It looks as if the rise of the BNP and other parties with immigration at the heart of their policies may have goaded our government into some sort of action.
For several decades, people’s concerns over the unsustainable level of immigration to this country have been brushed under the carpet but, in the run up to next year’s General Election, Gordon Brown is now seeing votes to be won or lost over the issue.
Mr Brown insisted that immigration must not be made a “taboo” issue tackled only by fringe parties, but should be “a question to be dealt with at the heart of our politics”. People who voice concerns about migration should not be branded “racist”, he said.
In an attempt to assure voters that he understands their concerns over immigration, he said: “If people ask me, do I get it? Yes. I get it. I have been listening and I understand and I am today announcing new changes…”
I found his insistence that People who voice concerns about migration should not be branded “racist” particularly interesting.
As leader of a Labour government that has actively supported such reactions by draconian legislation and the stifling of public debate, he’s not only acknowledging that such a culture of misrepresentation of public concern has been systemic in our society but was, in fact, wrongly encouraged in the first place.
That’s a major fucking shift in perspective.
It’s also a cynical vote-whoring exercise and is far too little, far too late.
Oh, and don’t look to the Tories to sort this one out when they come into power – they haven’t got a fucking clue about anything…
Filed under: Annoyances, Current affairs, cunt | Tagged: BNP, General Election, Gordon Brown, immigration, People who voice concerns about migration should not be branded “racist”, Tories
Yes….as it was disclosed by that smug aide a couple of weeks ago that the Labour party’s policy on immigration was a deliberate attempt to make Britain multi-cultural, anything they now say on the subject should be treated with contempt…..
…especially when Gordon seems to have insisted on referring to migration rather than immigration..they are different words for a reason, after all….
He only wants to stop the flow of doctors, engineers and anyone with any sort of skill. What he means is he doesn’t want productive immigrants who might not vote Labour.
The flow of dependent wasters will then increase to compensate.
So it’s the same policy as before, just made worse while telling us it’s an improvement.
I might move to China. It’s less repressive.
I trust politicians to look after their own best interests, they certainly don’t appear to be interested in mine. Nothing much will change with the Tories in power save that the faces will be different and the BBC more hostile to the government.