Immigration, a big election issue.

[jednbutter]

A big Election issue in England durint the recent general election was for the winning party or parties to get a grip on immigration and assylum seekers gaining access to Britain, do you feel after two weeks there are any signs of the coalition government making a start on this issue ?

[Bobbisox]

tightening their grip on immigration outside the EU was one of the white papers in the Queens speech jed?

[jno]

I don't know how quickly you expect the lynch mobs to be set up; but this is from the BBC report on the coalition programme (remembering that Tories and LibDems thought very differently on the issue so compromises were inevitable):

"Annual limit on non-EU economic migrants admitted to UK. Speed up asylum system. End detention of children for immigration purposes."


A cap on non-EU immigration was a Conservative policy attacked by the Lib Dems during the election. The Lib Dems' "amnesty" for illegal immigrants appears to have been dropped. Ending detention of children was a Lib Dem pledge.

[joeluke]

Time to shut the door, we're full

Worse thing ever built was the Channel Tunnel, so much easier for the buggers to sneak in now

[Bobbisox]

but at least now they will start to move on it jno, we have a coalition now so no point in harking back to who said what and when!

[jednbutter]

I heard Ed Balls once again praising immigration into britain for bringing diversity to our education system,,i just wish Balls and Co would go away for a few months and let us recover from the years of abuse we have suffered under there rule and let our con/lib government get to grips with this subject.

[DEN53]

My parents live in Barking, East London - english is the second language spoken.

Joy - you look lovely in your photo.

[Bobbisox]

Hello DEN thanks and now I see you, very nice, btw, it makes it all the more real
how are things with you?
Joy ♥