Sham marriages are increasing due to the involvement of criminal gangs. This problem is the subject of a BBC 1 Panorama program to be shown tonight.
The reason foreign men pay £8,000 to take part in a sham marriage is to enable them to live and work in the UK permanently.
Mrs. Thatcher promised to end this concession when she was elected in 1979. She didn't.
Judges opposed this reform.
So, judges are (at least, partially) responsible for criminal activity.
Well, we don't want judges to be added to the numbers of unemployed - do we?
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Monday, 14 February 2011
Occupation and Control
12,000 Muslim women come to the UK for marriage every year. (BBC Radio 4 Today.) It might not be good or right (there is potential for their sons - native Britons - to be in competition with other native British men in the future). But it cannot be prevented, as it is normal for a bride to live in her husband's home.
But it is also the reason for foreign and Commonwealth men being able to live and work in the UK through marriage.
Because of the campaign successfully waged by feminists - arguing "equality" - in the 1970s and 80s.
This site argues that (a) the reality is inequality, and (b) it is a self-inflicted cause for much unhappiness to many native British men (including me).
The First World War - just like this issue of marriage and migration - was about the occupation and control of territory. While men were at war, some British women were fighting for the Parliamentary vote.
The success of the latter (a transference of power from one sex to the other) was an inspiration to those feminists campaigning for the "right" of foreign and Commonwealth men to be able to live and work in the UK through marriage. The connection between the two campaigns - with the same certainty of victory - was made by, for example, Patricia Hewitt, who wrote The Abuse of Power in 1982 (Oxford: Martin Robinson) while General Secretary of the Council for Civil Liberties (now renamed Liberty ) and who subsequently achieved power herself when she became Minister for Women in Tony Blair's Government.
But it is also the reason for foreign and Commonwealth men being able to live and work in the UK through marriage.
Because of the campaign successfully waged by feminists - arguing "equality" - in the 1970s and 80s.
This site argues that (a) the reality is inequality, and (b) it is a self-inflicted cause for much unhappiness to many native British men (including me).
The First World War - just like this issue of marriage and migration - was about the occupation and control of territory. While men were at war, some British women were fighting for the Parliamentary vote.
The success of the latter (a transference of power from one sex to the other) was an inspiration to those feminists campaigning for the "right" of foreign and Commonwealth men to be able to live and work in the UK through marriage. The connection between the two campaigns - with the same certainty of victory - was made by, for example, Patricia Hewitt, who wrote The Abuse of Power in 1982 (Oxford: Martin Robinson) while General Secretary of the Council for Civil Liberties (now renamed Liberty ) and who subsequently achieved power herself when she became Minister for Women in Tony Blair's Government.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Raging Imbalance
Tony Blair set up the Supreme Court to enhance independence by the judiciary. This has become a raging issue. Last night the President of the Supreme Court, Lord Phillips, gave a talk in London on Judicial Independence (which he believes is under threat).
This site has no quibbles with judicial independence. Judges should apply the law independent of political interference.
However, the reality is that judges interpret the law and the result, in effect, is that they determine the law.
In BBC 4's programme on the Supreme Court (27 January 2011) Lady Hale said: "We, of course, can say that decisions of earlier - or lower - courts are wrong."
Lord Phillips also remarked that judicial decisions can change. He added: "Fundamental human rights are of fundamental importance."
Lord Hope gave human rights as the reason why a homosexual cannot be deported. This may be a one-off case. But it doesn't stop there. It is not just one person who is affected. The law applies to all (foreign) homosexuals. And then there is chain migration. They marry and have (or adopt) children....
Uganda is said to be a country hostile to homosexuals (Metro, 8 February 2011, page 7).
If you (?) or I were to go to other countries there would be a time constraint (visa and/or entry permit). There is rarely any recourse to the law to over-ride that constraint.
This is evidence that, in the UK, not only does the legislature not make the law; but that the system is fundamentally unequal and unfair.
Gross inequality persists in part because people in transnational marriages are able to choose which country they want to live in. This is not open to people who marry people of the same nationality. (As outlined above.)
Where is that quintessence of justice - balance?
Balance could be restored if judges prosecute those politicians responsible for allowing foreign men to live and work in the UK through marriage.
This site has no quibbles with judicial independence. Judges should apply the law independent of political interference.
However, the reality is that judges interpret the law and the result, in effect, is that they determine the law.
