Questions on immigration
LETTERS Despite the ever-present surveillance of the loony liberal "opinion politzei", reports have begun to appear in the press with increasing frequency, warning of the detrimental, and destabilising effect, mass immigration is having on this country.
Even Frank Field, a much respected former Labour front bench spokesman, has, in a series of articles repeatedly voiced grave concerns.
He is right of course. Our major cities can no longer be described, apart from their geography, as being English. Many more politicians, not to mention significant numbers of the indigenous population, share Mr Field's and the other commentators' concerns, but are reluctant to peep above the parapets and give the politically correct mafia a target.
Alas, however, these warning conjure up phrases consisting of words, including, horses, stable doors, and bolting. Four decades of the lunacy of mass immigration into this small island, a lunacy which continues unabated has already irrevocably altered our English way of life, and how we see ourselves.
We have become, as we are all aware, in the favoured terminology of the condition, a multi-cultural society, a term which could be a euphemistic description for a fragmented population, made up of diverse communities, living together, but regrettably lacking in sufficiently meaningful integration, each with its own agenda, motivation, culture, and loyalties, with only perhaps, an anaemic, diluted allegiance and sense of patriotism towards this country.
With strict regulation, and careful selection, immigration can be an invaluable asset to a host nation, not solely for economic reasons, but also for positive cultural exchange and enlightenment. Regrettably the British experience in controlling our immigration is devoid of any connection with the aforementioned criteria, or for that matter common sense.
Nevertheless, it must be said that the British people generally, are content or at least indifferent to the numbers coming in. They must be. They have after all, over the last 40 years, consistently voted into power the political parties whose governments and policies are responsible for the place we now find ourselves. It's a place many of us would rather not be. In the words of an old English maxim: We have made our beds, and now we must lie on them.
John Reed, Westering Parkway, Bushbury
