Wednesday, 2 December 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Copenhagen summit is last chance to save the planet, Lord Stern
Without an international agreement to limit global warming, temperatures are likely to rise by 9F (5C) by the end of the century - triggering mass migration, warfare and world hunger, according to the report. 
Timesonline (02-Dec-2009)

£70K CHEAT'S DOUBLE LIFE
A MIGRANT mother who milked £70,000 of taxpayers money in a double scam to fund a luxury life in England and Dubai escaped jail...
Daily Express (02-Dec-2009)

EX-MINISTER ATTACKS LABOUR OVER SOARING IMMIGRATION
A LEADING Labour MP has launched a devastating attack on his own partys failure to admit voters are right to be worried about soaring immigration.
Daily Express (02-Dec-2009)

Middle classes benefit from immigration, says John Denham
Middle-class people fail to understand the impact of immigration on poorer workers because they are insulated from competition for jobs, housing and public services, the Communities Secretary said last...
Times Online (01-Dec-2009)

Dutch mother posed as penniless Somalian immigrant to claim £70,000 benefits
A mother who claimed asylum under a bogus identity in order to conduct a £70,000 benefits fraud has been told she would have been sent to prison if it weren't for her five...
Daily Mail (01-Dec-2009)

Island introduces points based system for immigration
THE Isle of Man Immigration Office has today introduced the first stage of a new Points Based system for managing the immigration to the Island of foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area for employment...
Gov.im (01-Dec-2009)

Judges rule against government over secret evidence in terror cases
High court judgment says suspects cannot be detained without being able to answer charges made against...
Guardian.co.uk (01-Dec-2009)

European Commission Welcomes The Treaty Of Lisbon Which Comes Into Force From Today
The Treaty of Lisbon enters into force today 1 December 2009. The occasion will be marked by a ceremony in the City of Lisbon organised jointly by the Portuguese Government, the Swedish Presidency and the European...
eGov Monitor (01-Dec-2009)

UK Has Reached A Defining Moment In The Battle Against Racism Says TUC
TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O' Grady told a TUC conference yesterday that ten years after the publication of the Macpherson Report into the death of Stephen Lawrence, the UK has reached a defining moment in the battle against...
eGov Monitor (01-Dec-2009)

White working class youth ignored
Communities secretary John Denham has called on councils and government bodies to reconsider the needs of white working class people in addition to addressing other aspects of racial inequality and enabling better...
Publicservice.co.uk (01-Dec-2009)

Cabinet minister John Denham: poor whites have had a raw deal
White working-class communities feel a justifiable sense of grievance and deserve additional help reserved for minority groups, a Cabinet minister told union leaders yesterday. 
Timesonline (01-Dec-2009)

Afghan family still living in £3k-a-week house funded by taxpayers
A single Afghan mother and her seven children are continuing to live rent-free in a £1.2m house funded by taxpayers, more than a year after ministers pledged to throw them...
Daily Mail (01-Dec-2009)

Middle class do not grasp the problems of immigration 
Middle-class people are failing to understand the impact of migration on poorer workers because they are insulated from competition for jobs and services, a government minister warned...
Evening Standard (01-Dec-2009)

LABOUR TRIES TO BUY VOTES IN THE RUN-UP TO ELECTION
JUST months before a general election must be held, Labour has made a dramatic...
Daily Express (01-Dec-2009)

'UK'S IGNORED WHITE WORKERS' - MINISTER
WHITE working-class people are being ignored by Government bodies, a Cabinet Minister warned yesterday. Communities Secretary John Denham said mass immigration had made authorities blind to the needs of some...
Daily Star (01-Dec-2009)

Swiss ban on minarets could be overturned in court
SWITZERLAND'S justice minister has said that voter approval of a ban on minarets next to mosques could be struck down in court, as critics at home and abroad swiftly condemned the vote, saying it undermined the country's liberal, secular...
The Scotsman (01-Dec-2009)

LABOUR CABINET MINISTER JOHN DENHAM SAID JOB POLICIES FAVOURED MIGRANTS
A CABINET Minister faces an angry backlash after he admitted that Labour and local councils have ignored the white working-class over mass immigration.
Daily Express (01-Dec-2009)

Fury at families who just take, take, take
SUN readers are furious after we revealed that they are picking up the bill for jobless Bashir Aden's wife and seven kids to live in a £1.8million central London pad while he shares ANOTHER flat nearby with child No...
Online Sun (01-Dec-2009)

EU president takes office as Lisbon Treaty enters force
The EU's first president, Herman Van Rompuy, officially took office Tuesday as the bloc's reforming Lisbon Treaty entered into force, giving the European project a human face as it enters a new...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (01-Dec-2009)

Minister says councils 'blind' to needs of white people
Local councils and government agencies have been "blind" to the needs of white working-class people, communities secretary John Denham has...
BBC News North Yorkshire (30-Nov-2009)