A blog by Luke Akehurst about politics, elections, and the Labour Party - With subtitles for the Hard of Left. Just for the record: all the views expressed here are entirely personal and do not necessarily represent the positions of any organisations I am a member of.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Migration request
Watching Sir Andrew Green of anti-immigration group Migration Watch giving unwarranted intellectual succour to racists nationwide on Newsnight yet again last night, I couldn't help wishing that the UK's migration statistics would go up by one. If Sir Andrew is so worried about living in a multicultural society that people from around the world want to move to and contribute to economically and culturally, I wish he would emigrate himself, preferably as far away as possible.
This man and his organisation is the respectable face of racism. I am sick and tired of seeing him presented as some sort of reasoned opinion on the issue.
ReplyDeleteI don't think his far right position should be treated as anything other than what it is.
I'd settle for increasing the NHS stats by one in his case.
ReplyDeleteI thought that in a free society people were allowed to speak their minds?
ReplyDeleteTelling him he's welcome to leave is about as justifiable as a BNP member screaming go home.
If you don't agree with what he says, open a serious debate, if you fear that debate, then don't pontificate about it.