The trouble with foreigners...

October 23, 2006
Monday

The trouble with foreigners...

Guy Herbert (London) Immigration • UK affairs

... is they are all racists, apparently. The paradox inherent in such a declaration might not be lost on Trevor Phillips, were he not now one of the official arbiters of what is and is not forbidden thought and speech in Britain.

How extraordinarily coincidental that this line should emerge from a New Labour appointee just before the Home Secretary is due to announce that settlement of Bulgarians and Romanians here will still be controlled after they become EU citizens.

Comments

Will it be settlement or entry?

Freedom to enter and remain but not settle or work is a recipe for disaster. I have not seen anything clear or coherent on the matter from NueArbeit (Macht Frei).

Posted by TimC at October 23, 2006 01:36 PM

Apparently, according to Trevor Phillips, Eastern Europeans are deeply racist and display predudice to black people. This no doubt will be used as an excuse to prevent them from coming to our shores. If you want to see predudice and racism in action in this country, as a young white Englishman, try going out with a Pakistani Muslim girl..... You will probably get your life threatened by the whole family with the tacit support of the greater Pakistani community. This "racism" game wroks both ways.

Posted by Samsung at October 23, 2006 02:38 PM

Of course, only 'white' people can be racist.

Posted by nick at October 23, 2006 04:38 PM

Not legally.

Posted by Ham at October 23, 2006 08:37 PM

The third readers' comment on the linked article states "It's funny watching the race relations gurus implode without any help from the 'far right' ".
Coudn't have put it better.

Posted by Steve P at October 23, 2006 09:42 PM

Nobody can be racist legally. Legal racism? What an absurd concept...

Posted by fjdsj at October 23, 2006 11:22 PM

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