I guess I’m asking for it by even looking at the Daily Mail, but I think it’s important to read papers with a range of political viewpoints. It’s a vicious, hate-filled paper at the best of times, but today it has had me almost screaming at the computer (I read it online) on three separate occasions – each time for immigration-related stories. I still feel cross about these pieces.
The report says: “There is some evidence that the growth of immigrant employment seen in the last few years may have come at the expense of the domestic workforce.
“Given the age and skill profile of many of the new immigrants, it is possible that ‘native’ youngsters may have been losing out in the battle for entry-level jobs.”
However the report also claims that Britain’s growth would be badly dented if the flow of migrants was stopped.
a – isn’t the headline more than a bit melodramatic, given the actual quote from the report?
b – from what I understand, the point is that a lot of unemployed young Britons are not prepared to work as cleaners and in other jobs they consider ‘beneath them’
“More than 23,000 have taken advantage of generous handouts worth up to £4,000 each.
“The revelation reignited a row over Labour’s controversial policy of “bribing” bogus refugees to leave the country.
“Critics said the Government had created a climate where a false claimant could not lose.
“They also warned it could encourage more people to head to Britain to lodge a claim. “
a – Do they seriously believe people will travel to Britain in the backs of lorries, be separated from their loved-ones and go through the the whole asylum system just to get a grant of up to £4,000? I’m sorry but that’s bollocks.
b – I don’t understand what the Daily Mail thinks the answer is. They don’t want these pesky darkies to be here in the first place, and they don’t want them to stay. Yet they complain about any initiative aimed at tackling the backlog and don’t make any attempt to add anything constructive to the debate. It just throws stones at everything.
Sex slaves smuggled illegally into Britain are to share millions of pounds in compensation for their ‘pain and trauma’, it has emerged.
The Home Office is already faced with a dilemma over the deportation of illegal immigrants forced to work in the sex trade, with Ministers indicating some may be allowed to stay.
But they also recognise the danger that offering help to trafficking victims – including compensation payments – could encourage illegal immigration.
However if the stories get to me – and they do, they really do – it’s the comments that people leave underneath them that really make my blood boil. I find it profoundly depressing that this paper and its narrow-minded readership – the “Britain is going to the dogs so I’m off to live in Spain” brigade – are held up, unchallenged, as the ‘voice’ of Middle England. I’m exactly the kind of “woolly minded liberal do-gooder” they despise so much. But thankfully I’ve yet to meet anyone as bitter, twisted, or self-important as the people who left these malicious, snidey comments – and I hope I never do. Do any of them have a nice bone in their body?
“We as a nation are rapidly becoming the laughing stock of the world, thanks to Nu-labour and their idiotic immigration policy. People of this country must wake up and unite against this stupid government now, before it’s too late.” – M.Sykes, Mexborouigh, South Yorkshire
“It seems to me that native-born Englishmen are working to support layabouts from the rest of the world. Well, if you have a government of Scottish layabouts I don’t suppose they’re worried about spending English money and they won’t be worried about English pensioners either.” – Ben Hall, Dubai, UAE
To ALL young people I implore you to emigrate.
Leave this cesspit before it corrupts you.
Unfortunately at 64 I doubt if most countries would have me.” – Sid Jacques, Durham
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