Saturday, 17 October 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Make Britain safer - pull our troops out of Afghanistan 
The real danger lies within our unpoliced borders - not from the Taliban, argues Jeff Randall. 
Daily Telegraph (16-Oct-2009)

DUTCH RIGHT-WING MP ARRIVES IN UK
Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders has arrived in the UK after winning a court battle to enter the...
Daily Express (16-Oct-2009)

Vast new illegal migrant camp opens in France as officials admit they have 'no alternative'
A vast charity camp for illegal migrants heading towards England has opened in northern France. As fears grew that it will become a magnet for thousands more, officials said they had 'no alternative' but to allow it to be put it in...
Daily Mail (16-Oct-2009)

New concerns over fast-track citizenship plans
Immigration bill makes volunteering 'close to compulsory', says Volunteering England Volunteering England has warned that the Government's plans to fast-track the citizenship applications of migrants who do voluntary work make volunteering "close to compulsory".
Third Sector (16-Oct-2009)

Groom arrested after 'sham wedding' swoop
A BRIDE at a suspected sham marriage shrugged her shoulders and walked away after her groom was arrested by immigration cops. Border agency staff broke up the wedding service at Manchester register office - claiming that the Portuguese bride and Pakistani groom could not even speak the same...
Asian News (16-Oct-2009)

Education name game must see off impostors
If you want to set up a business with the word "apothecary" in its title, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills will want to know that you have the blessing of the Worshipful Society of...
Times Educational Supplement (16-Oct-2009)

Australia PM under pressure to halt asylum surge
Australia will send more police to Asia to combat people traffickers as pressure builds on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to halt a surge in asylum seekers threatening his government's record popularity a year from new...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (16-Oct-2009)

MODERATE MUSLIM MAJORITY MUST CONFRONT EXTREMISM
IFpeople were convinced that Islamic extremists had little support among British Muslims it would be easy to write the off as an eccentric fringe...
Daily Express (16-Oct-2009)

Shouting won't beat the BNP - decency will
The one thing Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party, will not want on television next week is a fair fight. You know, one on one. He would rather take on the mob, the crowd, a crush of angry faces, hecklers in the audience, violence on the...
Daily Mail (15-Oct-2009)

MCB condemns rally calling for Sharia Law in Britain
The Muslim Council of Britain has condemned plans by an extremist group to rally in London to call for Sharia Law in Britain. Islam4UK has outlined plans on their website to call for an upheaval of the legal system by marching from the House of Commons to Downing Street on 31st...
Sunrise Radio (15-Oct-2009)