed.
In a separate item on "Today" Lord Prescott argued forcefully that gardens should be built on to provide homes - because of shortage of space...... (So much for "England's green and pleasant land".)
Meanwhile, British soldiers are being killed in Afghanistan with increasing frequency. Today's was with the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment......
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