Immigration to the UK - do you have concerns?

[8ball]

Much larger than a duck and historically widely eaten.

Don’t tell everyone, they’ll all want some.

 

[lengualo]

I bet swan doesn't even taste that nice. Why would they eat the swans as opposed to duck. Never seen swan on any menu.

Agreed, and there are plenty of wild Pheasant around in the countryside if you really want a game bird.

 

[planetgeli]

Agreed, and there are plenty of wild Pheasant around in the countryside if you really want a game bird.

Not to mention the 60 million farmed ones, bred for shooting.

They're livid birds.

 

[lengualo]

Not to mention the 60 million farmed ones, bred for shooting.

They're livid birds.

Well yeah, I meant if you're desperate for something free.

 

[Gramsci]

When Labour played the racist card

Newly released cabinet papers reveal the shocking truth behind James Callaghan's 1968 Commonwealth I

www.newstatesman.com

Came across this article in footnotes of Maya Goodfellow book on immigration.

It's a Labour government rushing in legislation to stop Asians from coming to UK

They had British passports. And were exercising their rights to come here.

The problem for the Labour government was that weren't white.

Just a few months after this legislation was rushed through Enoch gave his rivers of blood speech . Which distracted attention from what some newspapers called at the time a shameful episode for Labour.

A few MPa across the political spectrum opposed it

The legislation was as is usual in UK not specifically aimed at Asians but in practice everyone knew it would be.

So the fiction that immigration controls aren't racist could be upheld.

As article says Enochs inflammatory speech diverted attention away from actions of the supposed reasonable non racist people in Labour government.

Basically the view was that large influx of non white people would disrupt social harmony.

One of the differences between then and now is that at least some papers and MPs saw through this.

Now this kind of racist immigration control is regarded as sensible.

Also like to point out that for those who post that immigration controls are necessary. Well this country has both Labour and Conservative governments since 60s bringing in more and more restrictions yet it still appears people have concerns

Always worth a look at the context

 

[brogdale]

No posts in this thread since Sunday, despite this being another week of tragic deaths in the Channel.



Perhaps this thread will inevitably wither as most have had their chance to articulate concerns and, maybe, it will just reflect immigration falling down the news media agenda again as the riots become forgotten.

 

[danny la rouge]

No posts in this thread since Sunday, despite this being another week of tragic deaths in the Channel.

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Perhaps this thread will inevitably wither as most have had their chance to articulate concerns and, maybe, it will just reflect immigration falling down the news media agenda again as the riots become forgotten.

Though to be fair, this thread is for people who have concerns. They never actually have concerns about the welfare or lives of the migrants.

 

[andysays]

I see the old "It's not racist to look after your own" trope is getting another outing

Nurses lived in disused hospital building after race attack​

Nurses who were forced to leave an estate in County Antrim in July after racist intimidation spent several weeks living in a hospital with their children. Eight families, originally from Africa, fled the Ballycraigy estate after a number of racist attacks. Anti-immigration posters were taped to the windows of some properties, while others had a large black X spray painted across them.

One of those who tried to support the nurses was Takura Makoni, policy officer at the African and Caribbean Support Network. He also moved home after being subjected to racist graffiti earlier this year. He told the programme: “I want you to try and imagine if suddenly every healthcare worker from another country was to go back to their own country. “Are you telling me those lads who are throwing bricks into the windows are going to get jobs as nurses and start taking care of their own mums and nans? Because they won’t do it. That’s why people are getting on planes to come and do those jobs.”

 

[Elpenor]

As Takura says, the nurses are literally looking after “the own” of the bigots