At last a mainstream politician is talking about repatriation: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/19/ukip-mark-reckless-immigrants-rochester-and-strood
Is it such an unreasonable proposal?
Are the pro-immigration lobby seriously telling us that no mistakes have been made in the post-war period and nothing needs reversing?
And was it not a key aspect of Labour's whoopie cushion rollercoaster anything-goes style of government 1997-2010 that there were no sacred cows, that everything was up for "modernisation" (which is code for a government trashing institutions and conventions).
Let's "modernise" immigration, so that it is no longer a one-way process.
In any case, the implied threat of repatriation is a massive bargaining advantage in negotiations with the EU.
If countries such as Poland do not adopt a conciliatory attitude towards the United Kingdom they will have the prospect of millions of unemployed people returning in the event of Britain leaving the EU.
Is it such an unreasonable proposal?
Are the pro-immigration lobby seriously telling us that no mistakes have been made in the post-war period and nothing needs reversing?
And was it not a key aspect of Labour's whoopie cushion rollercoaster anything-goes style of government 1997-2010 that there were no sacred cows, that everything was up for "modernisation" (which is code for a government trashing institutions and conventions).
Let's "modernise" immigration, so that it is no longer a one-way process.
In any case, the implied threat of repatriation is a massive bargaining advantage in negotiations with the EU.
If countries such as Poland do not adopt a conciliatory attitude towards the United Kingdom they will have the prospect of millions of unemployed people returning in the event of Britain leaving the EU.
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