Silent Majority Speaks
Rescuing Democracy in the United Kingdom from our current Elected Dictatorship
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Spin,
not face-to-face confrontations with the voters, is the Government's
chosen method of communication. Ordinary people are dangerous. Ordinary
people might ask a question which throws a politician 'off message';
the Cabinet member might reveal himself or herself to be a human being
like us, and not a programmed android. Worse still, he or she might
tell the truth.
Ann Leslie - Daily Mail, September 16, 2004
Blair wants to leave his
mark on history - looks more like a stain to me.
Peter Thorndyke, Diss,
Norfolk - Daily Mail, May 23, 2005
I know I'm me - why do I
need an ID card?
"Sorry, officers, I
don't have an ID card. I never applied for one. It seemed a bit steep
at 300 quid. I do have my free passport, my driving licence and my
London freedom travel pass, each with my photograph. I have my NHS
medical card, with its lengthy number, given me at birth, my RAF
service book with my Armed Forces number, and a chit authorising me to
wear a few gongs -including a General Service Medal with Malaya bar,
for fighting communist terrorists on behalf of my country, or so they
told me.
"I've also got various credit
cards and store cards, all with my signature on the back, generally
good for buying the everyday requrements for life as well as the odd
luxury. If you decide to arrest me, I suppose I'll have to be
photographed and given another number, besides my PINs.
"I'm afraid I haven't got a
pension book; it was taken away."
"By thieves, sir?"
"No ... well, not exactly. By the
Government. By the way, may I see your warrant cards please, gentlemen?"
Oh dear, they've disappeared. E.
Harry Gumer, Romford, ESSEX - Daily Mail, June 1, 2005
NO means NO
When does NO mean MAYBE?
When it's not the answer the EU wants. With the courageous French
NON resounding in their ears, shabby, undemocratic self-interested
leaders of Europe propose ignoring the part of their precious
constitution that requires ratification by all members and
continuing without one of the biggest founder members to
prevent derailing the gravy train.
As in Ireland,
they refuse to accept any NO votes, ignoring the will of the people,
and re-stage votes until they can engineer the 'correct' answer. Sadly,
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw dances to their tune like a puppet on a
string. With tactics such as these, how can anyone really believe the
EU has our interests at heart. Letter from Steve Penny, Kingsnorth, Kent - Daily
Mail, June1, 2005
Surely
the French result makes the £1million the EU recently spent on a
treaty signing ceremony seem a trifle premature and extravagant. Letter from Keith Wiseman, Bury, Lancs. - Daily Mail,
June1, 2005
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Britain has
traditionally been one of the biggest net contributors to the EU
because we do not get as much money back from Brussels in farm and
regional subsidies as our rivals.
According to
Treasury figures, between 1995-2002, Britain's average contribution
taking the rebate into account, was £2.6billion, or £43.55
per head of population.
The French -
the biggest recipient of farm subsidies - contributed £1billion a
year or £16.08 per head of their population.
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Tony
Blair should know that respect comes by example - from the
top. If a country's leader has no respect for the rule of
international law and no respect for the truth, how can
he expect anyone to have respect. Letter
from P.J.Atkinson, Ashford, Kent - Daily Mail, January 12,
2006
The
Chancellor's single greatest act of vandalism in almost
nine years in office has been his wanton destruction of
Britain's private retirement industry. By slapping a massive
tax on pension funds, now worth
£7.3billion a year, he has helped to turn
the best private retirement industry in Europe into a basket-case
in perpetual crisis. Together with the adoption of European
accounting rules - which make it much riskier to operate
a company pension scheme - hundreds of firms have shut their
final salary plans to new employees and slashed benefits
to existing staff. From
Allister Heath: "I've seen the future and its grey"
in THE SPECTATOR - April 15, 2006
Nine
years ago the British people were sold a fantasy of clean
and competent government of principle and honesty. Its shiny
wrappings stripped away, the product now reveals its true
nature: Personal greed, arrogance, incompetence, shamelessness,
rash warmongering and an inability to accept - as is clear
to almost everyone else - that it is time to go. Editorial
- The Mail on Sunday, May 28, 2006
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June
29, 2006 (1146 days since war ended)
Death
Toll: 2529 US - 113 UK - >300,000? civilians - 25 media
August
11, 2006 (1203 days since war ended)
Death
Toll: 2597 US - 115 UK - >300,000? civilians - 25 media
August
18, 2006 (1210 days since war ended)
Death
Toll: 2601 US - 115 UK - >300,000? civilians - 25 media
Home
Office 'ignores tips on illegal migrants'
Half
of the information from employers is not acted upon, say job agencies
By
James Slack - Home Affairs Editor - Daily Mail, August 18, 2006
John
Reid's promise to hunt down illegal immigrants was exposed as
a sham yesterday when it emerged that his officials are ignoring
half the tip-offs they receive from employers. They are turning
a blind eye to illegal immigrants working because they are too
busy trying to hit Tony Blair's target for deporting failed asylum
seekers.
