Far be it from me to tell people how to run this country. But I can’t help feeling that Michael Howard is clutching at straws a bit on his immigration plans. I think he’s on the right lines because we need to tighten up our regulation. But having quotas is a shit idea. He claims the current system is unfair and inhumane, and that we need a fairer system. So why has he proposed a first past the post, he who snoozes loses, no more room at the inn type scenario? It’s ridiculous. How is saying “sorry, we’re full up at the moment, come back next year” more humane than the current system? It’s not.
And he’s missed another important point. Immigration from so-called “safe” countries. European Union Schmeuropean Schmunion. We are overrun with foreigners at the moment and it’s got noticeably worse in the last year. But they’re of all nationalities, French, Polish, Russian, Turkish…. and they all have zero respect for our ways, culture, heritage. British people are frequently labelled as being yobs and acting disgracefully overseas, but we’re certainly not the only ones.
It just pisses me off to walk down the street, or go into work, and have to put up with rude and obnoxious foreign people. Rude and obnoxious natives are bad enough, without the added ignomy of being subjected to the arrogance and pestilence of a language and customs barrier.
If it sounds like I have a personal grudge about this, then you’re hearing correctly. Exactly 6 days after I bought my new motorbike, it was vandalised by a drunk Russian. He’d been in my club, he left my club, he saw my bike, he pushed it over. That cost me £150 to put right (about two weeks wages) and this wanker got off scot free. Then there is the issue with the French git and the garage.