Tag: Immigration

Poles (and others) amongst The Few…

This message from Hope Not Hate is spot on: immigration can bring positive as well as negative effects. We are fortunate, today, to live in a country whose freedom was protected in the summer of 1940 by the extraordinary heroism and sacrifice of The Few. We should also not...

Freedom is an anathema to Migration Watch…

What is wrong about people choosing where they want to live? That’s called freedom. As a Conservative, I believe in freedom under the rule of law. That includes the freedom to associate with whom I like, the freedom to trade with whom I choose, the freedom to sell or...

Reform Welfare, Axe Benefit Tourism… & Open the Doors!

Matthew Elliot, who founded the Taxpayers’Alliance, has an interesting opinion piece in the Daily Mail today (20/01/12), on the need to address the issue of benefit tourism.  As Matthew writes, migrants should “Come here to work, not to claim benefits”.  Matthew’s “hook” is a study published by Chris Grayling...