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.

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