Should we have been given a referendum on becoming a Multi-cultured nation?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....multicultural-UK.html

Forget a referendum as to whether we should have joined the ECC.

Forget a referendum as to whether we should have invaded a foreign country.

Forget a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

Forget a referendum as to whether we should alter our voting procedure.

More important than all these is, why wasn't the British people given a referendum on whether or not we should have become a "Multi Cultural" Britain?

Now we have a "Broken Britain" with well over half of the population wishing to leave the country, given the chance.

[Quinlad]

All of those are reasons to not want to, rather than reasons not to be able to.

It's harder to get a mortgage than a visa. And if you can get a driving license sorted, you can find flights and accomodation. It's not rocket science.

[Oneeyedvic]

In your hypothetical AOG, what year should this referendum have taken place?

[anotheoldgit]

Rev Sermon
If our immigrants, were prepared to accept that they have now chosen to reside in a European country, instead of trying to convert our country into a copy of the country they chose to leave, then I wouldn't mind.

But they don't, they create ghettos and refuse to integrate into our culture, and our own ruling powers bend over backwards to appease their every wish.

We then witness certain laws either introduced or altered to cater for them.

We see signs, and other information matter, in a multitude of languages all over the place, and our British sky line altered by the construction of Mosques, minaret, and temple domes.

[Oneeyedvic]

Those pesky foreign architectural nightmares - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Pavilion

///The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England. It was built in the early 19th Century as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th Century.///

http://en.wikipedia.o...ki/Elephant_Tea_Rooms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassoon_Mausoleum

[anotheoldgit]

Oneeyedvic

/// What year should this referendum have taken place? ///

Perhaps pre- 1960s

/// By 1960, the numbers of Caribbean migrating to Britain had risen to 49,650; and the rate had increased to 66,300 during the following year.///

/// By 1961 over 100, 000 Indian and Pakistani nationals had taken up residence.///

[anotheoldgit]

Quinlad

What the hell are you talking about,

/// It's harder to get a mortgage than a visa.///????

/// if you can get a driving license sorted, you can find flights and accomodation.///??? (accommodation)

What has any of these got to do with it?

Family commitments, Job prospects, age, health reasons, to name a few.

/// All of those are reasons to not want to, rather than reasons not to be able
to ///.

Family commitments = Perhaps having an aged relative that is dependent upon you.

Job prospects = Perhaps one can't leave because of contracts.

age = can't move because of age and all what that brings, perhaps.

health reasons = Ditto

Therefore all reasons for NOT being able to move abroad.

When you are quite a bit older, with a hell of alot more experience of life, you will know what I mean.

[Quinlad]

The logistics of emigrating are very, very straightforward.

Unless you're physically infirm, you can move house. If you can move house, you can move country. You could be in Spain by bedtime.

Whether you particularly want to or not - because it'd mean leaving behind family, friend, a job or just a familiar way of life - is a different matter. Many people hide behind 'commitments' because they know they can't hack it in a new environment. Your choice I guess, AOG. But it is choice.

Your constant whinging about the way Britain is different from how it used to be demonstrates that you struggle to cope with change or unfamiliarity so I wouldn't expect you to cope very well abroad.

[sp1814]

AOG

If you're trying to say that the children of West Indians do not integrate, you're showing up your ignorance.

Just think about it for a minute...

Yep - are you up to speed?

British culture and West Indian culture are EXTREMELY closely knit.

My guess is that you don't actually know anyone from the West Indies. If you did - you'd understand what a conversational faux pas you've made.

[sp1814]

Any Brit who has a problem with immigration should just leave. Go to a country where Europeans have foisted their culture on a foreign land - Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand.

The Brits who are left (the vast majority) would then be free to live without the constant background noise from the bigots - everyone happy.

Result.