Britannia Radio

A selection of recent media reports

Britain should abolish all immigration controls. 
Listen now on-line to Philippe Legrain, journalist, proposing that we should stop trying to control immigration. His views are challenged by a panel of Sir Andrew Green, Mrs Ann Cryer (Lab MP) and Tony Saint, writer and former immigration officer. 
.BBC Radio 4 (10-Sep-2009)

Failure to vet immigrants from Pakistan 'a threat to security'
Officials interviewed only 29 applicants in nine...
The Independent (10-Sep-2009)

The Mayor who stopped the gravy train
The Mayor of Doncaster slashed his salary, ditched the car and the chauffeur, and plans to cut the number of...
Times Online (09-Sep-2009)

Visa sham as just 29 out of 66,000 applicants from Pakistan interviewed despite supposed 'crackdown'
Visa checks on immigrants from Pakistan have been exposed as a sham after it was revealed that just 29 out of 66,000 applicants were interviewed by officials.
Daily Mail (09-Sep-2009)

New housing enough to meet demand of new immigrants for just one week 
Commenting on the Governments announcement to build 2,000 council houses across England billed as the biggest of its kind over the past 20 years Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP said:
Balanced Migration (09-Sep-2009)

Illegal immigrants still on the run after eight arrests made
A group of illegal immigrants escaped from a lorry when it stopped to deliver goods at a garden nursery. Around 30 men, believed to be from Afghanistan, jumped from the back of the vehicle which had come from Spain, when it arrived at Woodlands Nursery in Upper Caldecote, at around 9.
Bedfordshire on Sunday (09-Sep-2009)

SNP sets out vision of seat at top table of world leaders
THE first document outlining how an independent Scotland would conduct its foreign affairs has been unveiled by the SNP. At a ceremony in Brussels, Scottish external affairs minister Mike Russell said Scots could have a "dual citizenship" arrangement with the rest of the UK.
The Scotsman (09-Sep-2009)

Mark Steel: The Poles might be leaving but the prejudice remains
There is an almost artistic level of irrationality about immigration...
The Independent (09-Sep-2009)

Mohammed is now the third most popular boy's name in England. So why this shabby effort to conceal it?
This week, the Office of National Statistics published a list of the most popular boys' names in Britain: Jack, Oliver, Thomas, Harry, Joshua, Alfie, Charlie, Daniel.
Daily Mail (09-Sep-2009)

Frustrated BNP
Why the BNP must not be given a...
Times Online (08-Sep-2009)