In BBC 4's programme on the Supreme Court (27 January 2011) Lady Hale said: "We, of course, can say that decisions of earlier - or lower - courts are wrong."
Lord Phillips also remarked that judicial decisions can change. He added: "Fundamental human rights are of fundamental importance."
Lord Hope gave human rights as the reason why a homosexual cannot be deported. This may be a one-off case. But it doesn't stop there. It is not just one person who is affected. The law applies to all (foreign) homosexuals. And then there is chain migration. They marry and have (or adopt) children....
Uganda is said to be a country hostile to homosexuals (Metro, 8 February 2011, page 7).
If you (?) or I were to go to other countries there would be a time constraint (visa and/or entry permit). There is rarely any recourse to the law to over-ride that constraint.
This is evidence that, in the UK, not only does the legislature not make the law; but that the system is fundamentally unequal and unfair.
Gross inequality persists in part because people in transnational marriages are able to choose which country they want to live in. This is not open to people who marry people of the same nationality. (As outlined above.)
Where is that quintessence of justice - balance?
Balance could be restored if judges prosecute those politicians responsible for allowing foreign men to live and work in the UK through marriage.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Where there isn't a Will, There's a ... Waffle
Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, addressed a conference on Global Security in Munich (remember September 1938?) over the weekend.
Refering to this, today's The Times main Leader (page 2) states:
"Multiculturalism...
"... has, sadly, failed.
"... instead of tolerance flowing from mutual respect, multiculturalism has led to alienation and atomisation. Some minorities, under no constraint to integrate, neither feel nor wish to feel part of the British mainstream."
Some people from other countries, well aware of this and quite happy to add to the UK's problems, nevertheless take up permanent residence here.
The British Government is in a position to prevent foreign men from using marriage as a means to do so - but lacks the will.
If David Cameron had announced that he is closing that loophole with immediate effect he would have said something of really great benefit to his flagship Big Society project.
Refering to this, today's The Times main Leader (page 2) states:
"Multiculturalism...
"... has, sadly, failed.
"... instead of tolerance flowing from mutual respect, multiculturalism has led to alienation and atomisation. Some minorities, under no constraint to integrate, neither feel nor wish to feel part of the British mainstream."
Some people from other countries, well aware of this and quite happy to add to the UK's problems, nevertheless take up permanent residence here.
The British Government is in a position to prevent foreign men from using marriage as a means to do so - but lacks the will.
If David Cameron had announced that he is closing that loophole with immediate effect he would have said something of really great benefit to his flagship Big Society project.
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Judges on a Roll
"The power of judges has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished," so said Lord Howard, former Leader of the Conservative Party (BBC Radio 4, Today). Unlike politicians, Lord Howard pointed out, judges are neither elected nor accountable. He thought the Human Rights Act was partly to blame. "Hardly anyone disagrees with what I've just said." He ended by saying that the only winners are lawyers - financially.
However, his normative advice is unlikely to have any effect.
The Conservative Party was elected with a large majority in 1979 to end the concession by which foreign men can live and work in the UK through marriage.
But the Conservatives did not keep their promise. Mrs Thatcher's Government capitulated to the selfish demands of the feminists.
Britain has a new Supreme Court, created 1 October 2009.
Potentially, there is now an excellent opportunity for the Supreme Court to rule that allowing foreign men to use marriage as a means to occupy the UK is unlawful under the Human Rights Act.
However, his normative advice is unlikely to have any effect.
The Conservative Party was elected with a large majority in 1979 to end the concession by which foreign men can live and work in the UK through marriage.
But the Conservatives did not keep their promise. Mrs Thatcher's Government capitulated to the selfish demands of the feminists.
Britain has a new Supreme Court, created 1 October 2009.
Potentially, there is now an excellent opportunity for the Supreme Court to rule that allowing foreign men to use marriage as a means to occupy the UK is unlawful under the Human Rights Act.
Monday, 10 January 2011
Common Sense
"Sham bride in bed with boyfriend" says the heading in today's The Daily Telegraph, page 11.
"... The Home Secretary also announced that from last November, people applying for marriage visas would have to demonstrate a minimum standard of English.
"But last month, the laws, which were credited with cutting sham marriages by more than 70 per cent in some areas, were scrapped by European judges.
