'MP's warning has come true'
I read with interest the letter "You Can't Put The Blame On Labour For Everything," by GA Wright (Mercury Mailbox, October 10).
I congratulate you, Mr Wright, just for mentioning the name Enoch Powell – a name most people would want to forget.
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However, people who are honest would, of course, realise how his words have now come true.
He was in fact the only MP to speak out in what he believed would happen in the future regarding immigration, and what it would do to this country of ours.
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Put racist thoughts to the back of your mind – I have many friends who emigrated here, and their blood is the same colour as mine, and they are entitled equally to have a better life here in what was Great Britain.
We are faced with wanting more houses, we have too many cars on the roads, our hospitals are full, our prisons are full – I could carry on and on.
It's a simple equation – the more people you put on an island, the more it's likely to sink.
Remember the early '60s, when buses were plentiful without any subsidy, they paid for themselves? Doctors made house calls, and no appointment was necessary. The working men's clubs for entertainment, going into the city and feeling safe. So have we gone forward or backward?
I'm in my late 70s and I have always been in favour of change, but only if it's for the better.
I do fear for the future of my grandchildren. Are there any MPs of any party that have the guts to speak their minds like Enoch did?
As for the Tory motto, "Britain can deliver"– I doubt it.
P Pollard, Leicester.
Comments
by telephone7
Wednesday, October 24 2012, 1:37PM
“While we have free healthcare, education and benefits people will continue to flood over people are also living longer. our creaking infrastructure can not cope, god knows what the roads will be like. What we are witnessing now is nothing to how it will be. Mr pollard, you are lucky to have been alive in the 50s and 60s, this was a period of time where people were more honest and straightforward living off the feel good factor of being liberated.”
by JayBe11
Friday, October 19 2012, 4:39PM
“Just pointing out an inconsistency in a self-serving argument.”
by bapcav
Friday, October 19 2012, 3:08PM
“JayBe11 :
Your comment hardly made a positive or sensible contribution to the debate.”
by JayBe11
Friday, October 19 2012, 3:04PM
“@ bapcav
"showered with abuse?"
Seriously?”
by bapcav
Friday, October 19 2012, 2:32PM
“JayBe11 :
I do indeed spend time in France and Spain. However, they are not grossly over-populated countries. The UK is the 4th most densely populated country in the World.
I also do not work nor do I claim benefits ( there or in the UK.) I also speak both languages.
So, there we go again - support controls on immigration and be showered with abuse. Thanks for proving my point.”
by City_C10
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 10:08PM
“Interesting post.”
by Eastonian
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 6:20PM
“The fact is Enoch wasn't listened to my members of his own party and politicians in general. Many members of the public understood what he was saying and today we see the consequences of the politicians inaction.”
by JayBe11
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 5:50PM
“@ bapcav,
Your desire to stop immigration from anywhere while dividing your time between properties in Spain and France might raise a few eyebrows. But I expect that's different.”
by MacMonkey74
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 4:36PM
“Bapcav - It's perfectly possible to have a debate about immigration without being branded a racist (or facist). It happens all the time on here but for some reason you have conveniently forgotten that!
The only time people are branded as racist is when they have made a racist comment or that their motives are clearly driven by racism.
What I would say is that your view is far too simplistic although control is definitely needed. Enoch Powell wasn't right either as the situation we find ourselves in is not down to immigration on it's own, oh and he WAS a racist...I do hope that I don't hurt his feelings! (Posthumously of course)”
by bapcav
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 1:49PM
“The problem is that it is impossible to have a real debate.
I have said for many years that Britain is full. No more immigration should be allowed - from anywhere, irrespective of colour, race or religion.
The response from the "politically correct ?" I am immediately branded as a racist or fascist.
The truth is that they are blind - or stupid.”