I'm an ordinary worker who draws a modest wage. The Labour party of old probably would have represented me but this lot certainly don't. It's been hijacked by liberal idealists and crooks. Of course when the Labour movement started it was a good idea and very well meaning. What a shame that it has become what it is now.

I'm sure you could write a very long post telling us how wonderful mass immigration is for us all. As it is such an unmitigated blessing, presumably you think we should encourage even more of it to accrue even more benefit. Of course an increase in employment of 100,000 over three years must clearly be a direct result of mass immigration!

Edited by leggedstruggle (29 Jul 2015 9.10pm)

mother-in-law is an anagram of woman hitler

CND was largely a branch of the Communist Party of Britain.

mother-in-law is an anagram of woman hitler

Unfortunately it wouldn’t end up being 4000 though would it? Basically what you are suggesting is that anyone who can get themselves to Calais would be entitled to be housed by Britain, so it’s not really 4000 is it? it would end up being millions.
So yes, I think this is pie in the sky as you say

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

The truth is Niall, whatever facts you throw towards some posters, they still come back with the hackneyed old cliches about the left.
I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth bothering.

Where exactly did you get that figure from? Was it your arse? I think it was your arse wasn't it?

In a Capitalist society, people migrate to where the money is. That's why more people want to come here than, say, Sudan.

I believe that if you tackle global economic inequality, the issue of migration will become far easier to deal with. We are entering what has been claimed will be the most unequal century in human history, where wealth is more concentrated than ever. In addition to this, we have an alarming rise in the scarcity of resources (oil, water, food) and a rapidly changing climate which are putting further strain on those in the third world and contributing to migration. For example, people are leaving Bangladesh because it has experienced some of the worst floodings in its history, while our motive for meddling in the middle east and Africa, thus causing people to flee their homes, continues to be based around oil and key mining zones.

Therefore of course I think our current situation with migration is unsustainable, because we refuse to deal with the issues that cause it. I also find the idea of leaving those in Calais to die as Winter arrives, particularly considering the higher proportion who are women and children, absolutely heartbreaking on a human level, because god knows what most of them have been through.

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4