Rescuing Democracy in the United Kingdom from our current Elected Dictatorship

You will notice that, since New Labour came to power, not a single leading Cabinet member or party 'heavy hitter' has appeared on the programme (BBC's Question Time). 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

 

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The truth they dare not admit

Comment - Daily Mail - June 11, 2004

One shattering moment of candour lays bare the Government's dishonesty over asylum and immigration. In sworn evidence at a trial of alleged people-traffickers, a top investigator from the National Criminal Intelligence Service reveals that immigration could be six times higher than official statistics suggest.

Robert Owen's testimony exposes a system hopelessly out of control, even though he can't tell us all he knows, as most of his information is 'highly classified'. Quite why material of such hute public interest should be kept secret can only be wondered at. Is it because the details are politically embarrassing?

Whatever, the things he can reveal are chilling enough. At one stage, he says, 1,000 people a day were claiming asylum at Heathrow though there are an 'unbelievable' number of illegal routes into Britain too. As part of a huge criminal racket, lorry drivers are paid up to £3,000 to sneak people in, while violent Chinese gangsters bribe boat-owners all over Europe to become smugglers.

No wonder our immigration system is imploding under the pressure. Because it can't cope most migrants are simply granted a temporary residence permit, only to disappear without trace. Even the expert Mr Owen can't 'guesstimate' the number of foreign nationals living here illegally. Tens, or hundreds of thousands? He just doesn't know. And neither, it seems, does anyone else in our ruling establishment.

In a damning declaration Mr Owen says 'it was accepted (by the Government) that the true figure of immigration wa considerably higher than the official figure'. In other words, Whitehall's statistics are worthless - a truth politicians dare not admit.

This isn't a question of whether or not immigration is a good thing (though this paper has consistently argued that properly managed migration could be of considerable benefit). No. this is about a Government that has lost control of our borders and is desperately trying to patch up the NHS and education - not to mention concreting over much of Southern England to provide more housing - without the faintest idea who is living here or how many will need such services.

One thing is sure: our rulers will go on trying to deceive us with half-truths and platitudes on this vital issue. Mr Owen's evidence has revealed some bleak truths about this cynicism. Is it any wonder politicians are distrusted and despised?