Thought Control

In "1984" there is a Ministry of Equality that promotes inequality.
In 1984 I thought Britain was worse than Airstrip One (Orwell's name for Britain) because we now have two equality organisations. The Equal Opportunities Commission had successfully campaigned against the Conservatives' policy to stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK. Even though the House of Lords determined (7 July 1983) that the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 did not apply to immigration control. The EOC was set up by Parliament to enforce work opportunities for women (the corollary being depriving men). Foreign husbands ae similarly entitled, by law, to deprive Britons of work and promotion. These men are here (partly) because of the EOC's illegal campaign. The largest group of taxpayers is British men. They fund the people in the "equality" industries!
In "1984" the only hope lay with the poor, the "proles", who cared about the future of Airstrip One. Central to the theme of "1984" is language. Newspeak enabled thought control. Jo Cox said: "women and men". 
I am grateful to the many women who have expressed support for my epetition "Stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK" at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/129594

Pearl Harbour again!

"We lived in India. Now Indians live here. It's just history repeating itself." BBC Radio 4 "Today", yesterday.
In the early 1860s, while American had civil war, Britons in Japan were being killed. Unrepentant samurai were forced by the Japanese Government to commit hara-kiri.
Today on Radio 4 "Sunday" the Archbishop of York said killing was too weak a word to describe the murder of Jo Cox MP. It was "a day of infamy in our country", though immigration is a legitimate concern. "Concern" is a weak word, when it is obvious that immigration to the UK has ruined some people's lives.
"A day of infamy" was how President Roosevelt described the attack on Pearl Harbour. History repeating itself, indeed!
The Archbishop of York came to Britain because of persecution by Uganda's Idi Amin. As everybody knows, Idi Amin has long gone, but the Archbishop is still here. Everybody also knows that every day for many years there has been abuse of the asylum system. To dismiss this as "concern" is to downplay its negative impact on some Britons and to gloss over the problem which ordinary citizens look in vain to politicians to protect them from.
In 1991 I was sitting on a bench in a crowded shopping mall in Japan when I heard an American (Canadian?) voice say: "The English and the Japanese are so alike it is weird."
No one is forced to commit hara-kiri but the suicide rate among young men in the UK is notoriously high.

Wherein Lies the Fault

The reaction to the murder of Jo Cox MP was: "Prejudice and hate must be defeated". A better reaction would be: "We shouldn't give cause for prejudice and hate in the first place". People who give cause know fine what they are doing - causing unhappiness - yet imagine they have the moral high ground.
Prejudice is pre-judging. The judge who heard my case about Hong Kong in 1991 was guilty of that. He dismissed my case without ever giving me the chance to express it.
He also lied, cheated and stole.
Please see "Sauce for the Gander" in 2013. My Comments at the end.

Cause and Effect

Grievances breed resentment.
Assassinations (as happened yesterday) are not a good idea. (Signing https:petition.parliament.uk/petitions/129594 is a good idea.)
In 1914 a Serb nationalist caused great suffering to his fellow Serbs (not to mention elsewhere!).
Feminism and immigration are closely connected. (Please see http://marriageandmigration.blogspot.com "How we got here" 17 April 2016.)

Spanish Fly - in the Ointment

Mr. Cameron's Referendum on the UK remaining or leaving the European Union is a week from today.
Remain argue that the UK has control of its borders. If that is so, why aren't the many people who enter the UK illegally from the Continent send back?
Leave say they will get back control of our borders. But they don't say they will send back to France, Belgium, etc. those people who have crossed over from there illegally. Why not?
It can only be because both Remain and Leave politicians have no intention of ending this violation of our borders.
Months of controversy! Nothing solved!
As if not enough feathers have been ruffled already here and abroad, Mr. Cameron has angered the Spanish by flying off to Gibraltar today.
P.S. Please see http://marriageandmigration.blogspot.com "Inhuman Wrongs" in 2008, which tells of me and my Japanese girl friend having to return to France in 1979.

The Irish Question

A Radio 4 "Today" Presenter in Dover said she was as close to our nearest EU neighbour as was possible.  France is 22 miles away. But if she went to Northern Ireland she could have one foot in the UK and the other in the Republic of Ireland. This is important when it comes to the contentious issue of controlling our borders. The Leave campaign's mantra is "get back control of our borders". It's very effective. It's what everyone wants. And it may well result in a victory for Leave in next week's Referendum. But very little has been said on how controlling our borders will be achieved.

Migration Watch's Opinion

"We don't think the Australian-style points system is the right system for us," so said a Migration Watch spokesman on BBC Radio 4 "Today". He also said Migration Watch do not have a view as to whether the UK should Leave or Remain in the EU when it comes to the Referendum on 23 June.
Australia requires visas for everyone who goes there. Imagine if everyone in Europe had to get a visa to come to the UK