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Posted 26 July 2012 - 05:08 PM
Tory MP Patrick Mercer rants at "worst PM" David Cameron
MP branded his boss worst politician in more than a century and vowed to get rid of him
Top Tory Patrick Mercer was at the centre of a storm last night after he was taped making a blistering attack on David Cameron.
In an astonishing tirade against the PM, the MP branded his boss the worst politician in more than a century and vowed: “We’ll get rid of him.”
Former army officer Mr Mercer also declared: “He’s a most despicable creature without any redeeming features.”
He called Mr Cameron “an **********”, adding: “I loathe him.”
Asked for his view of his boss, Mr Mercer replied: “He’s the worst politician in British history since William Gladstone.”
The Liberal statesman started the first of his four terms as PM in 1868 and was one of Mr Mercer’s predecessors as MP for Newark in Nottinghamshire.
A guest at The London Magazine party at Collyer-Bristow art gallery in London said Mr Mercer continued his attack on Mr Cameron by telling some of those present: “We’ll sack him. We’ll get rid of him.
“I’ve never come across anyone less suited to the job in my life. I would take a beggar off the streets and put him in that position rather than have Cameron.”
Mr Mercer also criticised the PM’s “faux support” for embattled Home Secretary Theresa May, saying: “If the Prime Minister expresses his utmost confidence in you that means pack your bags. It always has done especially with Cameron. What a creature.”
And he lambasted the PM’s diplomatic skills, referring tothe controversy sparked by Mr Cameron in 2010 when he made a speech in India criticising Pakistan for ignoring terrorists.
Mr Mercer said: “If you want to insult Pakistan and you do it from Indian territory, how clever is that? He does it in New Delhi. That was bad.”
The 55-year-old Tory MP’s comments have horrified the PM’s allies. They could now demand that he is kicked out of the Tory Party at Westminster.
Asked where Mr Cameron went wrong, Mr Mercer said: “Well, he was born.” And, asked if he planned a coup against the PM, Mr Mercer said: “Yes, but not yet. He’ll go in the spring. He’ll resign in the spring.”
Mr Mercer, who backed right-winger David Davis over Mr Cameron for the Tory leadership in 2005, was Shadow Homeland Security Minister when the Tories were in Opposition.
He was forced to quit in 2007 after saying racist abuse was a normal part of Army life for ethnic-minority soldiers. Mr Cameron condemned the comments as “unacceptable”.
Yesterday, Mr Mercer told the Sunday Mirror that his remarks at the magazine dinner were meant in a “light-hearted way” and after hearing the tape said he could not be sure it was his voice making some of the comments. He did admit making remarks about Mrs May and Mr Cameron’s handling of foreign affairs. But he denied making fierce criticisms of the PM, saying: “There is a voice on the tape saying those things, but I am not sure it is my voice.”
Mr Mercer, a former BBC defence correspondent, added: “I certainly didn’t make those comments in the way that’s being suggested. I’m not going to make those sort of comments in public ...even if I believe them.”
He admitted he “certainly had a conversation about Gladstone” and the prospect of a snap election. “This was a party where people had been drinking,” he said. The MP added: “I didn’t say he (Cameron) would be sacked. I said there could be an election some time next year.”
Labour seized on the remarks as clear evidence of Mr Cameron’s growing unpopularity among his own MPs.
Labour’s deputy chairman Tom Watson said: “Patrick Mercer has revealed what we all knew – that David Cameron is out of touch with the country. Now we know that he is out of touch with his own party.”
A senior Tory source said: “Patrick has never liked David Cameron. He didn’t vote for him as leader and he was unhappy when he lost his frontbench job as our security spokesman.”
Last year Mr Mercer was accused of leaving his then- mistress, secretary Sarah Coyle, with an £8,000 bill for refurbishing a flat they were to share after he reneged on a promise to leave his wife Caitriona.
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 05:12 PM
http://www.leftfootf...rced-out-of-uk/ By Calynn Dowler,
With no hint of irony, immigration minister Damian Green has been busy touting the UK’s efforts to bring ‘the best and brightest’ migrants to its shores.
In recent remarks he implored international students to ‘please come’ and attempted to reassure the world that the ‘brightest students and the best are as welcome as ever to Britain’. Ambitious young migrants must not have heard, though, because they’re packing their bags for home.
As of April 2012, tighter regulations for international students and the elimination of the post-study work visa have many students feeling unjustly targetedunder the coalition government’s immigration clampdown.
The removal of the post-study work visa, in particular, has crushed the dreams of those who had hoped to gain work experience in the UK for a year or two after their studies.
We are only now beginning to see the effects of this change, as the first batch of affected students prepares to leave the UK.
