Wednesday, 28 October 2009

A selection of recent media reports

The real 'political purpose' behind immigration - gerrymandering Labour's election results
One approach politicians have to getting a majority of us to vote for them is to split us up into interest groups. Their idea is that with enough grievance mongering among enough minority groups eventually a coalition will be formed that can provide a...
Daily Mail (28-Oct-2009)

Kuwait court rejects bid to unseat non-Hijab MPs
Kuwait's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected an action brought by four voters to declare invalid the election of two women MPs because they refuse to wear the hijab...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (28-Oct-2009)

GMB Slams Immigration Advisory Service Over Threats To Close Four Offices Sacking 80 Workers
There is no redundancy situation at IAS say...
GMB (28-Oct-2009)

One More Trip on the Immigration Merry-Go-Round
This post on immigration prompted a pair of excellent, Chestertonian responses that merit a response. First, Carroll Barry-Walsh writes: Of course, it's the type of people we let in because there is a difference between letting in people who share our values, who want to - and take positive steps to..
The Spectator (28-Oct-2009)

Migrant crime cover-up row
A REPORT linking immigration to crime was censored by Labour, it was claimed last...
Online Sun (28-Oct-2009)

MASS IMMIGRATION COVER-UP EXPOSED
THE number of foreigners flocking to Britain has leapt by 50% in six years, say shock new figures. And furious critics claim Ministers have been secretly encouraging people to move...
Daily Star (28-Oct-2009)

EXPOSED: LABOUR'S LIES ON MIGRANTS
LABOURS attempts to hide the truth about mass immigration were dramatically exposed yesterday when it emerged warnings of rising crime as a result of its policy were airbrushed from an official...
Sunday Express (28-Oct-2009)

Migrant report 'censored'
THE Government has come under fire after it emerged possible links between mass immigration and crime were censored in a...
Online Sun (27-Oct-2009)

Labour think-tank 'airbrushed link between migrants and crime in immigration report for Blair'
Concerns about possible links between mass immigration and crime were removed from a Government immigration policy document, it was revealed today. Initial drafts of the controversial Cabinet Office report noted that there was a risk that organised criminals could exploit a rise in...
Daily Mail (27-Oct-2009)

Blair's think tank airbrushed link between crime and immigrants
Possible links between mass immigration and some crimes were censored from a keynote government report, the Standard can...
Evening Standard (27-Oct-2009)

Simon Carr: Nothing is as it seems in the elliptical world of immigration
Home Office questions. It must be said that Alan Johnson doesn't look as hopeless as he keeps saying he is. "Vote for me! I haven't got the desire, the talent, the confidence for the job!" Maybe it's a more cunning plan than we...
The Independent (27-Oct-2009)

ANGER AT £120,000 PRIVATE PLANE TO DEPORT 8 AFGHANS
A PRIVATE jet chartered to deport failed asylum seekers from the UK cost taxpayers £15,000 per passenger, it was revealed last...
Sunday Express (27-Oct-2009)

Trying to stuff the cat back into the bag
In the Daily Mail, I have written about the amazing revelation in last Fridays Evening Standard by Andrew Neather, a former speechwriter to various Labour ministers, that the government had not only deliberately encouraged mass immigration to Britain in order to destroy its identity and transform it..
The Spectator (27-Oct-2009)

The growing rate of open-door migration: Number of new arrivals has surged by 50% under Labour
The rate at which foreigners are swelling the population has increased by 50 per cent since a secret Government immigration policy document was...
Daily Mail (27-Oct-2009)

Letters: BNP and Nick Griffin
Winners and losers in BNP publicity...
The Independent (27-Oct-2009)

The outrageous truth slips out: Labour cynically plotted to transform the entire make-up of Britain without telling us
So now the cat is well and truly out of the bag. For years, as the number of immigrants to Britain shot up apparently uncontrollably, the question was how exactly this had happened. 
The Daily Mail (26-Oct-2009)

France to launch national pride campaign in battle against Islamic fundamentalism
France is to launch a hard-hitting campaign aimed at 'reaffirming pride' in the country and combating Islamic fundamentalism. As well as providing civic lessons for adults - including classes about the country's Christian history and liberal political institutions - the government will encourage school...
Daily Mail (26-Oct-2009)

Is immigration good for the economy?
The Office for National Statistics recently warned that the UK's population could hit 70m. Rising immigration can help defray the cost of an ageing population, but it has economic costs...
Investors Chronicle (26-Oct-2009)

Widdecombe slams border agency's 'wrong approach'
The UK Border Agency is putting targets ahead of effective border control, Ann Widdecombe told MPs on...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (26-Oct-2009)

Cannabis factory in Mapperley Park home
AN ILLEGAL immigrant had only been in Nottingham for a few months when he got involved in growing cannabis worth more than £40,000. Father-of-two Son Nguyen spent two months travelling from his homeland in northern Vietnam, through western Europe to the UK, where he found work in the building...
this is Nottingham.co.uk (26-Oct-2009)