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Not too long ago, our own head of immigration was found out to be an illegal.

You couldn't write fiction any better than reality.

oilyrag yes you can ............... did you know the Queen of England is Indian !!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9HJzy3WSYFM


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i don't recollect either the Romans or the Normans, or for that matter the Danes and Norsemen and Vikings having the correct paperwork .... or did it all get burnt in the Great Fire of London?

How Very True Cynic !! ; ) being a Dutchman I better Go Now !! ;)

Harry, I think it says more about Maestro's character.

oh well, after you buggers stopped sailing up the Thames to burn our ships in Chatham, you learnt some manners and waited to be invited ...... mind you, that was just to avoid having a Jewish king!

;)) Our boat ran aground on the sand bar and the Locals nicked all our beer !!

they thought it was like piss (which it is!) and dumped it back in the river

You ARE right they did ................................... It was French ! ;)

Cynictake the line you highlighted Overall what exactly has immigration done for the good of the country? Do newcomers come to give or simply to take?
You could say immigration has given us more doctorsmore nursesmore social workersmore accountantsand so on.the above are more than likely the few that went through the channels in a correct and proper mannerand I thank them.
Let us now go to the others.how many are illegal?how many are unemployed?.how many are professional villains?how many are de-frauding benefits?.how many are working illegally and not paying tax?how many are driving legally?.how many are shoplifting?[my wife reckons 7/10 caught at M&S are foreign out of work]how many are claiming our National Health Service that are here illegally? how many are involved in mugging or drug crime?and so on.
Police chiefs have told the home secretary of the extra demands being placed on forces because of the arrival in Britain of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from eastern Europe.
Peter Fahy, chief constable of Cheshire, who co-authored the study, said: "Migration has had a significant impact on UK communities in past years
"The influx of eastern Europeans has created pressures on forces in some areas, including local rumour and misunderstandings fuelling tensions which police have had to be proactive in resolving, and leading to significant increases in spending on interpreters, which can also make investigations more complex."
It is estimated that up to one million people from countries new to the EU have moved to the UK over the past four years. Figures released by the Home Office this year showed 796,000 eastern European immigrants had applied to work in Britain since Poland and seven other countries joined the EU.
Right Cynic.the first word in my post that you highlighted was overall.while I can confidently say taking all the good and offsetting against all the bad..Overall what exactly has immigration done for the good of the country? !!!!!

SmilerI like your namelike your attitudeand I like the Dutchonly very clever people could make so much money from a flower.now was that racistIm kacking myself in case it was? top man!

No you're safe ............. but no Cheesey jokes !! :)

you answer your question yourself ...... as did the Romans, the Normans, the Danes, the Vikings and so on and so on

however, moving away from (Victorian and earlier) history, I accept that the recent uncontrolled influx of unskilled (other than some criminals of assorted categories who have made a killing!) eco-refugees from Croatia and the like, has been little short of disastrous in these tough economic times .... i too am a great advocate of the Oz points system and see no reason at all why it should not be adopted, upsetting as that might be to Ms Chakrabati and her colleagues.

tulips were an illegal import from Turkey!

Cynic Smiler great! We are all friends and understand eachother now. Ill piss off!

Thank uck for that.

DilburtI hadnt quite gone!

Oh I think you've been gone a while!

"We laugh at sheep because they just follow the one in front, ahhhh, stupid sheep! We humans have outsheeped the sheep. Because at least sheep need sheepdogs to keep them in line... humans keep each other in line."

Keep practicing my little butterfly.it will come