Comments on: I hate my countrymen

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:38:00 +0000

The obvious solution is New Labour’s quietly abandoned plan to ‘hold’, (concentrate), ‘asylum seekers’, (Gypsies, Muslims, Jews, money grabbing bastards, or foreigners for short), in ‘secure facilities’, (camps).

By: Jimmy Doyle

Jimmy Doyle — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:52:00 +0000

D2: Does that continue: "I mean I’m not a racist, guv, but solidarity with Jews and homosexuals is a luxury we can’t afford."

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:26:00 +0000

They don’t really believe in quotas – they’re electioneering. The quota will be high. It’s there as a deterrent. It may be appalling populism, but it’s no worse than most New Lab propaganda is.

By: dsquared

dsquared — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:46:00 +0000

Have you seen the Nick Cohen column in today’s standard? It’s appalling. It’s all sort of "well, the Tories are terrible gutter politicians for doing this but … you can’t blame the white working class, can you? Coming over here, taking our jobs … and the bloody Muslims don’t exactly make any effort to fit in, do they? I mean I’m not a racist, guv, but …"

By: Andrew Bartlett

Andrew Bartlett — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:35:00 +0000

I can’t believe that my brother believes those kind of lies. We nearly came to blows during Christmas.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:10:00 +0000

And a car and free driving lessons and satellite TV and a butler.

By: Matthew Turner

Matthew Turner — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:23:00 +0000

Asylum seekers get £113 a week! People are so DUMB. Everyone knows they get at least £250…

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:23:00 +0000

John - I've added a bit to the post about a MORI poll from 2000 that suggests that people are "dumbasses who believe any old bollocks they read in the press". While I haven't put in the post, the same poll showed that people though asylum seekers recieved £113 a week from the Government.

Worrying thoughly, there was another question in the YouGov/Mail on Sunday poll that showed 49% of people DISAGREED that "Asylum seekers who are genuinely fleeing persecution should be made welcome in Britain, even if they have arrived here illegally." I hope people disagreed with it because of the illegality bit, and I'd like to imagine that, had the question just been "Asylum seekers who are genuinely fleeing persecution should be made welcome in Britain" nearly everyone would have agreed. It might be the triumph of hope over experience though.