Monday, 18 January 2010

A selection of recent media reports

New terror laws set to cost Scots colleges millions
UNIVERSITY leaders have warned that the UK Government's tightening of immigration laws to crack down on bogus students and potential terrorists will harm institutions north of the border and cost the Scottish economy tens of millions of...
Scotland on Sunday (17-Jan-2010)

Lib Dem Clegg considers regional migration limits
The Liberal Democrats are considering a plan to channel immigration to certain areas of the...
BBC news Oxfordshire (17-Jan-2010)

Banning veils 'is not radical'
Banning Muslim women from covering their faces is neither "radical or ridiculous", former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has insisted. Euro MP Mr Farage said his party's call to outlaw Islamic face veils was about preventing extremists from imposing their culture - including Sharia law -...
Liverpool Daily Post (17-Jan-2010)

Immigration caps 'unnecessary'
Annual caps to restrict immigration are unnecessary and could have negative effects, Communities Secretary John Denham has said, as a poll showed the Tories could pick up support in key marginal seats if they backed yearly...
Virgin Media (17-Jan-2010)

Camerons call for immigration cap woos voters in Labour seats
DAVID CAMERON could clinch a general election victory by placing a cap of 50,000 on net immigration, a new opinion poll shows.
Sunday Times (17-Jan-2010)

We're still a long way from an honest debate about immigration
It is now generally recognised in British politics that expressing concern about the scale of recent immigration into the country is not necessarily a sign of...
Guardian Unlimited - G2 (17-Jan-2010)

Eastern European immigration 'has hit low-paid Britons'
Influx of 1.5m eastern Europeans means UK's lowest-paid workers are earning less now, report...
Guardian Unlimited - G2 (17-Jan-2010)

Anjem Choudary: Im smiling because sharia is coming
The radical Muslim who threatened to hold a march through Wootton Bassett is ready to defy the ban on his group and says a coup could make Britain an Islamic...
Times Online (17-Jan-2010)

TAKE BRITISH CITIZENSHIP AWAY FROM CONTROVERSIAL CLERIC
WHAT a pity we don't have laws that can actually take British citizenship away from...
News of the World (17-Jan-2010)