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A selection of recent media reports

Losing battle: Riot police destroy Calais migrant camps AGAIN as mayor slams Britain for being unable to control its bor..
As riot police began tearing down another illegal camp in Calais, the French authorities admitted yesterday they are fighting a losing battle against migrants desperate to reach the UK.
Daily Mail (30-Sep-2009)

Day One of the 2010 General Election
This was the speech that signalled the start of the 2010 General Election, in which Gordon Brown chose his battleground for what promises to be a very dirty campaign.
Daily Mail (30-Sep-2009)

FRANCE TELLS BRITAIN: LET IN ALL MIGRANTS
FRANCE last night admitted it was fighting a losing battle against illegal migrants and demanded Britain should open its doors to them.
Daily Express (30-Sep-2009)

GOODBYE, GORDON...
SARAH Brown for Prime Minister! Gordon s wife charmed and captiv ated as she introduced him to the Labour Party conference. And her performance inspired her husband into delivering one of the best speeches of his career.
Daily Star (30-Sep-2009)

PM said time for change .. we agree
GORDON Brown declared yesterday that the country needed change - but The Sun declares today that the change must come with David Cameron's Conservatives at the helm.
The Sun (30-Sep-2009)

The Sun Says: Labours lost it
TWELVE years ago, Britain was crying out for change from a divided, exhausted Government. Today we are there again.
The Sun (29-Sep-2009)

50,000 Transfer Visas Issued Every Year to Undercut British Workers
A shocking 50,000 jobs in Britain are taken every year by foreigners through the transfer visa scheme, it has emerged. The 50,000 workers of whom the majority come from India are exploiting the intra-company transfer scheme in terms of which companies with offices overseas can transfer staff to...
Salford Online (29-Sep-2009)

Citizenship ceremony conman jailed
Issued by the News Distribution Service on behalf of the UK Border Agency The mastermind behind a fake document scam which raked in hundreds of thousands of pounds from immigrants seeking to stay in the UK has today been jailed for four-and-half years after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.
M2 (29-Sep-2009)

Brown: 'We are for the hard working majority, not the privileged few'
No compulsory ID cards for British people, a bigger role for the Post Office in banking services, and supervised homes for teenage mothers were just some announcements Gordon Brown made at the Labour conference in Brighton Here's his speech in full: Our country confronts the biggest choice for a generation.
Publicservice.co.uk (29-Sep-2009)

Can Labour fight back to win?
Political correspondent, BBC News, Labour Party conference This week Labour says the fightback has begun. The phrase has been used on the airwaves tirelessly by government ministers but alongside this air war, there is also a ground campaign.
BBC News (29-Sep-2009)

Alan Johnson: Speech on crime
The full text of home secretary Alan Johnson's speech at the Labour conference on crime. There are three things that we need to do over the coming months - defend our record, explain our vision, display our unity.
ePolitix.com (29-Sep-2009)

Population: Europe's problems will grow as it shrinks
EUROPE, where the so-called population explosion got under way in the 18th century, is once again playing a pioneering role in demographic development.
New Scientist - News (29-Sep-2009)

Accused chaplain suspended by mission
A KEELBY chaplain accused of immigration offences after allegedly marrying his wife twice has been suspended from his job at the port of Immingham. Samuel Bisaso, originally from Uganda, had been working for the Mission To Seafarers as a chaplain for the Immingham Seafarers' Centre since 2006.
This Is Grimsby - Grimsby Telegraph (29-Sep-2009)

Singapore population nears 5 mln, immigrants rise
SINGAPORE, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Singapore's population has grown to almost 5 million and a quarter of that is foreign workers, whose influx has sparked concerns among its citizens about competition for jobs and living standards.
Interactive Investor (29-Sep-2009)

Baroness Scotland criticism over Tongan housekeeper is sexist, claims Jack Straw
Labour sought to rally round Baroness Scotland yesterday by accusing her critics of sexism. Justice Secretary Jack Straw suggested that a male minister employing an illegal immigrant would have escaped the criticism heaped on the Attorney General.
Daily Mail (29-Sep-2009)

Judges free 82 held at Calais camp
FRENCH judges have ordered the release of 82 migrants arrested when their "jungle" camp in Calais was razed leaving them free to make fresh attempts to sneak into Britain.
The Scotsman (29-Sep-2009)

SCANDAL OF IMMIGRANTS TAKING OVER OUR IT JOBS
TENS of thousands of British workers are losing out to cheap foreign labour because of a loophole in the immigration laws, it is claimed.
Sunday Express (29-Sep-2009)

Brown reaches out to Middle England with new crime crackdown
Prime Minister's key speech will try to stifle criticism that he is out of touch with...
The Independent (29-Sep-2009)

Mr Brown isn't a bad man. But he's cursed by a profound belief that he, rather than we citizens, knows how best to spend..
Watching the Prime Minister yesterday was like seeing a man condemned by a fatal illness telling relatives at the bedside of his plans for a new holiday home.
Daily Mail (29-Sep-2009)

DON'T BE TAKEN IN BY BROWN - HE'S A BRAZEN HYPOCRITE
GORDON Brown s hypocrisy is so brazen that it verges on the psychotic.
Daily Express (28-Sep-2009)