A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year

20-05-2008, 19:11

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The Tories expressed concern at the figures, saying "the public will be alarmed that passports are being handed out at such a rate."

Separate Home Office figures showed the number of asylum applications in the first three months of 2008 rose 16% on the same period last year to 6,595.

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Wicked_and_Crazy · 20-05-2008, 20:32

i guess thats counter balanced by the record numbers emigrating

Osem · 20-05-2008, 20:58

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Originally Posted by Enuff

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Yeah...... now who was it who claimed they'd got on top of the asylum problem once and for all ???? ............. Oh that's right, it was New/Old/NearlyNew/SameOld Labour when they decided to hand out work permits to discourage people from claiming asylum.

"People in Britain welcome legal migrants who work hard and play by the rules," Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said. "But we will not tolerate law breakers, which is why we will prioritise their expulsion from Britain."

Yeah, that'll be why the numbers of failed asylum seekers removed fell by 13% then.....

Not more rhetoric, lies and spin surely.......

BBKing · 20-05-2008, 22:45

I think they should start at the top and restrict the largest group of immigrants to this country first. Which nationality was that? Ah yes:

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1 British 177,000

Remember that next time the Mail screams about '600,000 immigrants a year', not only are 1 in 4 actually British but only 6000 were asylum seekers. Osem might like to ponder that last statistic before he conflates asylum and immigration in the usual tabloid knucklehead way again (yes, I am having a go, deservedly).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7411205.stm

the-cable-guy · 20-05-2008, 22:46

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Originally Posted by Enuff

The Tories expressed concern at the figures, saying "the public will be alarmed that passports are being handed out at such a rate."

Separate Home Office figures showed the number of asylum applications in the first three months of 2008 rose 16% on the same period last year to 6,595.

yeah well that program about UK born workers not getting British jobs kinda sums it up.

Osem · 21-05-2008, 09:00

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Originally Posted by BBKing

I think they should start at the top and restrict the largest group of immigrants to this country first. Which nationality was that? Ah yes:

Remember that next time the Mail screams about '600,000 immigrants a year', not only are 1 in 4 actually British but only 6000 were asylum seekers. Osem might like to ponder that last statistic before he conflates asylum and immigration in the usual tabloid knucklehead way again (yes, I am having a go, deservedly).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7411205.stm

BBKing might like to stop conflating asylum removal and migration issues and get out of this serious habit of bringing tabloids into just about every argument in case people start to write him off as a one trick pony. Given the amount of references he makes to them people might start to think he spends quite a lot of his time with his head buried in tabloids. Perhaps that accounts for his obssession...... The fact that the asylum removal figures I quoted came from the BBC link provided NOT a 'tabloid' source seems to have missed him but then he needed some method by which to mention his favourite subject yet again didn't he..... yawn.......

21-05-2008, 09:05

Hey lets keep the lefties happy and let them all in after all this country is doing just fine isnt it

21-05-2008, 09:41

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Hey lets keep the lefties happy and let them all in after all this country is doing just fine isnt it

It sure is Zing... it sure is... Time for my medication.

Xaccers · 21-05-2008, 10:01

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Hey lets keep the lefties happy and let them all in after all this country is doing just fine isnt it

Well it would be, if it wasn't for some indiginous caucasians...

Blair, Brown, Blears, Prescott, Miliband, Kelly, Smith...

Osem · 21-05-2008, 12:03

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

Well it would be, if it wasn't for some indiginous caucasians...

Blair, Brown, Blears, Prescott, Miliband, Kelly, Smith...

Oooooppppppssssss - you forgot a few: Darling, Straw, Clarke, Reid, Blunkett, Mandelson, Prescott, Hain, Robinson, Hoon, Harman, Browne, Hewitt, phew!.... the list is almost endless......

21-05-2008, 13:07

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

Well it would be, if it wasn't for some indiginous caucasians...

Blair, Brown, Blears, Prescott, Miliband, Kelly, Smith...

you honestly really think so?and here was me actually thinking you were an intellectual.BTW I do not know for sure but my google spellchecker says you made a mistake with indigenous but it could be American different spelling

Xaccers · 21-05-2008, 18:21

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

you honestly really think so?and here was me actually thinking you were an intellectual.BTW I do not know for sure but my google spellchecker says you made a mistake with indigenous but it could be American different spelling

New keyboard, haven't disciplined the keys yet, they still jump around, especially the vowels.

Being an intellectual is why I know that those mentioned by osem and myself are behind some of the reasons why things aren't going fine.
Or do you believe their doing a tip top job at running the country? (into the ground)

22-05-2008, 08:20

No but im also aware that the country isnt manageable with the system of government we have in place. To many power hungry egocentrics just sit in a big room earning thousands arguing over who's policies are better.
It will not matter what party is in power the country will still be in a mess. The economy goes up does really well then crashes The party in power at the time gets the blame loses the election and a new party gets in struggles for a while but then the economy picks up a bit they say its them and they start to have a better time of it for a while till the next problems start and the economy suffers and then they get the blame and lose an election. Can you see the pattern?

Saaf_laandon_mo · 22-05-2008, 10:14

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Hey lets keep the lefties happy and let them all in after all this country is doing just fine isnt it

Or we could keep you happy and put burning tyres round their necks ala Africa - judging from your views in another thread.

22-05-2008, 10:48

Ye, why are nearly all polititians crap at their job? Especially the ones at the top.

Imagine if people in other professions were just as crap at their job, such as Brain Surgeon, Pilot, Knife Thrower (and other dangerous jobs), Virgin Media Customer Support (OK maybe not that one).

Wouldn't the poeple in these professions be instantly sacked or imprissoned even? (Apart from the Pilot maybe, cos he'd most probably be dead).

Surely all Polititians are in it just for the power and the money, they don't give a tosh about the country.

We need and this country needs professional Polititians who arn't hungry for power and money. A Polititian that'll put the great back into Britain. A Polititian that'll carry out it's promises once they're in control. (not a cat in hells chance of that happening!).

As far as i'm concerned, nearly all Politians are - selfish, cheating, greedy, ignorant people, who only seem to care when they need your vote. Because it's your vote that gives them even more power and more money.

You would think people would have learned not to trust any of them by now. But, like lambs to the slaughter, we just carry-on letting these criminals destroy everything!

It's been going on far too long now, many people are becoming aware and are starting to latch on to what these so-called Polititians are really in it for, and it's definately not to benefit us.

Outcome: I dread to think!... There's no going back to how things used to be, that's for sure. The only route to real change, is a long and drawn out bloody one.