A Quick Word on the Fun Ahead !
Starmer's words today are astonishing. I obviously don't believe his intent. But they are astonishing to hear coming from him and the new Labour.
“Take back control.” Everyone knows that slogan and what it meant for immigration, or at least that’s what people thought. Because what followed from the previous Government, starting with the people who used that slogan, was the complete opposite. Between 2019 and 2023, even as they were going around our country telling people, with a straight face, they would get immigration down, net migration quadrupled. Until in 2023, it reached nearly 1 million, which is about the population of Birmingham, our second largest city. That’s not control – it’s chaos.
A one-nation experiment in open borders conducted on a country that voted for control. Well, no more.
Let me put it this way: Nations depend on rules – fair rules. Sometimes they’re written down, often they’re not, but either way, they give shape to our values. They guide us towards our rights, of course, but also our responsibilities, the obligations we owe to one another. Now, in a diverse nation like ours, and I celebrate that, these rules become even more important. Without them, we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.
You know, this is where the whole debate is skewed, as if some people think controlling immigration is reigning in a sort of natural freedom rather than a basic and reasonable responsibility of government to make choices that work for a nation’s economy. For years, this seems to have muddled our thinking, but let me be clear – it ends now. We will create a migration system that is controlled, selective, and fair. A clean break with the past that links access to visas directly to investment in homegrown skills so that if a business wants to bring people in from abroad, they must first invest in Britain. But also, so settlement becomes a privilege that is earned, not a right, easier if you make a contribution, if you work, pay in, and help rebuild our country.
I have already mentioned I don't believe his intent so that implies I understand why he is saying it. I am astonished at the words being spoken. This can be used to break the woke spell. I think Labour and Starmer are so focused about their votes and power that they don't really understand what they have done. It is good.
Its the acceptance and admission now from all major parties - Labour, Tories, Lib Dems, Reform - all 4 liberal parties - it is the admission by liberalism - that is has failed. Their immigration experiment has failed and needs to be curbed.
And now we will see go after each other. Pushing each other more and more. Trying to win the favour of the public. The more they push each other, the better it is for all of us. Now we will see them fighting each other rather than making us fight each other.
Existential threat has become very apparent to the British establishment it seems. On whatever level. And whatever their solutions. The threat has now become apparent to all. I think there is a greater threat to Britain from Islamists that has recently been unearthed. Something that they are all preparing for and do not want their complicity if it materialises. This could have been a push as well.
But whatever the case might be. THE FUN IS ABOUT TO BEGIN !
