"The Last of England" - Ford Madox Brown, 1855
Posted on 08/28/2007 4:19:23 AM PDT by Kaslin
"There'll Always Be an England" - popular World War II song
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - Perhaps there will not always be an England. An exodus unprecedented in modern times, coupled with a record influx of foreigners, is threatening to erode the character of the land of William Shakespeare and overpowering monarchs, a land that served as the cradle for much of American thought, law and culture.
The figures, making headlines in London newspapers, tell only part of the story. Between June 2005 and June 2006 nearly 200,000 British citizens chose to leave the country for a new life elsewhere. During the same period, at least 574,000 immigrants came to Britain. This number does not include the people who broke the law to get there, or the thousands unknown to the government. Britain's Office of National Statistics reports that middle-class Britons are beginning to move out of towns in southern England that have become home to large numbers of immigrants, thereby altering the character of neighborhoods that have remained unchanged for generations.
Britons give many reasons for leaving, but their stories share one commonality: life in Britain has become unbearable for them. They fear lawlessness and the threat of more terrorism from a growing Muslim population and the loss of a sense of Britishness, exacerbated by the growing refusal of public schools to teach the history and culture of the nation to the next generation. What it means to be British has been watered down in a plague of political correctness that has swept the country faster than hoof-and-mouth disease. Officials say they do not wish to "offend" others.
Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers are about to be granted "amnesty" to stay in Britain. The government's approach is similar to that pursued by President Bush, who failed to win congressional approval for his amnesty plan. In Britain it appears likely to succeed. Migrants will be granted immediate access to many benefits, including top priority for council housing. Taxpayers will foot the bill.
The Shadow Home Secretary, David Davis, called the policy a "stealth amnesty." Again, in a comment reminiscent of the debate in America, Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch UK, said: "This is yet another example of the Alice in Wonderland world of human rights. If you break British law for long enough, you acquire rights not penalties."
British media have carried stories about an Italian immigrant who murdered a schoolteacher and was sentenced to life in prison. He is about to be released after serving just 12 years. The government wants to deport him to Italy, but a combination of British human rights legislation and European Union law are making it impossible to do so. This does not bode well for deporting Islamic terrorists who call for the overthrow of the government and incite young people to acts of violence.
Abraham Lincoln said no nation can exist half slave and half free. Neither can a nation be sustained if it allows conditions that result in mass emigration, while importing huge numbers of foreigners who come from backgrounds that do not practice assimilation or tolerance of other beliefs. When one factors in the high number of abortions (one in five pregnancies are aborted in England and Wales), the high birth rates of immigrants (15 times those of white Britons), it doesn't take a population expert to predict that the days of the England we have known may be numbered. The problem for Britain and the United States isn't just the change in demographics. It is the reluctance of both countries to inculcate the beliefs, history and, yes, religious ideals, which made our nations so successful that others wanted to come and be a part of them. The difference between many of the current immigrants and those of the past is that the previous ones wanted to become fully American or fully British. The current ones, in too many cases, would destroy what makes our countries unique. And the "leaders" of Britain and America refuse to stop it.
The greater tragedy is that the people of Britain have little say in any of this, so they are taking the road of last resort. They are leaving.
Ping
Reading Roy Jenkins excellent biography of Churchill, you have to wonder if Cal doesn’t have a point.
I think he does
"The Last of England" - Ford Madox Brown, 1855
“And the “leaders” of Britain and America refuse to stop it.”
And we voters and non-voters are allowing this to happen.
Yo, Elizabeth, whadda think of that?
ping
Yawn!
We keep getting this same story recycled over and over. Half the number quoted who are leaving are not British, they are foreign nationals who have lived in Britain for 3 years or more and are going home. Of the remainder who choose to move abroad, two thirds return within three years and the rest are largely retirees. . . . .
The UK is still 92.9% white anglo saxon celtic christian so compared to most countries we still have a long way to go before we disappear completely. ;-)
bttt
Where’s that picture of Prince Charles in Muslim attire rubbing prayer beads?
And the worst thing is the tea bags - the biggest threat to the Empire since Ghandi.
It’s good to know. It seems like Freeper would be more suspicious of the MSM but like most people, jump on things that fit in their already formed beliefs.
Please don't think me smug, britemp, because I know that we have very similar problems here, and very few are willing to even acknowledge them, much less do anything to prevent our own suicide.
Did I force you to read the editorial?
And yet, if you believe the media and the alarmists, half the population are unwashed immigrants. Which is it?
Depends where in Britain you live. There are large immigrant areas but there are also areas where you could go days without saying a black or Asian face.
Scary, really scary. We’re next if we don’t stop illegals and the ever increasing legal immigration and asylum programs.
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