So, if you’re a retired Gurkha, who once fought for the British Army, you now have the right to settle in the UK, but if you’re either an asylum seeker who escaped from a brutal political regime, or an economic migrant coming to work and improve your English, you still aren’t allowed in.
There’s a lot of media hypocrisy over the way that Parliament voted to allow retired Gurkhas the right to live in the UK. Forget about the embarrassment Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered in his defeat on the issue. Almost every day (before the swine flu fever outbreak), there had been headlines in the newspapers claiming that immigrants were ‘swamping the country, taking our jobs, f*cking our women, milking our benefits system’. Put in some of the harsh policies introduced by the present government, and you get a situation where social tension rises and festers.
The Gurkhas may have been delighted to be allowed to settle here. But who in their right mind would want to come if they know they’re going to be subject to this simple anti-foreigner ranting that we see in the media? This should also cause resentment from asylum seekers, many of whom have to wait many years for their applications to be assessed, just to be told by the government that they can’t stay in the country.
The only logical way to end this madness is for the government to introduce a fair and consistent immigration policy, and ministers to tell it straight to the public that we need foreigners to help keep the country going. After all, in this recession, we’re going to need them more than they actually need us.
“we need foreigners to help keep the country going. After all, in this recession, we’re going to need them more than they actually need us.”
That is complete and utter rubbish!
This makes just as much sense as saying the ocean needs more water. Or a more recent political analogy would be that MP’s need more expenses.
How exactly do we need them to keep the country going?
With all people that make these illogical, non-factual claims, I have yet to hear a proper response as to HOW and WHY.
Over 2 million people unemployed, yet there are over 6 million foreigners in this country. Of those 6 million how many are just claiming benefits?
How do those people help our country?
The others left from that 6 million, how many are on minimum wage?
As such pay only about £50 week in tax + national insurance – yet claim TRIPLE that back or more as working tax credits / family tax credit, child benefit, housing benefit, council tax benefit (not to mention how many claim disability living allowance) OR the cost of their healthcare from the NHS.
How is that helping our country? its costing US for them to live here. FACT.
So in addition to it costing our country for them to work here, lets look at it from an employment perspective… 6 million foreigners vs 2 million unemployed…
Do you need help with the maths?
Even after you deduct the amount just sitting on benefits, you can easily see that *wow* there is enough jobs to go around!
Amazing isn’t it!
So add the cost of foreigners working here (above) to 2 million people on job seekers allowance, housing benefit, council tax benefit and paid NHS prescriptions, and see what kind of figure you come out with!
Again, HOW is that helping our country exactly?
Now if we were a big industrial export country will a lot of warehouse/factory type businesses / jobs, like say China where practically everything electronic around the world was “made in Britain” then yes, maybe we would need foreign workers to keep the country going. However, that simply isn’t the case.
In addition, I think that a retired Gurkha does have the right to live in the country. They have worked for it and damn well deserve it.
Far too many foreigners think its their right to be here, not a privilege, and treat the country with no respect whatsoever.
Out of all of them that ‘claim’ they are fleeing for fear of their lives, only 5% of them probably are.
After all, if they want to get out because their country is so bad and they are living in fear of death, they would be glad to be taken in by ANY and nearest country, so why travel all the way here?
If that isnt enough to make you angry, they have the nerve to do nothing but complain and moan constantly about how ‘unfair’ our country treats them and provides for them.
Oh I see now why you have NO COMMENTS on ANY of your articles.
Because as soon as someone provides you with a logical, factual argument you delete it.
What a sad, pathetic and lonely life you must lead.
Do you live in a dark room and cry whenever anyone comes to the door to try and talk to you?
By deleting perfectly reasonable comments / debates, you are showing how you are no different than todays MP’s !!!
YOU LIVE IN AN IMAGINARY WORLD AND NOT IN THE REAL WORLD LIKE THE REST OF US.
Why even have a comments section if all you are going to do is delete them?
You site says “another persons view on current events” << BUT nobody elses except yours!!
Seriously, god forbid anyone disagrees with what you say… You have the makings of a MP already…
What a sad, sad, life you must have. Very lonely I can imagine!
I pity you sir, I pity you!
well.. it’s like I thought!