Who’s Got Your Vote?
Published by Niall J Rice on March 3rd, 2010 in UK immigration

We are within spitting distance of the next general election, an event that has been as ignored and distanced from by the people that wield the sword of power as it has been the antithesis for ‘Dave’ and his cronies for the last few years.
This is the main event – the shadowy characters of the Tory party have been waiting for this since Cameron was convincingly voted ahead of David Davis by a margin of 2:1 in 2005, this is the chance to wrestle the pendulum of public opinion back onto their side. For the political party that was tarnished for what at the time seemed like it would last more than the 13-years it has now been stands a real chance of achieving the top spot.
So does anyone care? Or should that be what’s the difference?
For what we are faced with is a Conservative party that looks for all intents and purposes a fake ‘people’ party, just as New Labour proved to be.
Who can forget the cheesy smiles and the Brit poppers, in Tony’s lav. snorting their naughty powders, while the party churned out the theme tune that things can only get better? Well they did, they couldn’t get much worse, but for all of 5-minutes. We now know the Labour party as much for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (and the belligerence that was pursued) as much as we do for Mo Mowlam and the Irish peace process.
However, what we see before us is a less convincing caricature of the early years of the terrible twosome, just as Vic and Bob are a slightly familiar aperitif of Morecombe and Wise, so too are Dave and George a not so funny Tony and Gord.
For the haphazard stock-brokers son, educated at Eton and wishing to regain power for the Tories is a lot more unconvincing as the man of the people than the effervescent Blair of the 90’s succeeded in portraying.
UK Immigration and the general election
A recent study put the subject of UK immigration as in the top 3 considerations of voters when choosing a party to vote for. This was flawlessly anticipated by the suspected staff batterer currently running the country, with a raft of measures to counteract the predictable attempts by the Conservatives to embarrass the Government just before Christmas. This included a clampdown on fraudulent student visas, a new points-based system for UK visas and probationary periods for new migrants. This has had the effect that both parties’ are near enough identical when in comes to UK immigration policy.
The only noticeable difference is that the Tories have introduced a proviso that if they win the general election they would limit numbers into the country to considerably less than has been proposed by Labour. The limit being touted would be 50,000 non-EU immigrants a year, this they claim would ensure that the country’s population does not surpass the 70million mark by 2030 (the much reported figure a few months ago if UK immigration continues at the same pace).
The consequence of this on economic growth is not yet known, and it is doubtful the powers at ‘Dave’ HQ have thought that far ahead.
This new policy is clearly aimed at addressing a perceived chink in Labour’s foreign policy, although the effect of such might just backfire.
The actions of the Conservatives in making this exaggerated move might appeal to a few that are unclear on the subject, and I am not dis-regarding the real need of a lot of people that are finding it difficult to secure jobs, however, what about all the people that can look beyond spin? This isn’t Australia, our elections are not won on anti-immigration rhetoric, we are an open (most people) and friendly (some people) country that is much more multi-cultural and diverse, this history dates back to the 50’s. Our country is made up of immigrants that now call themselves British.
We need a debate on this issue as soon as possible, otherwise some might just be taken in by the Conservatives naïve attempt to capitalise on the BNP vote. What we need in this country now, at a time when jobs are scarce and the economy suffering, is a more controlled approach to UK immigration – and not a political party that we know from history will say anything to get what they want and who have implemented a better salesman than Gordon Brown.




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