Beyond
parody
Comment
- Daily Mail, August 18, 2006
What
an eye-catching initiative it seemed, just three weeks
ago, when the Home Office trumpeted a robust new approach
to illegal migration. Yes, as part of an ambitious action
plan to 'inspire a culture of public service, passion
and pride' in our shambolic immigration system, we were
all encouraged to ring the Crimestoppers line and shop
unscrupulous employers who profit from cheap illegal labour.
But
now we discover what happens when anyone tries. Nothing.
Zero. Zilch. According to a jaw-dropping probe by the
BBC, the Immigration Service doesn't want to know. Tip-offs
from the public tend to end up in the nearest bin.
And
why? Officials are so busy trying to hit Tony Blair's
target for deporting failed asylum seekers they they don't
have the time for other things. Employment agencies don't
bother to report their suspicions, because it would be
a waste of effort.
When
New Labour has presided over such a huge increase in the
public payroll - up to 600,000 since 1997 - you might
suppose the Immigration Service would have all the staff
it needs. But nor. Just 1,500 officials are left to cope
as best they can - and of course are overwhelmed.
This
Government long ago lost control of our borders and admits
it has no idea how many illegals are living here. It doesn't
even try to find out. And all it offers a worried public
is self-serving spin.
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Managers
have been told they stand no chance of promotion unless they please
the Prime Minister. As a result, they do not bother with the hundreds
of thousands of people suspected of working illegally in the UK.
The
revelation blows a hold in the Home Secretary's pledge to crack
down on illegal workers - who have been employed mistakenly by
his own department on at least seven separate occasions.
Last
month, Mr Reid urged the public to call Crimestoppers with intelligence
about unscrupulous employers. But, according to the Recruitment
and Employment Confederation, which represents employment agencies,
immigration officials do not want to know.
Its
survey found that 77% of agencies have seen identity papers and
work permits they suspect to be false - confirming the massive
industry in fake documents. Most reported their findings to the
immigration service immediately, but in 47% of cases no decisive
action was taken.
In
one alarming case, an employer was told to give a fake passport
back to an illegal immigrant because it was 'their property'.
It left the migrant free to try to con another employer.
Employment
agencies say they have piles of boxes of suspicious documents.
Marcia Roberts, acting chief executive of the REC, said: "The
Home Office needs to fulfill its side of the bargain if it expects
greater reporting of suspected illegal workers from businesses.
It is clear that REC members currently have no confidence in the
immigration system - our members have given numerous examples
of these reports not being followed up."
John
Tincey, of the Immigration Service Union, said there was pressure
from the 'top' of the Home Office to hit Mr Blair's asylum target.
This involves more failed refugees being booted out every month
than there are new unfounded claims.
He
added: "The reason they don't arrest these illegal immigrants
is because they are told not to by their managers. It has been
the situation for a number of years because the priorities set
by the Home Office are to arrest failed asylum seekers, and other
immigration offences - such as illegal working - are very much
on the back burner.
"What
happens now is when this kind of information comes in, it's sent
to an intelligence section who will assess it and pass it on to
a taking group of managers. The managers will then decide whether
it should be taken forward, or whether other work is more important.
Basically, failed asylum seekers are the only priority and when
you talk to managers what they say is, 'My job is on the line.
If I don't achieve my target for removing failed asylum seekers
I will be moved or I won't get promoted, that's the target I'm
being assessed on and that's the target I'm going to put all my
resources into."
The
latest controversy follows a series of leaked memos telling staff
to concentrate on failed refugees only. Staff have been warned
there is no room in detention centres for anybody other than failed
asylum seekers and foreign criminals, so to let illegal immigrants
go free. Many are not detained in case they decide to claim asylum.
Shadow
Home Secretary David Davis said: "This should come as no
surprise. The government has form for waving through and turning
a blind eye to illegal immigrants or those with suspect documentation.
Three years ago, a minister lost her job over it."
A
Home Office spokesman said: "Resources and operations always
have to be prioritised. Provisional management information indicates
that there were over 40,000 non- asylum removals in 2005, of which
over 12,000 were as a result of in-country enforcement action.
The Government has made it clear that it will take a robust approach
to removing people from the country where they have no legal right
to be here."
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