A proposed election flyer for the BNP ca 2002. Plus ça change...:
Immigration Fairy-tales from the Three Wise MenImage:
Blair, Duncan-Smith and Kennedy.
Head and shoulders pose in wizard outfits. Party insignia on pointed hat.
Not as Gandalf or Merlin, but Mickey Mouse in the Sorceror’s Apprentice from ‘Fantasia’
“Immigrants contribute GBP 2.5 billion to the Exchequer...”So claimed a Home Office report issued in 2001, often parroted since by immigration enthusiasts in the media. However it’s false and misleading on several counts. First, the ‘migrants’ in the survey include not just permanent immigrants and asylum seekers - predominantly low-skilled and low-waged - but also highly paid specialists and managers from international companies on temporary assignment in Britain. They pay high taxes and full NI contributions but then return to their home countries, unlike the other migrants who stay on and get to enjoy full advantage of generous UK welfare, health and pension arrangements.
The second major flaw in the claim that the report ignores the massive expenditure on infrastructure for housing, schooling, transport, and health and social services for the projected 250,000 annual influx. Deputy PM ‘Two Jags’ Prescott is even now trying to strong-arm reluctant communities across the South East to accept massive house-building programmes in precious open space, houses that would not need to be built except to accommodate current and planned future influxes of immigrants.
“Immigrants bring important new skills...”
21st Century Britain must build on its brilliant heritage of innovation in science and technology to develop world leadership in modern industries such as biotechnology, environmental engineering, aerospace, robotics, fuel cells, and alternative energy. Unfortunately none of the countries sending the most immigrants – Pakistan, Somalia, Yugoslavia, India, Turkey, Nigeria, Bangladesh –are noted for their scientific and technical achievements so it’s hard to see how immigration improves Britain’s skill-base.
“Immigrants fill unwanted jobs and protect our pensions...”
Immigration provides a constantly replenishing pool of cheap and pliant labour. This deters business and the public sector from investing in retraining and from capital investment to replace outdated processes and technology. Britain still has 1.5 unemployed, and a further 2.2 million people who have left the labour force for welfare. It is nonsense to suggest that the jobs currently taken by immigrants could not be filled by native Britons. If employers were made to provide a decent living wage, and opportunities for job-related education and training, local workers would re-enter the labour force. Why is Britain alone in Europe in needing to import doctors, nurses and teachers from the third world? Including 8000 nurses last year from the Philippines alone? The answer is not lack of native candidates for these opportunities but government bungling and corporate greed and short-sightedness.
“Immigration creates new jobs...”
Yes it does – but primarily for other immigrants. South Asians own 70% of independent retail outlets, but employ very few native Britons. Many other immigrants find work in the public sector, but this often entails providing social services for ethnic minority groups (32% of Home Office staff is now from an ethnic minority). The massive growth in the ethnic population results in an ever-expanding client base for the public sector. Even after 50 years of non-stop mass immigration, not one immigrant-created private enterprise has emerged that provides significant job opportunities for native Britons.
“Immigration enriches our culture...”Well, maybe. But the overwhelming majority of immigrants don’t come from cultures that most Britons would find admirable or ‘enriching’. Ritual slaughter. genital mutilation, forced marriage, rampant gang warfare, ethnic conflicts, drugs, guns and street crime are all imported ‘enrichments’ that were almost unknown before Britain launched on its multicultural experiment. For every Isaiah Berlin, immigration has delivered us fifty Yardie Gangsters. We pay a heavy hidden price for those ethnic restaurants, colourful dress fabrics, and exciting new music styles.
It’s Your Choice
Image - The LibLabCon Vision:
Dysfunctional third world scene e.g.
Victoria Station in Bombay at rush-hour, people on carriage roofs etc, or
Smog-bound cityscape, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, or
Rundown ethnic shopping area in English town, foreign signs and Halal butcher prominent
Image: The BNP Vision
Bucolic English village – the green, children playing, women chatting, cosy cottages, church spire
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