I'll pass on commenting on the patronising tone ...........
Many of them young and definately our future. I'm a youth worker up here in Birmingham.
You mean the young asian community which when surveyed over 30% thought the UK and US were decadent societies which needed ending ?? the ones from Pakistani families who, totally commited to integrating into European ways ha ha , go back to Pakistan to the Madrasa's to learn Islam ?? That's our future ??
Yes there are problems. Yes "multiculturalism " as some see it does not work. But the reality is the UK population is always changing. New cultures languages etc. It has been right throughout history.
You mean the invasions of other European nations like the French, Scandanavians etc ?? Ones with cultures much like ours ....
The changes in our country have happened gradually over hundreds of years - not in the space of 10 or 20 and by legalised economic invasion.
So its no good burying your head in the sand and wishing it away or trying to turn back the clock. You have to learn to get on with it and them.
Oh I'm not burying my head in the sand, in fact much the opposite. For the past years I have kept quiet for fear of being branded a racist. Now I don't give a damn. I don't have to learn to get on with it and them as you put it - as far as I'm concerned it's the other way round - it's time they learned to live with me.
Yes Blair is stupid for being Bush's poodle over Iraq,
What in god's name has Iraq got to do with it ???
... we are much stronger than many parts of Europe and I would say carry more influence on the international stage.
Stronger in what ways ?? Our manufacturing base is decimated, we have a social system we can't afford, our education system is one of the worst and standards are falling, our current "prosperity" has been funded by the largest ever consumer debt based on a property bubble, our military is shrinking and under equiped.
And we are never going to be a homogenous nation though I doubt we ever were realy.
A nation that isn't homogenous is not a nation, it's a group of disparate peoples in an economically useful arrangement.
Actualy Sparks I kind of feel a bit sorry for you. The England you want has gone. Face up to the new England and you might find some good stuff about it! Cheer up old chap. Not all Moslems are bombers or invaders, and they do know how to make a good curry!
I'm not looking for your pity Skydancer, actually I pity you. The country you and your ancesters were born in is been taken from you by stealth and you're buying into the myth. The time may come when we will face up to the new England and it may not be in the way people expect. A good curry is a pretty bad trade for a nations identity.
The new UK and for that matter the new USA post immigration may well be different but I'll be damned if we just have to lay back and accept what the immigrant population demands like cheap potatos.
Multiculturalism is economic migration by the back door - set up your own mini-country in a better environment and turn it into a home from home. True immigration is about integration.