Whilst many other countries (e.g. U.S., Australia) use post-study work schemes to retain skilled graduates, the UK appears eager to be rid of its non-EU students. Since it will now be next to impossible for international students to realise a return on the substantial investment of a UK degree, it shouldn’t be surprising if they are discouraged from coming in the first place. For the £4 billion UK higher education industry, that’s reason for concern.
Consider the stories of Lisa and Clint, two talented young migrants who had hoped to build their careers in the UK:
Lisa, an aspiring journalist, initially came from the U.S. for a temporary position with The Economist. She remained here on a prestigious Fulbright scholarship and completed a postgraduate degree in Science Journalism at City University London. Lisa held work placements at New Scientist and the Times, and also freelanced for The Economist, New Scientist, and Science magazine.
Lisa has built up a strong network of contacts during her time here, but without a post-study work visa she says that interviewers see her as ‘essentially un-hireable’. If she had a short-term visa, she could build more solid professional relationships with publications and eventually secure sponsorship. As it stands, though, even with all of the skills she has developed in the UK, Lisa must leave.
Lisa arrived in the UK thinking she would have the chance to stay on to work for a year or two after completing her studies. When she found out about the changes, she even requested that her university grant her degree early so that she wouldn’t miss the April cut-off. She said:
“Sadly, those few months will make an enormous difference in the path of my life from here forward.”
If Lisa had known that she wouldn’t have the chance to develop her career here after her studies, she doubts that she would have ever applied to study in the UK. Disillusioned by this aspect of her stay, Lisa is resigned to seeking work in the U.S.
She remarked:
“I feel I am just the kind of person the UK would want to keep around – a law-abiding, hard-working, honest and smart person who has a promising career ahead of me.
Unfortunately I feel I’ve been booted out just at the start of that promising career, which seems to me a waste of the educational resources the UK has invested in me.”
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If current restrictions had been in place four years ago, Clint* would never have been allowed into the UK, and he certainly would not have been allowed to remain to work. Clint, aged 26, arrived from the U.S. on a Tier 4 student dependent visa while his partner took up a prestigious scholarship at Oxford University.
Clint is now giving back to the UK by working in the charity sector. Unfortunately, as he puts it:
“The UK is not going to get the investment they made in me because they are kicking me out.”
In his time in the UK, Clint has started four NGOs, contributed original research to Oxford, worked at national charities, and supported over 100 community organisations. This January, his visa, granted under the post-study work scheme, will expire.
Work in the charity sector means that Clint’s income doesn’t meet the requirement to switch into another category under the points-based scheme. He said:
“I’ve been extremely grateful to the UK for giving the opportunity to live and work and make my life and other people’s lives better, but I also thought that the connections and the reason I was doing this was not just to be thrown away at the end.
“I want these connections and relationships I’ve built in the UK to last my lifetime, but it feels like they will end with these restrictions. It’s a shame for me personally, but it’s a shame for the country as well. Those relationships have social and financial value to the well-being of the country.”
Right now Clint is mid-career, has contacts in his field, and has successfully integrated into the UK. It is the perfect time for him to make the most of what he has learned and contribute to society here. Nonetheless, he will not be able to do so. In planning for the future over the past six months, Clint has felt ‘vulnerable’ and ‘trapped by these processes’.
Despite the UK government’s claims, it is not a mere matter of perception that studying in the UK has become more difficult for foreign students. As a result, these rule changes are much more likely to drive the ‘best and brightest’ away than to attract them.
Amidst sensationalist narratives of migrants as ‘benefits grabbers’ or ‘bogus’ students, the stories of young people like Lisa and Clint are not usually highlighted. People rarely think about the fact that these policies will send talented young people like them home.
Nonetheless, Lisa and Clint have very bright careers ahead – and they will be taking the skills they have developed here in the UK with them when they leave. If these policies continue, their departures will be only the first of many.
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 09:21 PM
This post study work visa - like most student visa's - is widely abused. Most of the people who got this in the past are doing manual jobs and simply use it as a route to stay in the UK. The people that have been highlighted in the above report are the type who are losing out.
Most of the foreign students go to Mickey mouse colleges/universities. No local employer would even consider employing them. It is just a big scam.
I know many people who have used and abused the system. I think the Government should bring back the post study visa but with greater restrictions ie. have a minimum salary level and DO NOT give indefinate Leave to Remain in the UK. This way only the genuine students will stay to gain experience - and pay taxes, whilst there is no incentive for others to stay.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 01:14 PM
London Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony has been considered the most 'boring' and 'lamest' EVER.
Lamely taking credit for industrial revolution, LOL whats it gotta to do with OLYMPICS? and that lame brtiish humour BORING.
Seats as claimed by Government 1 million visitors per day all seem empty.... even the opening ceremony had so many empty seats nicely hidden behind lights and LEDs.
The elderly Queen elizabeth paratrooper jumping from helicopter was the biggest joke of the opening ceremony at stratford london.
