Sunday 25 October 2009

Road to Redemption

Lord Carey described Nick Grifin's views as "irredeemably evil". All is change, and Christians are supposed to believe that no one is beyond redemption.
Hamlet said: There is nothing either good or bad but that thinking makes it so.
Enoch Powell described immigration into the UK as a "preventable evil".
The Conservatives promised in 1979 to end the concession to foreign men that enables them to live in the UK through marriage. The Conservatives did not keep their promise. (Parliament voted on this issue in December 1982 and January 1983.)
The Conservatives are in a position to redeem themselves if they win the next general election.
But they are beyond redemption......

Friday 23 October 2009

The Road to Strasbourg

Immediately after Nick Griffin was elected Member of the European Parliament he was interviewed by John Humphrys on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. When Mr. Griffin described the native British as "second-class citizens" Mr. Humphrys replied: "Ridiculous! How can that be since most MPs are white?"
Mr. Griffin made no response, so I was not optimistic he would do well on last night's Question Time.
It is obvious some native Britons are second-class citizens as a result of foreign and Commonwealth men being able to live and work in the UK through marriage. This not only gives them the privilege of being able to choose which country to live in (their own or this one) but entitles them (by law) to compete with native British men for work and promotion. (Naturally, for every winner there is a loser.)
P.S. Mr. Humphrys could have responded impartially by asking Mr. Griffin to justify his remark.
Plus, the semantics give the game away. He didn't say "British", let alone "native British". Japan recently had (still has?) a European Member of Parliament (a Finnish missionary), but it is inconceivable that anyone in Japan would say that most MPs are yellow.

Thursday 22 October 2009

The Road to Calais

BBC's Andrew Hoskins (today's From Our Own Correspondent, Radio 4) says that most of the illegal migrants who congregate in Calais manage to get to England. He said that, according to the Dublin Convention, if they want to claim asylum they are obliged to claim it in the first EU country they enter, which is usually Greece.
Therefore, having made it to England (without passports or visas), they are here illegally and their claims for asylum are invalid.
The British Government is also acting illegally.
Today the Equality and Human Rights Commission expressed opposition to the British National Party appearing on BBC TV's Question Time .
Let's hope Mr. Griffin points out the Government's illegal activities (which are doubtless supported by the EHRC - though it would not if it lived up to its name).
The connection with marriage and migration is that they are all young men and teenage boys. So the ratio of young men to women in the UK is being deliberately unbalanced. Even if they are subject to deportation they can thwart that by finding someone to marry.