But we have never ever voted for the EUification, it is quite simply treason, we were told it was a simple trade agreement, there is no loss of essential sovereignty, Neither have we ever voted to be ethnically cleansed from our own Country, In 50 yrs we will be Minorities....this is a deliberate Genocide to drown out the British and the British Vote.....Jack Straw said as much when he said, 'The British are not worth saving as a race'
This must be Stopped.

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/865

Adrian Peirson, Luton , Britain Beds

18.11.07 Rod's 'Comment' on hare coursing & fox hunting hit the nail squarely on the head. I was a police officer for 22 years until an injury on duty forced me to retire early. During my service in Cumbria where there are many hunts we attended meetings regularly 'to prevent breaches of the peace' which translated to keeping the protestors off the hunters backs & out of their way. Now try & get a police officer to attend a hunt & stop then from committing offences against the act. I guarantee they will not attend but ask the public to gather evidence. Other forces would put police helicopters in the air when 'hunt sabs' were abroad, now you'd be lucky if they sent a local officer to observe a hunt's illegal activities. I did my duty according to the law & I was still a police officer would expect to do so when these people hunt illegally. It's an open secret that they do, just visit any of their websites. The Countryside Alliance openly brags about 'carrying on as before'. Thanks Rod

S. Wood, Workington, U.K.

Dear Rod. I really admire British nation and its history, I value your culture and I learn English because I want to know you, British people, better. But I don't understand you. Honestly, how can you blame us - the immigrants - for the natural result of European Union? Did you hear about it? Do you know how it works? I know that United Kingdom is one and only, you have your pints, you drive your cars on the left side of the road, you have separately hot and cold water in the sink and so on... But you are in the European Union. Don't forget it.
And I'm not surprised that British people find their luck in another EU (or not EU) countries. We are living in the free world and everyone can choose. Unless you are the Pole who needs visa to go to the United States...

Adriana, London, Poland

Dear Rod, I understand your feelings. It’s human nature to feel brotherhood with those similar to us. I feel the same, for all those who are like me - honest and hard worker. And I despise all that are dishonest and/or lazy. Nationalities are irrelevant, obviously. Don’t you agree?!
Economics: immigrants are on average higher qualified/educated than natives, particularly compared with the British pensioners emigrants to sunnier places. (By the way, should the Spanish government also force them to learn Spanish? Or deny free health care?)
Immigrants earn higher average salaries, and claim less benefits. Immigrants have a net positive effect on the NHS (higher share of immigrants health workers than patients), and offer the same net benefit in most sectors.
Rod, you have been selecting data, tendentiously. Perhaps as consequence of bad company, or personal bitterness, I don’t know. My friend, it saddens me to inform you, but you have become a xenophobe.
Think straight, man!

Laura Fox, Chichester, Sussex

Pitiful...

Dave Hill, London, UK

Wonderfully ironic to hear British people complaining about all the horrid foreigners coming in and crowding their shores - and then recommending as the solution that Brits should emigrate! At least there won't be any frightful, menacing immigrants to contend with in Spain, Australia or the USA...

Except for them of course but they're nice white people with savings. And degrees in IT management.

MB, Edinburgh,

When I first became comfortable thanks to being the kind of "productive Brit" Mr Liddle fantasises about, I looked at the options. I couldn't find anywhere "nice" that didn't feature hurricanes, blizzards, drought, floods, wars, earthquakes, eastenders, lack of museums, or lack of concerts. Switzerland came close (except for the blizzards), but I'm not going anywhere that has posters telling you you're not welcome....

The only real downside of life in Britain is the writers of op-ed pieces in newspapers. And it sounds like as soon as they're saved up enough pennies they'll be off anyway.

Ian Kemmish, Biggleswade, UK

It's called a COMMON MARKET - and you cannot have a truly common market without free movement of labour and goods. I have relatives who have moved to live and work (permanently) in other EU states. Why doesn't Liddle get with the 21st century, stop burying your head in the sand and get real. Just because you are incapable of adapting and competing in the modern world (and more than likely incapable of speaking another foreign language because of our "world class" education system), stop blaming everyone else. It's OK when you want to move abroad, but not the other way around?!? Hypocrisy is not a foreign policy.

