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| Great Britain to leave the EU in 2017? Why not now? |
The recent announcement
that Britain will take some 20,000 Syrian refugees during the term of the
current parliament, whilst in itself hardly a ‘swarm’ in the grand scheme of
things, it nevertheless shows that when pushed, our government have a tendency
to buckle under the strain of EU diktat. Granted that Germany have absorbed a
considerable number of these displaced peoples recently, but they have more
room to accommodate them and, given the relatively low birth rate amongst
indigenous German’s the argument seems to be that these people can be utilized
productively. ‘Cheap labour’ in other words, which is precisely that status
‘enjoyed’ by Turkish immigrants in Germany for decades.
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| Al Umayyad Mosque - Damascus |
This
column writer has a particular affection for Syria by virtue of a
fairly brief but quite dramatic posting to Damascus some 16 years ago
which involved conducting
runway surveys on Syrian air facilities including Damascus
International Airport. At the time and possibly since that
occasion, this was the first
instance where a Westerner had access to airside aviation facilities in Syria. A wholly unique
experience that was not without drama! The historic sites were equally dramatic for different reasons.
Overall, one developed a feeling for the people
many of whom had been and still were, a suppressed people under what has become
the ‘dynastic kleptocracy’ of the Assad Regime. Assad senior was still in power
in 1999: His death in June of 2000 brought his eldest son Bashir to the ‘throne’.
Despite promising beginnings, things are now as we see them and with the
dubious assistance of Moscow,
Syria burns and
millions are fleeing from their ancestral homes perhaps never to return.
If we accept that these
people have a vital need to re-settle, not all those surging towards the west
are so well intentioned. There is a very real danger that Da’esh (IS/ISIL) will
infiltrate those fleeing to the perceived nirvana of the western world, with
their own ‘murder cells’ intent on wreaking havoc within the shores of Europe
and Great Britain. To this end, it is wise that the government have decided to
continue to take people who are already in established camps in Turkey rather than adopting some form of
selection process at Calais
where you simply could not know what you are going to end up with! It is
furthermore the case, as we have seen in Eastern Europe
of late, that whole armies of young men are attempting to swarm westward and it
is highly unlikely that these are fleeing for their lives; indeed, some might
have committed dreadful crimes themselves and are escaping their just
punishment!
That such numbers are
propelling themselves in our direction is hugely concerning, the human
catastrophe notwithstanding. These people are not going to ‘fit in’ here;
intuitively, they ‘hate’ the West largely because they have been taught to do
so and many will wish to destroy us from within. The sight of minarets across
the Thames at London
and the imposition of Sharia Law are spectres that many will espouse as good
enough reasons to deny entry. It is not an unreasonable fear to hold. Surely
there are Muslim countries closer to where these refugees are running from that
should accommodate them? What, for example is Saudi Arabia doing for these folk?
Compared to Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey – precisely nothing and this
needs to be addressed and soon, at UN level.
In the meantime, the
campaign for Britain
to leave the EU is growing a-pace and this movement is enthusiastically
supported by this column. Ironically, the migrant question is unwittingly
fanning the fire favourably towards the NO-Vote and despite what those clever
pollsters may like to think, it is highly likely that those of us who are
patriots and who despise our country being governed by an unelected foreign
entity – the EU – will win the day in 2017. We will NOT, despite the Europhiles
protestations otherwise, lose any trade or business opportunities at all but on
the contrary, as we will have chosen the Open Seas (as endorsed by Winston
Churchill) we will secure even more non-EU, international trade. “Trade at all
Costs, but not at any price” has long been a mantra of this column and so it
will continue.
To conclude, on April 25th
1968, a speech was made by a certain politician in Birmingham. It was to pass into the annals of
history more for its press-induced infamy than the prophetic statement that it
was. The words uttered were right for the times and they resonate now:
“Looking forward, I am filled with
much foreboding. I am like the Roman viewing the River Tiber
foaming with much blood”
By
Chris Green
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