1 in 9 schools where English is not first language

[Kaz]

My worries are nothing to do with colour - my sister's own family is mixed race so it hardly would be - but sheer scale of numbers. I don't care if people are purple with green spots, but I do care that we are full to bursting, and I care when the rights of newcomers seem to override the rights of British citizens, of whatever colour!

[cromwell]

Did the voters of the 1940's, 50's and 60's ever want a Britain where English isn't the first language in 1 in 9 schools? Where large parts of their cities are colonised by people from another country? Where they feel like strangers in their own land?
No they didn't - so how did it happen?
We aren't much of a democracy are we?

[Workingman]

Did the voters of the 1940's, 50's and 60's ever want a Britain where English isn't the first language in 1 in 9 schools? Where large parts of their cities are colonised by people from another country? Where they feel like strangers in their own land?
No they didn't - so how did it happen?

It happened because of the "new thinking" of the 60s, the new thinking, which hounded a man called Powell out of office for speaking an unpalatable truth. The self-appointed moralists of the upper echelons used the word "racialist" against him, to devastating effect, at a time when it meant something; and they vilified him to his dying day... they still do.

Those same people appointed like-minded people to other positions of influence where views of the world could be passed down as being the norm.... and so it became.

That "right thinking", as it is now known, persists to this day. Go to any debate about immigration on any newspaper or website blog and you will find that those who are not wholeheartedly in favour have the epithets of "racist", "bigot" or "xenophobe" thrown at them. No explanations are ever given as to why it might be the case, it is simply enough to cast the stone.

For me this has never been about colour, more about numbers, and the numbers are shouting out, loud and clear, that we have been doing the wrong thing for decades.

[Kaz]

You are right Frank

[KateLMead]

If only I were Aggers, I am certainly not happy in my own little world, sadly I feel anger at what this country has become.
I have just been reading an excellent article written by The English Constitution party one eye opener after the next.

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I've never heard of them, but on looking them up, I rather like this idea...


The first initiative that The British Constitution Party proposes at the General Election, is to offer every candidate a government post before the Election date, so that the electorate can decide for themselves to in fact elect the very composition of the government itself, from Cabinet Ministers to junior ministerial posts. This offers to the electorate unprecedented powers to endorse the Party Leaders judgment as acceptable or to be refused. The power of responsibility is actually devolved and made transparent. Never before will the electorate be offered such a radical opportunity at a General Election, in which their sense of responsibility and participation can afford a real and meaningful part in governing the future of the country.

Read more: http://dartom.webnode.com/british-constitution-party/

Glad you looked them up Aggers, worth reading. I have the British Constitution party newspaper delivered every month.
Courtesy of Brian a Gerrish.