STANDING ROOM ONLY
David Cameron's plan to deny aid for immigrants
and MPs' censure of top civil servants for failing
to tackle the immigrant issue bring stable doors
to mind with regard to preventing unknown
numbers of people settling in the UK, Europe's
most densely populated country.
The last government will not be
forgiven by
those whose quality of life has
been affected
by the historically unprecedented
wave of
immigrants, whose presence is stretching
the social and infrastructural
fabric of our
society to breaking
point.
We are where we are but should remind
ourselves how this situation has arisen.
The continuing assertion
that, when in office,
Labour acted in good faith in not properly
assessing the impact of immigration and
of integration is contradicted by the facts.
A publication of 2000, obtained under the
Freedom of information Act,
contained a
secret Cabinet Office report,
which
characterised Labour's open-door
immigration policy as a deliberate attempt
to rub the Right's nose in cultural
diversity.
Clearly, its aim was also to expand the Party's
support among the immigrant population,
where, according to Chris Mullen in his book
A View from the Foothills, 80%
vote Labour.
Current projections are that by 2026 immigration
will add to England's population about the
equivalent of seven cities the size of Birmingham.
Research shows that in Manchester no fewer
than 151 languages are spoken. It indicates
a growing immigrant presence accompanied by
white flight. The dynamic is one
of accelerating
cultural change which is transforming this
and other urban connurbations throughout the UK.
No comments:
Post a Comment