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TWO HUNDRED more homes a day needed JUST for immigrants

The Citizen — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:04:35 +0000

It’s official, but swept under the carpet: 36% of new households will be a result of immigration so we will have to build, on average, 200 homes a day for the next 25 years just to house the extra population arising from immigration.

Even if house building were to increase by 25% over the current [...]

Tories privatise the nation, as planned. British people take the hit.

The Citizen — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:28:49 +0000

The effects of Tories privatising Britain are starting to hit home, and it’s the people who take the hit, not the rich or the bankers who created the problems.

Well, what did people expect when they voted Tory last year? Were they taken in by the nice green tree in their new logo? No [...]

Multiculturalism isn’t working: the immigration debate goes on

The Citizen — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:20:44 +0000

Multiculturalism isn’t working because we haven’t created the right conditions for it to succeed.

I wish all ethnicities and religions peace and prosperity, but if people come to live here they must fit into our way of life, not we into theirs. I integrate with immigrants every day: in my job, on the bus, in [...]

Another pay rise for the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-von Battenbergs

The Citizen — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:27:38 +0000

"Ooh look, everyone, it's raining taxpayer money again. Isn't one lucky?"

The Royal Family is to be exempt from any cuts in public spending next year when its civil list funding is settled for the next 10 years, says The Guardian.

MPs will be powerless to reduce the £7.9m a year paid under the [...]

Tories desperate for Cameron to lose 'toff' image.Boris gets away with it. We're not fooled, either way

The Citizen — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:45:55 +0000

If you read the Tory blog, ‘conservativehome‘, you’ll see they’re deluding themselves into thinking that David ‘call me Dave’ Cameron has escaped his ‘toff’ tag just because Labour aren’t using it as a jibe now. (Cameron is shown, left, next to his ancestor, King William IV – also known as ‘Silly Billy’ – who twice [...]

The 1984 miners' strike – how things change in 25 years?

The Citizen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:43:22 +0000

There’s a lot in the news today about the 1984 Miners’ Strike - a milestone in our history that seems like only yesterday. Where did all that time go? How things have changed… or have they? Few British mines and miners any more. Few British steel plants and steel workers. Few British manufacturers and manufacturing [...]

Giving away our money: charity begins at home

The Citizen — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:43:22 +0000

“The UK government will give £30m to help rebuild damaged and destroyed homes, schools, and hospitals in Gaza, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced today.“ This brings the total response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza to nearly £47m since the conflict began. Are they kidding? What has Gaza got to do with us? What [...]

Let's make it an EARLY summer of rage, then?

The Editor — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:15:28 +0000

So we’re told that the police expect a ‘summer of rage’ against spiralling unemployment, bankers and the failure to protect British jobs from immigrants and foreigners.

Well, let’s make it sooner than that and have an early summer this year, shall we?

And while we’re at it, [...]