One must congratulate UKIP for their victory last night.
And although I am not a UKIP member I am glad Mark Reckless is back in the House of Commons.
And although I am not a UKIP member I am glad Mark Reckless is back in the House of Commons.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Fuck off Emily Thornberry
She always was an unpleasant waste of space: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/20/emily-thornberry-resigns-rochester-tweet-labour-shadow-cabinet
Fuck off Emily Thornberry.
You had it coming.
Fuck off Emily Thornberry.
You had it coming.
Enoch Powell was right about these people.
When I heard about the "beheading plot" I immediately thought: Enoch Powell was right about these people.
And I hope Mark Reckless is elected MP for Rochester and Strood this evening as he is not afraid to talk about immigration.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30132981
The stupid woman is so out of touch
Labour MP Emily Thornberry seems to think that a house in Rochester displaying England flags is somehow worthy of note: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/20/labour-mp-rochester-tweet-emily-thornberry
The stupid woman is so out of touch she did not realise England beat Scotland at football on Tuesday and thousands of houses around the country have left their flags up to celebrate.
Quote: Simon Danczuk, Labour MP for Rochdale, suggested it was “derogatory and dismissive of the people”.
The stupid woman is so out of touch she did not realise England beat Scotland at football on Tuesday and thousands of houses around the country have left their flags up to celebrate.
Quote: Simon Danczuk, Labour MP for Rochdale, suggested it was “derogatory and dismissive of the people”.
Interesting article by John Denham MP on LabourList: http://labourlist.org/2014/11/badly-handled-immigration-can-be-a-problem/
Note: "there is no reason why immigration should not be approached with the same Labour values we apply to other issues.... we are asked to accept that migration is an unqualified boon, even if all the benefits go to middle class Londoners and all the costs fall on provincial working class communities."
Note: "there is no reason why immigration should not be approached with the same Labour values we apply to other issues.... we are asked to accept that migration is an unqualified boon, even if all the benefits go to middle class Londoners and all the costs fall on provincial working class communities."
Curbing immigrant access to benefits
It is clever of Jon Trickett MP to dress up curbing immigrant access to benefits (for two years after arrival) as a measure designed to help immigrants (by making their employment by unscrupulous employers uneconomic).
This is a masterly example of Orwellian doublethink and doublespeak.
By rebranding access to in-work benefits as a subsidy to employers he is making it palatable for lefties to bash immigrants.
http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/Building-a-Britain-in-which-the-many-share-the-prosperity-of-the-few
This is a masterly example of Orwellian doublethink and doublespeak.
By rebranding access to in-work benefits as a subsidy to employers he is making it palatable for lefties to bash immigrants.
http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/Building-a-Britain-in-which-the-many-share-the-prosperity-of-the-few
Mark Ferguson looking at the UKIP effect upon Labour
This is a fascinating article on LabourList - Mark Ferguson looking at the UKIP effect upon Labour: http://labourlist.org/2014/11/proof-if-any-were-needed-that-ukip-could-cost-labour-seats-that-we-need-to-win/
However he rather spoils things by the blinkered (one could almost say bigoted) phrase "...many preferring to plump for the backwards anti-politics of UKIP".
This not only insults the electorate (which is never wise, even in the obscurity of LabourList).
It fails to understand UKIP - and if you do not understand your enemies you stand little chance of defeating them (I speak of course as a Conservative).
However he rather spoils things by the blinkered (one could almost say bigoted) phrase "...many preferring to plump for the backwards anti-politics of UKIP".
This not only insults the electorate (which is never wise, even in the obscurity of LabourList).
It fails to understand UKIP - and if you do not understand your enemies you stand little chance of defeating them (I speak of course as a Conservative).
The Athenian golden age
I don't wish to appear pedantic, but on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning James Naughtie said that the Athenian golden age was in the 4th century BC.
I always thought it was the 5th century.
I always thought it was the 5th century.
Grounds for impeachment
If Obama exceeds his authority in imposing a new immigration law surely it would be grounds for impeachment? http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-immigration-order-poses-political-challenges-for-both-parties/2014/11/19/9f98c124-701d-11e4-ad12-3734c461eab6_story.html
Gerald Ford in 1970: "An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history."
Gerald Ford in 1970: "An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history."
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Nicola Sturgeon, newly appointed First Minister
In her speech earlier today Nicola Sturgeon, newly appointed First Minister of the Scottish Executive, quoted an English saint, St Julian of Norwich: http://scottishstatesman.com/first-minister-nicola-sturgeons-full-acceptance-speech/
Indeed, she contradicted Lady Julian who told English people in 1413 "All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well".
Ms Sturgeon rather apocalyptically told Scottish people "It is not the case that all manner of things shall be well".
Indeed, she contradicted Lady Julian who told English people in 1413 "All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well".
Ms Sturgeon rather apocalyptically told Scottish people "It is not the case that all manner of things shall be well".