Jon Kingsbury, Southampton, UK

Always a good read - so it looks like we're back to the seventies but without the delight of The Sweeny.
One point, it's the job not the individual that attracts tax. If A is replaced by B then B pays the same tax as A. Since the City is where we find all these highly paid jobs (although paying less tax than might be expected) and since it is obvious that anyone can do these highly paid jobs, providing they are at least semi-literate and have the instincts of a fraudster, it follows that the demise of UK is still long way off.

Eddie Reader, birmingham, england

Perhaps Rod will be happy to know some of us darkie immigrants love old British values - I positively love a cuppa & a fry up in the morning and a good Shakespearian sonnet before bed!.
It’s strange how young lefties age into traditional righties (is that a proper word?). It’s boring that Rod has gone the same way - one can only think of Tony Benn as an example having gone the other way.

Raj, London,

This is of course one of the two next steps in the immigration debate. Previously we've been sidetracked by the asylum problem -- big problem that it is but small in the context of the massive numbers of migrants overall; and the other week the debate was restricted just to workers (that is those the Government reluctantly bothered to try to find), ignoring non-workers and the dependents of workers. Massive though these numbers are, the next step is to force the Governemnt to do a non-silly estimate of the number of illegals. But on top of all this -- as Rod here rightly pinpoints -- is the question of how big a slice of the influx is benefit rather than drain. The answer is, of course, that it's mainly drain, and a whopping one. Come the next downturn we'll really find out; that is, if people are still bothering to work and pay tax at all -- or have all emigrated.
It's not chickens that are coming home to roost, but critters way way bigger.

steve moxon, sheffield,

That part about
'I wonder how he would feel if he were to be burgled or mugged and the police resisted the temptation to “turn nasty” by pursuing the perpetrator, but turned a blind eye instead? '

I thought that for several years the police have been officially ignoring 50% of burglaries and muggings. Am I wrong?

Richard, Baden, Switzerland

Liked the article - I am one of the 'shoved'
I recently looked at what the IPPR says in their report on Britains Migrants (sept 07- produced for Channel4 Dispatches). Their analysis
" confirms that many immigrant groups are making positive economic contributions". But , conveniently,on the cost side- neglect s the costs attributed to Social services; NHS; schooling ; infrastructure etc. It also has a table showing the % if what it terms 'Inactives' (inactive means zero cost? Unlikely)
The IPPR was , amongst others, the Alma Mater of Patricia Hewitt ..........

Mike Lacy, Montpellier, France

So what's to be done about the exodus of UK talent and the inflow of the "differently-abled"? Self evidently the Establishment approved, main political parties are utterly incapable of stopping the rot, or they would have acted by now -theyv'e had thier chance. Anyway, their lords and masters who own them and the compliant media, which they also own, desire this mass movement of people in order to keep down wages, increase trade for their markets and generally upset and demoralises us. The British National Party is well worth supporting - give them a chanc, they have no strings attached.

Dr Stuart Russell, Grantham, uk

Broon and his Nu Labour Stalinists must be rubbing their hands with glee. The people emigrating from England are said to be successful, middle class citizens. As such they will be able to read, write and think for themselves, hence most unlikely to ever have voted Nu Labour. In contrast those entering the country are, in the main, illegal immigrants, criminals or those seeking the comfort of the welfare state. They will all in due course be voting for the party that welcomed them into their land of milk and honey i.e. Nu Labour. It's the best 'cunning plan' since Baldrick.

B. Carroll, Liverpool, England

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Andrew Milner, Karuizawa, Japan

Good to hear so many British are heading our way but could you please speed it up. If you get here soon you will just have enough time to get citizenship for the next but one election and save us from a Blair clone many Australian's seem set on electing next weekend.

Ian Davis, Sydney, Australia

These are the most amusing little articles I've read in a long time. The "tale of push and shove" pins the tail right on the donkey. I've forwarded your link to everyone I know.

Steve Jacks, London,