I'm just waiting for the days when the papers are done with the whole Muslim thing and we have stories of Christian extremists riding through villages on horseback in full Templar armour hacking at heathens.
Indeed the link between Terrorism and Islam seems overly strong compared to the reality, what about Timothy McVeigh or the IRA and their antics, no doubt 9/11 was a tragedy but since then "terror = Islam extremism" for the media and for many idiots "terror = Islam".
And then lets not forget the link between terrorism and terror. Terrorists don't terrorise me, If I saw one I wouldn't exactly be terrified per se. And I imagine if you look at the statistics more people die from digestive biscuit crumbs or something stupid statistically than the evil TERRORISM.
Anyway what does Islamic Extremism have to do with immigration? Most immigrants aren't Muslim extremists, probably not even Muslims and are no more likely to commit a crime than your similarly wealthy native. Most immigrants are poorer however which is why they might be statistically higher to commit a crime. I don't advocate prejudice against poor people either but lets face it if you are hungry, have no money or job and you can't get benefits you aren't going to let yourself die... and if they have had no education you can't really hold being poor against them too much. anyway that is another debate.
You just need to make sure immigration is steady and of people that we need, no point in under educated non English speakers simply joining the dole, They also need to make sure government services such as police are able to handle with more people, the money will come back once they start paying tax in a months time.
I am happy to keep EU immigration, it benefits the UK as much as it does foreigners. The EU isn't exactly 3rd world but I would definitely be looking at immigration from the rest of the world and making sure they are useful to our country and it is at a steady rate we are prepared for.
If I was to lose my job and have to claim unemployment benifit I would do so in the knowledge that my parents and their parents and many generations before that have been paying taxes in this country for centuries and so I would feel entitiled to receive it, the same cannot be said for someone new entering this country and holding their hand out.
With regards to this, I agree you are entitled, but not because of your parents, but because you will once be back working again and will pay tax. Are you suggesting those with parents in Prison or on benefits shouldn't be entitled to benefits? because their parents didn't pay like the immigrant?
It is about your past or your future, not your relatives.You have paid int he past and you will pay in the future. There should be a measure in place that stops fresh immigrants claiming for a certain amount of time to stop them just getting on the dole, if there are no jobs then don't come here. I agree. But I am pretty sure something like this is already in place.
