There are certainly some interesting parallels between Boris and the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who was thought to be ‘a recruiter for the colonization of Eastern Europe which took place in the 13th century’ (1) , and who led away ‘a big part of the young generation of Hamelin to a region in Eastern Europe’.
In Johnson’s case, of course, it’s the other way around: for ‘led away’, read ‘encouraged to stay here’, and it’s not to Eastern Europe, but from… the Eastern bloc, Africa, India, Pakistan, Asia or anywhere you like.
Boris has suggested that he’s in favour of an amnesty for illegal immigrants, the key word being ILLEGAL. They entered our country illegally, they live and work here illegally, and many are claiming financial and healthcare benefits either directly or often indirectly through supposedly legal immigrants we’ve already let in – all at the expense of the British taxpayer.
That’s you and me. Our money. Our jobs. Our health services.
So once again we have an upper-class toff showing absolutely no understanding of the lives and concerns of ordinary people, trying to kid us that he does, and now showing his true colours.
We all thought he was harmless of course – a lovable buffoon – and he’s played on that for over a year, but he needs to show he’s a serious public servant, not the Pied Piper of City Hall. We don’t need him leading an endless stream of illegal immigrant ‘rats’ through London and up the steps of City Hall to claim their free benefits, National Insurance number and ‘Buy-one-get-one-free’ citizenships (they always bring their partners and kids, of course).
They haven’t paid anything into our system, so why should they get a free ride to the front of the queue, courtesy of Boris Johnson?
Strangely in support of Boris, one of the journalists at the Guardian is suggesting that this might be a good idea. To quote Rahila Gupta: “…this amnesty will leave 700,000 people better off. It will mean a life free from fear of deportation. They will have the protection of employment laws, including the minimum wage, and can even campaign for the London living wage of £7.45 per hour”.
Oh, and who’ll be paying for these lucky 700,000 people? Boris Johnson? Rahila Gupta? Guardian readers? We don’t think it will be the liberal-minded and politically-correct members of our society who will lose their comfortable jobs to foreigners.
No, it’ll be us – ordinary British workers struggling to get by in the mess that politicians and greedy bankers have got us into. Dumping on us from above while we get shafted from the illegal migrants below.
Nothing ever changes… unless we stand up to this nonsense.
There may be an economic point to be made about the cost of policing borders and tracking down illegals, but we’d rather tighten the laws, increase severely the punishment of illegals and reinforce our policing to CATCH and DEPORT them as soon as possible. They may then get the message and stop queuing up in their droves in France, looking for the next truck to get them over here.
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