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 08:40 AM
London Met University Students Face Deportation
About 2,600 students could be kicked out of the UK after the Government stripped a university of its right to admit foreigners.
London Metropolitan University has had its Highly Trusted Status (HTS) for sponsoring international students revoked and will no longer be allowed to authorise visas, according to the institution's website.
The move could mean more than 2,000 students being deported within 60 days unless they find another sponsor, according to theNational Union of Students (NUS) .
Immigration minister Damian Green said there had been a "serious systematic failure" at the university.
He said it proved to be a "very, very deficient" sponsor because more than a quarter of students sampled were studying there when they did not have permission to stay in the country.
A "significant proportion" of students did not have a good standard of English and there was no proof that half of those sampled were turning up to lectures, he added.
Professor Malcolm Gillies, vice chancellor at London Metropolitan University, said the claims were not "particularly cogent" and said it would be disputing them.
He said: "I would go so far as to say that the UK Border Agency has been rewriting its own guidelines on this issue and this is something which should cause concern to all universities in the UK."
As foreign students were thrown into panic over the announcement, Universities Minister David Willetts last night announced the formation of a task force to help those affected by the decision.
He said: "It is important that genuine students who are affected through no fault of their own are offered prompt advice and help, including, if necessary, with finding other institutions at which to finish their studies."
But Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said the move could harm Britain's reputation as a prime destination for overseas students.
He said: "It has left thousands of students in limbo and I am afraid it may damage the reputation of this country as the best place in the world for overseas students.
"Just when we are welcoming thousands of overseas visitors for the Olympics, at the same time we are saying to thousands of overseas students who have paid a small fortune to come to Britain in good faith that they can no longer study at this university."
Some 290,000 international students and their dependents are granted visas each year on average, according to statistics from the
National Audit Office. They contribute over £5bn to the UK economy,Universities UK says.
NUS President Liam Burns said: "Politicians need to realise that a continued attitude of suspicion towards international students could endanger the continuation of higher education as a successful export industry.
"This heavy-handed decision makes no sense for students, no sense for institutions and no sense for the country."
Emmanuel Egwu, international students’ officer at the university, was one of the many students angered by the decision. He was granted a visa to study at the university in 2009 and is in the final year of his course.
"I pay a lot of money. I've spent £30,000 to 40,000 in tuition fees - my parents sell properties and land to make sure they can pay my fees so what's going to happen to people like me," he told Sky News.
A statement posted on the university's website last night read: "The implications of the revocation are hugely significant and far-reaching, and the university has already started to deal with these.
"Our absolute priority is to our students, both current and prospective, and the University will meet all its obligations to them."
London Metropolitan University's HTS status was suspended last month while the UK Border Agency (UKBA) examined alleged failings.
About 2,700 students and student over-stayers have been removed since April 1 2009 while another 40,000 to 50,000 individuals may have entered in 2009 to work rather than study.
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Breivik, sir... you did the right thing
Sick Brit racist backs beast who slaughtered 77
A BRITISH racist has PRAISED massacre gunman Anders Breivik, saying: “I take my hat off to you, sir.”
Twisted right-winger Philip Horn said Norwegian misfit Breivik, who slaughtered 77 innocents, had “done what he thought was right”.
Horn, 44, who has links to the English Defence League, backed Breivik’s claim of being motivated by a political crusade to protect his homeland from Muslims.
He spewed out his bile on Facebook after an Oslo court jailed Breivik for 21 years.
Under a photo of the monster giving a clenched fist salute, Horn wrote: “Well done Anders Breivik. I take my hat off to you sir.
You proved you were not insane, and that you are just one of many like myself who wish their country to return to the way it was before it was invaded by the Muslim population. Respect to you.”
In response to a user who asked how he could condone killing children, he said: “They were Norwegian children being groomed for political brain washing. He done what he thought was right.”
The Sun tracked down Horn, a jobless builder from Gillingham, Kent, to quiz him over his warped beliefs.
The father of three, who said he has attended EDL events and subscribed to the British National Party’s newsletter, was unapologetic.
He said: “If someone came to my door in a uniform and said they were going to bang me up for six months then fine. I’m not going to retract any remarks I made
To a certain extent I do defend what he’s done. Go back 40-50 years ago to Norway, would you have seen people walking around in burkas and all that?
“I am a racist to a certain extent. Of course it’s wrong to kill children, but if he had to do it that way to get his point across, so be it.”
Asked if he would like to see a Breivik-inspired slaughter of teenagers in Britain he replied: “Not to that extent, but if it achieved its goal, then yeah.”
Yesterday it was reported that Breivik is swamped by fan mail in prison from weirdos across the globe.
His lawyer Vibeke Hein Baera said: “He gets many, many letters every day.”
