Immigration

This issue above all others unfortunately has become the most contentious issue in the last 10 years. I believe there has to be a debate about this and something has to be done. Over the last few years we have seen the debate around immigration pushed to one side and anyone who has dared to stand up and speak about it has been shouted down with the accusation that they are racist. I do find this situation both shocking and disheartening, how can it be racist to stand up and speak out about something that really concerns you. Recently we have found out under the freedom of information act that this policy of mass immigration was decided upon by this Labour government to make our country more multicultural and to gain more votes ( it seems that more immigrants are likely to vote Labour than any other party).

When I have spoken to people about immigration I have always tried to emphasise the issue of mass immigration not immigration, this country has always been a country that has welcomed immigrants. Ironically it does seem that this policy has shot Labour in the foot. I would say that this country as a whole has always been a very tolerant country but over recent years we have seen a growing intolerance towards immigrants, this has been shown by the rise in support for the BNP. I have spoken to many people on the streets and on door steps and this issue always comes up in conversation, and we are not talking about jack booted Nazi thugs, we are talking about normal people who have concerns but feel they are not being listened to. Someone once said "The greatest need of the human heart is to be heard" and I believe this to be true, politicians need to start listening and need to do something about this issue.

For me immigration brings a number of issues which I could go into great detail about but I want to highlight just this one and that is SPACE. I have found when talking to people that we have all got our opinions on things, when listening to politicians you know that they are trying to put some sort of political spin so I have decided to stick to the facts. I believe this country is too crowded, and being very densely populated can bring huge problems. Lets look at some facts:

The United Kingdom has a population of over 61 million.

Great Britain in now the most densely populated country in Europe (it was Holland until last year).

Great Britain is now the 3rd most densely populated country in the world after South Korea and Bangladesh (this is with countries of more than 10 million).

Russia (largest country in the world with 11 time zones) population 140 million. The UK has a population about 43% of Russia and you could fit the UK into Russia about 70 times.

Canada (2nd largest country) population 33.4 million.

Australia (5th largest country) population 21.2 million.

Argentina (8th largest country) population 41 million.

Kazakhstan (largest landlocked country) population 15.4 million.

New Zealand (10,000 sq miles bigger than the UK) population 4.2 million.

Norway (25,000 sq miles bigger than the UK) population 4.6 million.

Sweden (64,000 sq miles bigger than the UK) population 9 million.

Thailand and France have similar size populations but are both over twice the size of the UK.

Last fact, the state of Wyoming in the USA is 3000 sq miles bigger than the UK but has a population the size of Suffolk (600,000).

I could list many more countries and give you many more facts but I think this highlights one issue above any others. Until something is done we will see the rise of the far right and as we all know from history this can bring huge problems. I personally believe that immigration needs to be stopped for 5 years, just so we can see who is in this country. There are many undesirables (criminals) who are abusing our open borders policy. I do think it is ironic that as this government wants to clamp down more and more on personal freedoms with ID cards greater surveillance and with the added threat of terrorism we are continuing to let anyone who wants to come into this country do so.

One last thought, we have many millions of unemployed in this country, over 187,000 people have lost their jobs in the construction industry alone in the last 18 months, why are we allowing foreigners into this country when we haven't got enough jobs for those who are living here already.