David Cameron's Immigration Speech

Just watched him making his speech on immigration changes, i'm no authority on this but it does sound promising, at least it's a start! Some might say though that he is 'closing the stable door after the horse has bolted' and, I believe there is something in that.

What do others think?

I think it's a political speech, in response to growing support for UKIP, and will have little or no effect on immigration.

Yes Cyfrifia, I am beginning to wonder myself as I continue to follow this news report, this certainly seems to be the opinion of a certain UKIP spokesman.

I guess that Cameron could indeed be running scared, the UKIP party certainly appears to be gathering momentum!

Strikes me that it would be great if doctors, etc spoke and understood English - don't know why this has not been attended to before!

I agree with Hinch. Got to find some scapegoats or else we might all notice that it's the politicians who should be blamed for the mess we're in.

It reads like “mainstream” parties are in some kind of match for voter-appeal policies, each one nervous of UKIP’s appeal and one bottom line - that several policies are limited by EU freedom of movement Regs.


I see Keith Vaz is contributing his own particular brand of insight and rhetoric, again

The politicians say it's not their fault, they were lied to by civil servants. Those poor politicians had no idea what was going on.

"MPs have launched a blistering attack on the highly-paid officers in charge of border control after concluding they have been putting out false information for the past six years about Britain’s staggering backlog of asylum cases, which stands at well over 300,000 – more than the entire population of Iceland."

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/general-news/civil-servants-lied-to-mps-about-immigration-chaos-1-5525855

'Yes Minister'. You didn't really think it was just a sit-com did you.