Enoch Powell was right about these people
When I heard on the PM programme (BBC Radio 4) this evening about gangs of Asians attacking children in the city I was more convinced than ever that Enoch Powell was right about these people.
On Channel 4 News a smart-alec lawyer called Iqbal Singh Kang was trying to make out that the Asians were the victims ("...it's completely outrageous these people have been named").
All the lefty outrage over Mark Reckless today
This is of course tendentious, and entirely at variance with what Sundar Katwala (British Future) told us on Newsnight last night: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamieross/these-rochester-strood-voters-back-mark-reckless-on-repatria
But it does chime with my experience of unprompted and unmediated vox populi on the subject of immigration.
Note the comment “Asians and Africans are causing most of the problems, not the EU ones” - perhaps this should be brought to Mr Katwala's attention.
It would be ironic if all the lefty outrage over Mark Reckless today should actually lead to more people contemplating UKIP as an option in elections.
The only sensible answer to the problem we are in is: Stop new immigration > Integrate completely immigrant communities that are here > Assimilate completely individuals from post-war immigrant communities so that they effectively "disappear".
But to do this would mean Labour giving up its rotten-borough scam of tame elder-led immigrant communities voting as a bloc in return for community bribes.
And I can't see that happening anytime soon - they are too dependent on the bloc votes.
But it does chime with my experience of unprompted and unmediated vox populi on the subject of immigration.
Note the comment “Asians and Africans are causing most of the problems, not the EU ones” - perhaps this should be brought to Mr Katwala's attention.
It would be ironic if all the lefty outrage over Mark Reckless today should actually lead to more people contemplating UKIP as an option in elections.
The only sensible answer to the problem we are in is: Stop new immigration > Integrate completely immigrant communities that are here > Assimilate completely individuals from post-war immigrant communities so that they effectively "disappear".
But to do this would mean Labour giving up its rotten-borough scam of tame elder-led immigrant communities voting as a bloc in return for community bribes.
And I can't see that happening anytime soon - they are too dependent on the bloc votes.
Anoosh Chakelian (staff writer at the New Statesman) is obviously confused
In this article for the New Statesman Anoosh Chakelian (staff writer at the New Statesman) is obviously confused: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/11/labour-brink-immigration-arms-race ("As the Labour party promises 1,000 new border guards, and more benefits curbs for migrants, is it entering a race to “toughen” up on EU migrants?"),
The 1,000 new border guards promised by Yvette Cooper are not intended to stop EU migrants (as everyone points out, EU migrants can't be stopped without treaty change or leaving the EU).
The 1,000 new border guards must be intended for the illegal migrants currently pouring into the country.
Please make an effort to get things right Ms Chakelian, and perhaps the New Statesman could employ some fact checkers.
The 1,000 new border guards promised by Yvette Cooper are not intended to stop EU migrants (as everyone points out, EU migrants can't be stopped without treaty change or leaving the EU).
The 1,000 new border guards must be intended for the illegal migrants currently pouring into the country.
Please make an effort to get things right Ms Chakelian, and perhaps the New Statesman could employ some fact checkers.
A mainstream politician is talking about repatriation
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.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Yvette Cooper's idea for 1,000 more border control staff is the first practical policy on immigration Labour have come up with.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/yvette-cooper-announces-labours-toughened-stance-on-uk-border-control-9866516.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/yvette-cooper-announces-labours-toughened-stance-on-uk-border-control-9866516.html
An increasingly second rate society
Interesting article about Scottish Labour by Eric Shaw (Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Stirling) http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-troubles-of-scottish-labour/?utm_content=buffer37b7d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
I think however he overlooks how migration from Scotland has drained the region of political leadership leaving the SNP unchallenged.
Most people of talent and ability in Scotland vote with their feet and leave.
By default over decades it has become an increasingly second rate society (this is not meant as a slur - if the first rate segment of a population is continually siphoned off the second rate will increasingly predominate, which is why the banal SNP with its amateur policies is successful).
I think however he overlooks how migration from Scotland has drained the region of political leadership leaving the SNP unchallenged.
Most people of talent and ability in Scotland vote with their feet and leave.
By default over decades it has become an increasingly second rate society (this is not meant as a slur - if the first rate segment of a population is continually siphoned off the second rate will increasingly predominate, which is why the banal SNP with its amateur policies is successful).
Monday, November 17, 2014
Tartan curtain?
What is going on here?
http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2014/11/17/coalition-s-nhs-reforms-stoke-tension-on-scottish-border
What is going on here?
http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2014/11/17/coalition-s-nhs-reforms-stoke-tension-on-scottish-border
On Daily Politics just now David Lammy MP has just condemned Ken Livingstone's incitement to harass government commissioners by making their private lives (at their homes) "intolerable".
Presumably the conspiracy laws can be used against Mr Livingstone.
Under the Human Rights Act the commissioners will have a right to a family life.
Presumably the conspiracy laws can be used against Mr Livingstone.
Under the Human Rights Act the commissioners will have a right to a family life.
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