http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/97168 /Immigrant-housing-alert- The MP for Birkenhead said: "For many years, probably a generation, immigration has been a no-go area to British politics. Those who have raised the subject have been insulted, abused and, all too often, silenced." How very true this has been, but now we are more free to have open debate on this subject, have we now left it too late?
There is at the moment an all out debate on the issue of the Gurkhas being prevented from taking up residence in the UK.
But the fact remains we do not have room for them. It does not only stop at the individual Gurkha but their families also will follow, and if we allow one in everyone will have the right also.
Serving members who live here should of course have every right to remain here and draw on any of the benefits that are available to everyone else.
But those that live in Nepal, should remain in their own country. Just because they fought on the Allies side during WW2 should make no difference. If this was the criteria for seeking admission into the UK, then almost every nation who fought on our side would be allowed the right to reside here, and that situation would be untenable.