Saturday, 18 July 2009

A selection of recent media reports

You can forget about early retirement
Governments rarely act out of benevolence. Even less so when they are in debt to the tune of almost £800 billion. So it was this week when the Department for Work and Pensions decided to bring forward a review of the compulsory age of retirement.
Times Online (17-Jul-2009)

James Purnell: I lost faith in Gordon Brown months ago
Ex-minister attacks 'conservatism' of Labour and calls for electoral...
Guardian.co.uk (17-Jul-2009)

UNHCR draws road map to help people out of Calais "jungle"
CALAIS, France, July 17 (UNHCR) Locals call it, "The Jungle" a squalid warren of shanties made out of cardboard, plywood and bits of plastic that has mushroomed among the sand dunes and brambles outside Calais.
ReliefWeb (17-Jul-2009)

Number cruncher
Migration...
Prospect Magazine (17-Jul-2009)

The Jihad fanatic peddling a message of hate to 11-year-old Londoners (funded by the taxpayer)
On a hot summer afternoon, a man with a microphone stands on a busy London street. He is a tubby figure and sports a black, bushy beard, flecked with grey.
Daily Mail (17-Jul-2009)

Political notes
Supporters of an open society can be found on all sides of British politics.
Prospect Magazine (17-Jul-2009)

Illegal staff found in restaurant
Six illegal workers have been found at a Chinese restaurant in Gloucester following a UK Border Agency operation targeting immigration offenders. Officers visited the Blossom restaurant on Southgate Street on Thursday.
BBC News England (17-Jul-2009)

I WON T CURB IMMIGRATION
Migrants received the thumbs-up to make a beeline for Britain yesterday from Gordon Brown. The Prime Minister refused to shut the door on our open borders policy, claiming immigration was great for Britain.
Daily Star (17-Jul-2009)

IMMIGRATION? NO NEED TO CAP IT, SAYS BROWN
GORDON Brown sparked fresh fury over mass immigration yesterday by explicitly ruling out a limit on Britain s spiralling population growth.
Daily Express (17-Jul-2009)