David Cameron On Immigration

[pdq1]

Today he is to give a major speech saying immigrants can be a drain on our society taking up social housing and jobs from the resident population. Is he taking a 180deg turn on this as I cannot remember him being so anti-immigrant before? What has caused his change of views?

[pdq1]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1228011.html
Maybe I should have read this.

[VHG]

What annoys me most about these politicians (such as Clegg last week) talking about immigration is that some of us have been worried about it for years (after seeing the effect it has on some cities).

But most politicians have ignored it and anyone raising it as a concern was branded "racist".

People are not "racist", what they are, if anything, is "numberist" (if there is such a word). It is the NUMBER of immigrants, not their race.

One or two lumps of sugar in your tea and you can still drink it, put 10 or 15 sugar lumps in your tea and it is undrinkable.

And in the last few years we have got to the 10 or 15 lumps level when it comes to immigrants.

But now they are here it is almost impossible to find out who is here legally and who is here illlegally.

Areas of Birmingham are alomst 100% Asian, so unless you went up to every person in the area to check their "papers" you can never find out. And if they tried this there would be an outcry.

We are stuck with them I am afraid.

[emmie]

that he is unpopular even with many in his own party, that it's a huge issue that has not been properly addressed, that Boris Johnson could take his job one day, maybe not now, but one day, and he is looking to the main chance.
One wonders why they didn't notice that councils did this before, give social, council houses to recently arrived families, and it's no good pretending they didn't, because they did.

[anotheoldgit]

It is amazing that criticism of immigration is now being widely accepted, it couldn't possible be the fact that immigrants now being openly objected to happen to be white Europeans, or am I just being somewhat cynical?

[whiskeryron]

DC says '' We will have the toughest immigration policy in the world''. Presumably as usual with all political parties this will be AFTER the next general election to try to drum up votes. We want decisions NOW before it's too late to do anything about it. I am sick to the back teeth with politicians who promise the electorate the earth until they are safe & secure in their little kingdom & then do a complete turn & go into reverse.

WR.

[Gromit]

UKiP.

And the realisation that they have already lost the next general election.

[beegeebee]

The old adage of 'When can you tell when politicians lie' comes to mind!!

[emmie]

WR, it is too late, far too late, you can't undo what has been done, but we have seen some of the fallout from the unrestricted numbers game, and now it's coming home to roost. DC would have been done something years ago when he had the chance, now that's gone and he is proposing something that isn't possible.

[emmie]

should have done, not would..

[jake-the-peg]

//immigrants can be a drain on our society taking up social housing and jobs from the resident population//


I think the figure is 10% of social housing goes to foreign nationals


To listen to some people you'd think that figure was 90%!

[Noth43]

Possibly the rise in popularity of UKIP and the realisation that immigration is a real concern for real people living outside their parliamentary bubble universe, a concern that irks the populace significantly to pull or lose votes could explain why the three parties are apologising and gesturing.
Just words. Cameron is powerless to back up anything his party tells us because the EU will most probably rule it illegal.
Too little too late anyway.

[TWR]

I will give him this, " He's quick" why has it taken so long to suzz this out?

[redvanman]

We could of told this country in 50 & 60 that this is going to happen with out controlled immigration

[whiskeryron]

//
redvanman

We could of told this country in 50 & 60 that this is going to happen with out controlled immigration //

Enoch Powell DID.

WR.

[Sqad]

I can't see what all the fuss is about......many ABers have reassured us on previous threads that aspects of immigration will not put a strain on Health, Education, Benefits and Housing.

I am inclined to believe them..............................;-)

[emmie]

JTP, the matter of social housing going to foreign nationals has been going on a long while, not just lately, the councils themselves were at fault long ago, it caused and still causes dissent with people who have been waiting ages for a home, to import more people, numbers, seems the height of folly. Especially as they have now changed the rules on over occupancy, and some long standing tenants will be asked to move or pay a lot more.

[emmie]

Sqad, assuming that you believe in the tooth fairy and Santa clause, those who think this hasn't had an impact are deluded.

[tamborine]

A bulgarian HGV driver works part time so as not to jeapordise DHSS income for 1disabled plus 2kids. Free home, health & schools etc. more 'labour' from his town due in April.

How do we cope ?

[emmie]

we don't, simple

[TWR]

I have said this before " The Kettle is Boiling"