The UK 2010 Election Thread- Who will/would get your vote?

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Carl2291 said:
I was just sent a joke... Kinda goes well with what i posted above.


"Many centuries ago St. George, a Turk, was made the patron saint of England.

A lot has changed since then, but England still treats illegal immigrants better than its own citizens."

Thats not a joke....Thats in the Liberal Democrats manifesto

Except it's not really is it.

Not exactly. However, it does specify that criminals who have violated our borders have the right to remain citizens of this country without arrest.

Not sure it says that either to be honest. What it does say is that the Lib Dems will

"Prioritise deportation efforts on criminals, people-traffickers and other high-priority cases" so pretty much the exact opposite of what you're claiming.

They do say that those who haven't broken the law, have been here for longer than 10 years and speak english will be allowed to stay and work. Seems a good idea to me.

How about the amnesty they would want to grant to illegal immigrants? The key word being illegal (broken the law) preventing law abiding migrants who have been refused into the UK places. 

The problem is, those people who are here illegally, many for years and years, have not choice but to go into crime as they can't work anywhere else.

It therefore helps organised crime and prevents them from actually contributing to society, they can't even pay taxes, when many of them speak English fluently and want to contribute.

However, i do agree with Gordon Brown, it would give the wrong impression that UK is open to all immigrants. The points based system to only allow people in with the skills we need is the best system, and it is working, and the Lib Dem idea of regionalising that process also seems solid.

The Conservative cap proposal is just awful, badly thought out and totally impractical.