Tuesday, 13 October 2009

A selection of recent media reports

9 OUT OF 10 TORY POLICIES BEAT LABOUR 
VOTERS have given their backing to David Cameron's plans to change Britain, an exclusive News of the World poll reveals. 
News of the World (12-Oct-2009)

At least 154,000 asylum seekers to stay
At least 154,000 asylum seekers will be allowed to stay in Britain after the Home Office allowed a backlog of applications to build up, The Daily Telegraph can disclose
Daily Telegraph (12-Oct-2009)

Lecturer 'was illegal immigrant'
Immigration authorities were right to decide a Congolese university lecturer arrested in Belfast was an illegal entrant, the High Court has...
BBC News Lancashire (12-Oct-2009)

Damian Green arrest 'not proportionate'
The Metropolitan police have been criticised for arresting frontbench Conservative MP Damian Green over alleged leaks at the Home Office. The Tory immigration spokesman was held for nine hours and had his parliamentary and constituency offices raided, as well as computers taken away, last...
View London.co.uk (12-Oct-2009)

Whatever happened to duty, responsibility, thrift and local solidarity?
Ive been so tied up with my financial advisers, getting my bid together for the Dartford river crossing (my plan is to prevent people from Essex visiting Kent, because I dont like them), that I missed this letter from one of the countrys more thoughtful and free thinking Labour MPs, Denis...
The Spectator (12-Oct-2009)

Immigration officers swoop on Indian restaurant
IMMIGRATION officers swooped on an Indian restaurant. A team from the UK Border Agency went to the Takdir restaurant and takeaway, part of the Swan House Inn in Fowlmere, as part of an investigation into immigration related crime .
Cambridge News Online (12-Oct-2009)

Laindon restaurant raids lead to five employee arrests
Two Laindon restaurants could face substantial fines after being caught employing illegal...
Eat Out (12-Oct-2009)

Review into arrest of top Tory to be published
A review of a controversial police inquiry that led to the arrest of Tory frontbencher Damian Green will be published today. Officials at Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) will reveal their findings after examining the "operational aspects" of the...
Evening Standard (12-Oct-2009)

HONEST CITIZENS PUT IN THE DOCK AS THUGS GO FREE
BRITAIN continues its descent into a socialist hell, devoid of any justice or morality. We now live in a sub-Marxist world where the ultra-politicised institutions of the State wield arbitrary power, bullying the decent members of the public while dangerous criminals walk...
Daily Express (12-Oct-2009)

Revealed: courts let dangerous foreign criminals stay in Britain
Dangerous foreign criminals are beating the Home Office to remain in the UK at the end of their prison sentences, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose. 
Daily Telegraph (11-Oct-2009)

48 held after fights at far right demo
POLICE arrested 48 men during skirmishes between a far-right group and opponents in the northern English city of Manchester on Saturday. Supporters of the English Defence League (EDL), a new group which stages street protests against what it terms "radical Islam", clashed with anti-racism campaigners from...
News.Scotsman.com (11-Oct-2009)

New law watchdog probes Baroness Scotland over illegal cleaner
Attorney General Baroness Scotland is to be investigated by legal chiefs over employing an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper. The Bar Standards Board, the barristers watchdog, will launch a formal inquiry after receiving complaints that she has brought the profession into...
Daily Mail (11-Oct-2009)

BBC storm as two of BNP's most notorious activists are invited on Radio 1 to insult Ashley Cole
The BBC is facing demands for an investigation after allowing two leading BNP activists to make unchallenged 'racist' statements on a flagship news...