tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post7762353376932746958..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Refugees...the Conservative case for welcomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-71409262448068896942015-09-11T14:20:27.861+01:002015-09-11T14:20:27.861+01:00Like half of this city, I have a Polish grandfathe...Like half of this city, I have a Polish grandfather of my own, though he died in 1976 and I never met him.<br /><br />And I commend to you Rush (who else) expressing their views of the migrant crisis and a whole lot else:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MWzDKE4zbYasquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-83904802957466650452015-09-10T23:04:37.110+01:002015-09-10T23:04:37.110+01:00When the Kosovan-Serbian war resulted in many refu...When the Kosovan-Serbian war resulted in many refugees, I phoned a government department to offer a home for a family. Now, I wouldn't and it saddens me that my heart has hardened so much. Why? Where do I begin? An understanding that Labour set about on an open-door immigration policy with the aim of securing a constituency; the knowledge that, despite the fact that I've never claimed benefits and have paid huge amounts to the Government, should I find myself homeless, the state wouldn't help me; being shouted down as a racist because I see those who would destroy our Western values being appeased at the expense of liberties which have taken centuries to win; because I see in the media images of so-called refugees who arrogantly,dismissively reject the offers of food and water, because I see people not fleeing fron persecution but demanding entry to the country of their choice; because the UK is so hidebound to regulation,laws and political correctness that those well-meaning people who have offered their home to a refugee might well find that they're on the wrong side if there's disagreement between them and their guests. Because I see Government riding roughshod over popular opinion, making decisions whch a policcally expedient. As far as the 'migrant crisis' as it's being dubbed in the popular press is concerned, I see a PM who has blown with the wind.<br /><br />I was born and brought up in the UK (Scottish but livijg in England for many years). I'm going to raise an issue which you might think is a small matter but it has informed my happiness and my attitude towards politicians in the last 8 years: it is the smoking ban - leaving aside the issue of immigration, I since 1st July have felt that I, and my fellow smokers, have enjoyed a demonization that would never be accorded to any other group. IU see the likes of Anjam Choudray being accordeed a respect by the likes of the BBC whilst I, as a smoker, am treated as if I'm a piece of dirt.<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-65360058517338551152015-09-10T20:31:59.048+01:002015-09-10T20:31:59.048+01:00There is a key difference. All those Poles, Ukrai...There is a key difference. All those Poles, Ukrainians and Hungarians who fled in terror and ended up in places like Bradford started their new lives in small ghettos but where are they now ? They've almost completely vanished because they progressively integrated into the local community, gradually moving out from their old-nationality-ghetto-lives and mixing into the leafier suburbs as they became established and wealthier.<br />Compare and contrast with the predominently Asian/ME influx over the past 50+ years. Guess what, they're still in their ghettos, even the successful ones, they simply build their houses bigger (sometimes stupidly-big for the locality, ably helped by Council planners for some unexplained reasons, you decide), but always in the same place, so the ghetto just gets bigger and integration never happens.<br />And that's why so many folk don't want more non-integrating immigration - they don't mind immigration per se, they just don't want ghettos, and they know that's what they'll get with the latest batch. It's called learning fron experience - try it sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-45007061148432016692015-09-10T20:00:01.116+01:002015-09-10T20:00:01.116+01:00Great postGreat postHugo Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705056750207255618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-13988306488610520602015-09-10T19:23:30.804+01:002015-09-10T19:23:30.804+01:00Of course we can "welcome a few Syrian refuge...Of course we can "welcome a few Syrian refugees", and no doubt that will make us all feel better about ourselves as caring, compassionate citizens of the world.<br /><br />So how many, in your view, is the "few" that you think the UK should accept? Half a dozen? A hundred? A thousand? A million?<br /><br />Without specifics, this is all just attitudinising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com