"The rules, which required some immigrants to apply for a certificate of approval from the Home Office and pay a £295 fee before they could marry, were judged discriminatory and against the right to marry by the European Court of Human Rights."
Judges should discriminate.
These (foreign) people can marry in their own country.
What is the point of democracy if elected politicians don't make the laws?
What is the point of marriage when (foreign) people can get divorced (having acquired their "right" to "Indefinite leave to remain" in the UK?)
(Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, who also wrote The Rights of Man , argued the case that the 13 Colonies should divorce from Britain. Which they duly did.)
"... The Home Secretary also announced that from last November, people applying for marriage visas would have to demonstrate a minimum standard of English.
"But last month, the laws, which were credited with cutting sham marriages by more than 70 per cent in some areas, were scrapped by European judges.
"The rules, which required some immigrants to apply for a certificate of approval from the Home Office and pay a £295 fee before they could marry, were judged discriminatory and against the right to marry by the European Court of Human Rights."
Judges should discriminate.
These (foreign) people can marry in their own country.
What is the point of democracy if elected politicians don't make the laws?
What is the point of marriage when (foreign) people can get divorced (having acquired their "right" to "Indefinite leave to remain" in the UK?)
(Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, who also wrote The Rights of Man , argued the case that the 13 Colonies should divorce from Britain. Which they duly did.)
Saturday, 18 December 2010
Art. 25
Yesterday's Daily Mail had a go at the Human Rights Act, because an immigration panel ruled that a failed asylum seeker - an Iraqi Kurd - cannot be deported.
BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show had an interview with a man whose daughter had been run over and killed by that Iraqi, and London's Metro, page 27, reports the distraught father saying of the decision: "I'm really angry. We should all be angry. It is a ridiculous state of affairs."
The reason for the ridiculous state of affairs is that the Iraqi has married a British woman and has two children. In other words, though being in the country illegally, he now has the "right" to permanent residence.
It is hard to believe that those who drew up the European Convention on Human Rights (in 1952) intended the interpretation put on it by the European Court of Human Rights at the end of May 1985.
The victim (the dead girl's father) was spot on when he pointed out that he has no rights concerning deporting the man.
That was my feeling when the European Commission of Human Rights failed to investigate my 1977 complaints. "... in accordance with Art. 25 of the Convention the Commission may only receive petitions from persons claiming to be the victim of a violation of any of the rights guaranteed by the Convention. The Commission has therefore always refused to recognise as victims those applicants who - like you - have neither directly suffered prejudice by virtue of a decision or act by a public authority concerning them personally, nor indirectly as a result of a violation committed against another person." (15 September 1977.)
I've read (W.H. Prescott's The History of the Conquest of Mexico ?) that following the Spanish conquest of the Americas many Indians didn't want to have children.
It's because of this issue that I don't....
By contrast, foreign and Commonwealth men who come to the UK want children - not only in order to live here permanently but also to strengthen the power of their community.
Rights?
Just?
It's just not right!
BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show had an interview with a man whose daughter had been run over and killed by that Iraqi, and London's Metro, page 27, reports the distraught father saying of the decision: "I'm really angry. We should all be angry. It is a ridiculous state of affairs."
The reason for the ridiculous state of affairs is that the Iraqi has married a British woman and has two children. In other words, though being in the country illegally, he now has the "right" to permanent residence.
It is hard to believe that those who drew up the European Convention on Human Rights (in 1952) intended the interpretation put on it by the European Court of Human Rights at the end of May 1985.
The victim (the dead girl's father) was spot on when he pointed out that he has no rights concerning deporting the man.
That was my feeling when the European Commission of Human Rights failed to investigate my 1977 complaints. "... in accordance with Art. 25 of the Convention the Commission may only receive petitions from persons claiming to be the victim of a violation of any of the rights guaranteed by the Convention. The Commission has therefore always refused to recognise as victims those applicants who - like you - have neither directly suffered prejudice by virtue of a decision or act by a public authority concerning them personally, nor indirectly as a result of a violation committed against another person." (15 September 1977.)
I've read (W.H. Prescott's The History of the Conquest of Mexico ?) that following the Spanish conquest of the Americas many Indians didn't want to have children.
It's because of this issue that I don't....
By contrast, foreign and Commonwealth men who come to the UK want children - not only in order to live here permanently but also to strengthen the power of their community.
Rights?
Just?
It's just not right!
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