Liberal Democrats UK immigration policy stands up to criticism
April 20 2010 by Niall J Rice
An unlikely supporter in the form of Boris Johnson
Since Nick Cleggs remarkable rise to the top of most YouGov polls courtesy of the live TV debate shown last week, certain media outlets have started to delve deeper into the party’s policies and proposals if they did in fact win the general election.
This has brought about, unsurprisingly, condemnation from most right-wing publications that feel this usurping of the electorate to be unfair to their political allegiances. Writing in the Daily Mail today Leo McKinstry has let off a barrage of criticisms aimed at the political party’s immigration policy.
The feeling he levies at the newly popular Lib Dems is that their idea’s about UK visas and an amnesty on illegal immigrants living here for more than 10 years are as disastrous as Labour’s ‘open borders’ strategy of the last decade.
“The truth is that, once granted, an amnesty would act as a magnet for migrants from all over the world.”
This view is however, interestingly, not shared by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The floppy haired Conservative has said that he believes an amnesty on immigrants through earned citizenship would be an excellent idea.
This both sides agree would be based on factors such as amount of time living in the UK, no criminal record and proof that they contribute to the society in which they live.
So while it appears the national newspapers that are clearly in favour of a Conservative government, feel that the Tories and Lib Dems are miles apart in terms of a strategy for UK immigration. The coming together of idea’s from the London Mayor and the Liberal Democrat leader serves as an indication that they are not as crazy as is being goaded.
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