Monday, 24 October 2011




A selection of recent media reports

Why learning English is the key to integration ) I read yesterday with a mixture of incredulity and sadness about how much taxpayers' money (180 million pounds The Mail On Sunday (24-Oct-2011)

Official taking longer to deport illegal immigrants The Home Office is taking longer to deport illegal immigrants after concentrating on removing foreign cri Telegraph.co.uk (24-Oct-2011)

‘EU club is costly with dubious benefits’ – British MEP The UK Parliament has started the debate preceding the vote whether to hold a referendum on its continued membership of the European Union. British MEP Nigel Farage argues that in times of recession, the UK cannot afford EU laws any longer. RT (24-Oct-2011)

Are Brits more likely to riot? One of the reasons I wanted an inquiry into the riots was to try to avoid headlines like today's. Information will out — what matters is how The Spectator (24-Oct-2011)

Seven arrested with fake visas in Edinburgh Seven people have been arrested in Edinburgh for having fake visas. BBC News UK (24-Oct-2011)

SWISS VOTERS BACK MODERATE FORCES Swiss voters have backed moderate forces in their general election in which nationalists failed in their effort to break thro Sunday Express (24-Oct-2011)

EXPATS: IT’S FAR BETTER ABROAD HUNDREDS of thousands of expats are ditching plans to return to the UK as their life is much better abroad. Express.co.uk (24-Oct-2011)

WHAT EUROPE REALLY THINKS ABOUT THE EU AS MPs debate whether we should have a referendum on the European Union, we report on what other member states believe. Scottish Daily Express (24-Oct-2011)

Crisis offers an ideal chance for EU reform The Prime Minister’s resolve to avoid a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU was dealt a severe blow by events in Br Mail Online (24-Oct-2011)

Saddam Hussein's torture doctor allowed to stay in Britain under human rights laws SADDAM Hussein’s torture doctor is being allowed to stay in Britain because of h Mirror.co.uk (24-Oct-2011)