World at One today reported on the figures published by the Office of National Statistics this morning. Over 500,000 immigrants from Eastern Europe have come to Britain in the 18 month period since Poland and others joined the European Union.
It's the largest wave of immigration this country has experienced in its history and the influx has placed a huge strain on the public services within our country. There can be no doubt from the comments of the population experts interviewed, that there are grave worries about whether our tiny island can accommodate such numbers. Everyone seemed to acknowledge that this is an important issue, yet there wasn't one representative from our three main political parties prepared to appear on the programme and reassure the public that they would tackle this issue and call for an end to immigration.
So it's left to the toothless Andrew Green from Migrationwatch to make all the correct noises that are expected of him . . . pressure on housing, taxpayer footing the bill, many more immigrants than the Government says . . . yet who, of course, is able to achieve absolutely nothing to stop the flood.
Freedom's inbox is always full of emails praising the Fab Four - Richard Littlejohn, Peter Hitchens, Jon Gaunt and Andrew Green, and I suppose that is just a sign of how successful they have been as the Establishment's safety valves that even some BNP supporters have been duped into believing that they are 'on our side'.
Their job for the Government is to articulate the concerns of those worried about immigration in the language of their particular field of influence in the hope that any restlessness on behalf of the electorate can be soothed by their words. "Gaunty knows what's going on," is a favourite quip in the emails to Freedom, and my response is . . . and yet he is doing nothing about it!
Someone who is doing something about it is brave Donna Bailey, standing for the British National Party today in a local council by-election for Horsham District Council's Holbrook West ward.
Donna knows she has a mountain to climb taking on the Tories and Lib-Dems in a ward where they polled 1,000 and 700 votes respectively in May. Yet she is prepared to stand up and give the voters in the ward the chance to voice their concerns at the ballot box. A far more constructive course of action than the weasel words of the Fab Four. There's an interview with Donna on Simon Darby's excellent blog. www.simondarby.blogspot.com
Matt Monro! How could I have missed him off my favourite artists. Matt's a class act and his music is as enjoyable today as it was at the height of his popularity. He was the bus conductor from Shoreditch with the golden voice, Britain's answer to Frank Sinatra. Sadly, Matt is no longer with us, having lost his battle with cancer back in 1985. At his last performance he sang Softly as I leave you as his finale and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
Great singer and great songs and I'm putting him on my favourites as soon as I have posted this afternoon blog.