A British National Party spokesman called Breivik’s actions “terrible”, adding: “Anybody who thinks what he did was heroic has no place in the BNP
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Could the members living in the UK clarify or give their views on this.
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 01:22 PM
British Muslims - Nasli Ka Shikar Hai?
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Posted 03 January 2013 - 02:06 PM
Just another night in binge-drink Britain: Police cells fill with 'black eye Friday' fighters and women get so drunk they can only crawl.
Violence causes chaos across country on traditionally rowdy night
Every cell in Cumbria full after anti-social behaviour offences
Violence in Newcastle city centre as festive binge drinkers run riot
It is meant to be the season to be jolly - but Britain's towns and cities descended into chaos last night as binge-drinkers ditched festive spirit for mindless violence.
On the day colloquially known as 'Black Eye Friday', police officers packed town centres on one of their busiest nights of the year.
The last Friday before Christmas is traditionally a rowdy night due to the huge number of office parties taking place, the end of the academic term and workers being given Christmas bonuses.
Battered and bruised: With blood pouring down his face, this reveller talks to police officers in Newcastle City Centre
Violent: A brawl breaks out on Black eye Friday in Newcastle, one of several fights reported in the city centre
One too many: A man struggles to hold in vomit while another reveller urinated against a shop window
But rather than embracing festive merriment, many revellers simply resorted to base behaviour - brawling, vomiting and urinating in public.
One police force was kept so busy by drunken louts that all of its cells were occupied over night.
A spokesman from Cumbria Police said it had made between 50 - 60 arrests related to anti-social behaviour offences and said that every cell in the county had been occupied.
Photographs from around the country captured the mindlessness - with one young, scantily-clad woman crawling on the ground.
One man was captured being dragged into a police van with his trousers around his ankles, while others can be seen slumped against wall urinating or hunching over vomiting.
Nicked: Blood pouring from his scalp, a man is wrestled to the ground and arrested by a police officer
Strong arm of the law: Another man feels the hot breath of a police officer as he is handcuffed and shoved in the back of a van
There were particularly unsavoury scenes in Newcastle, with one man encapsulating the spirit of the night - sporting a bloodied eye that will no doubt by black in the morning.
Pub-owners in the city were happy though, reporting a surge in trade, with most bars packed from lunchtime as bosses sanctioned workers to leave for pubs.
The mood of the evening was summed up by revellers on Twitter.
Richard Ayre wrote: 'If you're out in Newcastle for black eye Friday - take care. Merry Christmas,' while Hollie O'Connell said: 'It's black eye Friday. And in Newcastle that means all day drinking.'
Despite the chaotic scenes in the city centre, Northumbria Police, which deployed hundreds of extra officers, said it had been a relatively peaceful night.
Left hook: A man gets a punch in as yet another night out ends in violence in Newcastle
Brawl: Three men continue to trade blows on the appropriately-named Black eye Friday
Inspector Helena Barron, said: 'We have matched our resources to meet demand in the city centre.
'There has been no issues and everyone seems to be well spirited.
'We will be monitoring the situation as we do every night.'
Punters in Botchergate, Cumbria, said that 'Black Eye Friday' had calmed down compared to previous years.
Ian Armstrong, from Harraby said there was a 'party atmosphere' early in the evening but that this often descended as the night went on.
But he added: 'It’s not like it used to be – it had a right reputation years ago.'
One woman, who would not give her name, added: 'Botchergate can be like a war zone. It’s mad in Botchergate on Black Eye Friday at night
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- david cameron wants british votes either for being part of european union or not being part of the union
- britan's stance shook european politicians, and effecting the euro currency
- issue such how solid and succesful the euro currecny actually is
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Posted 18 February 2013 - 10:37 AM
A poll says only 33 percent of Britons would vote to stay in European Union.
LONDON (AFP) - Only one in three Britons would vote to stay in the European Union in a referendum promised by Prime Minister David Cameron, according to a poll published in the Financial Times on Monday.
Fifty percent of Britons would vote to leave the bloc, 33 percent would vote to stay in and 17 percent would not vote, the survey by Harris Interactive for the newspaper found.
Cameron said in a speech on January 23 that he wants to renegotiate Britain s relationship with the EU and then put the new terms to the British public in an in-out referendum by the end of 2017.
Of those Britons who said they would vote to leave the EU, 12 percent said they would definitely change their minds if there was a successful renegotiation while 47 percent said they possibly would, but 41 percent said it would make no difference.
Forty-five percent of voters said Britain still benefits from its EU membership, against 34 percent who said it did not.
Just 31 percent said Britain s economy would be weaker outside the EU while 33 percent said it would be stronger and 37 percent said it would be the same.
Harris Interactive polled 2,114 British adults between January 29 and February 6.
Polls in Britain have shown a growing opposition to EU membership in recent months.
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