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David Cameron: migration threatens our way of life
In his most forthright speech on the issue since he became Prime Minister, he will say that mass immigration has led to "discomfort and disjointedness" in neighbourhoods because some migrants have been unwilling to integrate or learn English.

Pledging to cut the numbers entering Britain to tens of thousands, rather than hundreds of thousands, Mr Cameron will say that "for too long, immigration has been too high".

He will also promise to "stamp out" forced marriages, saying that "cultural sensitivity" cannot be allowed to stop the Government from acting.

In the speech to party members in Hampshire, the Prime Minister will attack Labour for claiming it was racist to talk about immigration, saying it is "untruthful and unfair" not to speak about the issue, however uncomfortable.
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Posted by: tipper || 04/14/2011 03:50 || Comments || Link || [11143 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Gee, it's as though they don't teach real history anymore. Here's one principle from history - it's more fun doing it to others than to have others do it to you.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/14/2011 8:48 Comments || Top||

#2  The whole idea was for liberals to destroy Britain. Same thing with letting millions of illegal Mexicans into America. It's soft genocide.
Posted by: gromky || 04/14/2011 9:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Soft genocide...sounds like an extremely politically incorrect thing to say but exactly the kind of thing an @$$hole like Bill Clinton would do. I like it.

I've been thinking some lately about this Lybian thing. I was wondering if it really could be all about oil since I know good and well it has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any humanitarian considerations as has been claimed. But then, how could it be about oil? Daffy kept the oil flowing, did he not? So what's the problem? I mean, really?

That's when it occurred to me that it might have something to do with immigration and colonization. It seems that Europe lately has been undergoing a process of reverse colonization. People from former colonies like Pakistan and Algeria have been migrating to Europe and, in their own disorganized way, colonizing Europe.

Have Cameron and Sarkozy gotten wise to it? Could it be? And, if so, what would they do about it?

If you think about why people leave cat boxes like Lybia, Algeria or Pakistan it's obvious that the conditions created by the post-colonial governments and the prevailing Muslim cultures there are hell on earth.

Could it be that Cameron and Sarkozy are planning to re-colonize North Africa with the aim of making those places more livable? Do they think they could stem or even reverse the tide of migration from the cat boxes to Europe? Or is that too sinister a thought to even think about?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 04/14/2011 12:21 Comments || Top||

#4  I suspect NATO acting in Libya in an attempt to halt Kadaffi from killing civilians indeed has to do with trying prevent a massive influx of refugees from crossing the Med.

From places like Bahrain it would be difficult to take a boat to Europe (would required getting through the Suez Canal), but from Libya any old fishing vessel would do.
Posted by: Chemist || 04/14/2011 19:11 Comments || Top||


RAF training cuts leave Typhoons idle
The Ministry of Defence announced last week that RAF Typhoons would drop bombs on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's tanks and other ground targets. But so far this has not happened, because the planes' pilots are not considered to be properly trained in ground attacks.

In a further embarrassment, laser targeting pods for the Typhoons, which cost £160 million, have been left in packing crates because the RAF has not been able to pay for its pilots to train to use them.

Four of the 10 Typhoons based at Gioia del Colle in southern Italy were to be sent on bombing missions until the RAF realised that pilots were not qualified to drop weapons. A National Audit Office report this year said that only eight of their pilots were trained in ground attack operations.

The cuts in Typhoon pilot training were ordered by the last government, but the Coalition confirmed the plans in the Strategic Defence and Security Review in October. RAF chiefs told the audit office that to save money, they would not begin training all Typhoon pilots in ground attacks until at least 2014.
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Posted by: Pappy || 04/14/2011 01:01 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Coming soon, to a North American country near you!

Likely this was the step just prior to grounding all the Typhoons forever to support the socialist dream.
Posted by: Bobby || 04/14/2011 7:36 Comments || Top||

#2  The Brits had to buy the Typhoon (i.e., EuroFighter) but they weren't required to fly them.
Posted by: Steve White || 04/14/2011 9:14 Comments || Top||

#3  It's not too much of a problem as the Tornado is a specialist ground attack plane and the one they are mainly using.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 04/14/2011 10:45 Comments || Top||



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