Tuesday, 1 December 2009

A selection of recent media reports

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)

Cabinet minister John Denham: poor whites have had a raw deal
White working class communities feel a justifiable sense of grievance and deserve additional assistance reserved for minorities groups, a Cabinet minister said...
Times Online (30-Nov-2009)

White working-class 'overlooked'
Government bodies and town halls have been "blind" to the needs of white working-class people, a Cabinet minister said...
Evening Standard (30-Nov-2009)

Minaret ban marks start of tough Swiss debate on Islam
BBC News, Geneva In Switzerland the soul-searching has begun following Sunday's nationwide referendum in which voters surprisingly backed a plan to ban the construction of...
BBC News (30-Nov-2009)

Government 'blind' to the needs of white working class, admits minister
Government bodies and councils have been 'blind' to the needs of white working class communities, a Cabinet minister said today. Communities Secretary John Denham called for a new focus on the needs of poor whites affected by mass immigration.
Daily Mail (30-Nov-2009)

Government has neglected white working class, says John Denham
The communities Secretary called for a new focus on the needs of poor whites affected by mass immigration. 
Daily Telegraph (30-Nov-2009)

Government plan to pay £500 to snoop on your neighbour
Members of the public will receive £500 rewards to "shop their neighbours" via telephone hotlines under a scheme announced today. The handouts will go to the first 1,000 people who provide tip-offs that lead to an "unlawfully occupied" home being...
Evening Standard (30-Nov-2009)

Immigrants 'in £1,600-a-week flat'
Taxpayers are paying £1,600 a week for a former asylum seeker and her family to live in a luxury flat, it has been reported. Somali Nasra Warsame, 40, lives with seven of her children and mother in the property just off Edgware Road, central London, which is worth...
Press Association (30-Nov-2009)

We must be rental
A FORMER asylum seeker is living in a luxurious £1.8million home fitted out with the latest mod-cons - all paid for by housing benefit. Swish ... home near West End Taxpayers are forking out £1,600 a week so Somali mum Nasra Warsame, seven of her kids and her pensioner mum can lord it in central...
Online Sun (30-Nov-2009)

ANGER AT £1.8M FLAT FOR ASYLUM FAMILY ON £83K A YEAR BENEFITS
HOUSING a family of former asylum seekers in a £1.8million apartment at a cost of £1,600 a week was branded an outrage last...
Daily Express (30-Nov-2009)

Swiss minaret ban fits pattern of populist protest in Western Europe
The Swiss vote to ban the construction of minarets fits a wider pattern of populist protest in Western Europe. Parties of the Right have campaigned vigorously against the supposedly alien influence spread by Muslim...
Times Online (30-Nov-2009)

Taxpayer funds family's £1,600-a-week rent
A FAMILY of former asylum seekers is living in a £1.8m central London home at a cost to the taxpayer of £1,600 a week, despite a pledge by ministers to crack down on housing benefit payments.
Timesonline (29-Nov-2009)