Friday, 16 November 2007

The vision of Britain: A-Z OF Who would want to live here?



The vision of Britain: Who would want to live here?
One of the best-selling books of the year, after Harry Potter and Littlejohn's Britain (now available in paperback), is Life In The United Kingdom:
A Journey Into Citizenship. Published by the Home Office,
it is a guide for immigrants who wish to apply for British nationality.
Figures released yesterday show that 690,000 people moved here last year.
No wonder it's selling so well. With the Christmas gift market
bearing down upon us,
I thought it was time to check out the opposition.

The best place to start with official publications is usually at the back. So I headed straight for the glossary, which contains a selection of "key words and key expressions" for would-be citizens. The italics are mine, the rest is all kosher.

Learning the Labour way: Citizenship lessons are very un-British

A is for abusive (behaviour), adultery and asylum seekers.

B is for baron, birth parent, brutality and burglary.

C is for cannabis, chieftain, civil disobedience, clamp (as in wheel), cocaine, colonise, corrupt and Crusades (wars fought to spread Christianity).

D is for degrading (treatment), deport, detained by the police, disability and dump (as in fly-tipping).

E is for ecstasy (makes users feel they have lots of energy), ethnic minority, executed and exploitation.

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