Migration Watch UK is an independent, voluntary, non political body which is concerned about the present scale of immigration into Britain. They have launched a petition, the aim of which is to force a debate in the House of Commons about the shocking levels of immigration into this country that I highlighted a couple of articles back.
100,000 signatures are required for an e-petition to be sent to a Back Bench Committee to be considered for a debate in Parliament. This was how the European Union Referendum debate came about last week. This caused massive popular interest in the issue of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. Clearly this is a tool which can be used to raise matters of great popular concern, if done the right way by adopting a sensible moderate approach.
This is the press release Migration Watch UK sent out yesterday to announce their petition:
Migration Watch UK have today launched an e-petition calling on the government to stabilise the population of the UK and, certainly, to keep it well below 70 million.
The new official population projections issued last week show our population hitting 70 million in 16 years. This is on the assumption that net immigration will continue at 200,000 a year compared to almost 240,000 last year. The UK population was last estimated in 2010 at 62.3 million.
This population increase of more than 7 million is the equivalent of building seven cities the size of Birmingham or fourteen the size of Manchester or Bristol and about two thirds of it (just over 5 million) will be due to future immigration. Immigration will have to be sharply reduced to about 40,000 a year to stabilise our population.
Commenting, Sir Andrew Green, Chairman of Migration Watch UK, said ‘Labour permitted foreign immigration of over three million in the face of strongly opposed public opinion. Politicians need reminding that this is an issue that is consistently one of the top concerns of voters and that it must be addressed, and soon. It is time to stop listening to those who support and, often, make money from the immigration ‘industry’ and consider the views of the people most directly affected. This, at last, is an opportunity for the man in the street to make his views heard where it counts.’
To sign the petition click on this link:
The actual petition is worded as follows:
Over the past ten years the government has permitted mass immigration despite very strong public opposition reflected in numerous opinion polls. We express our deep concern that, according to official figures, the population of the UK is expected to reach 70 million within 20 years with two thirds of the increase due to immigration. While we recognise the benefits that properly controlled immigration could bring to our economy and society, this population increase, which is the equivalent of building seven cities the size of Birmingham, will have a huge impact both on our quality of life and on our public services yet the public has never been consulted. So we call on the government to take all necessary steps to get immigration down to a level that will stabilise our population as close to the present level as possible and, certainly, well below 70 million.
As I write this, already well over 31,000 people have signed and the petition was only launched yesterday! Every time I look at the figures, they shoot up!
I urge you to sign and make Parliament debate this issue!
Migration Watch UK is an independent think tank that receives no state funding whatsoever. It is run on a shoestring budget based on private donations. Its chairman is Sir Andrew Green, a former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and the Vice Chairman is Mr Alp Mehmet, MVO, a former Ambassador to Iceland. Their Advisory Council comprises people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
They are not against all immigration and accept that genuine refugees should be welcomed, although acknowledgesthat these are very small in number. As indicated by the composition of their Advisory Council, they are not hostile towards the long-settled immigrant communities and accept that some inward migration, perhaps to solve skills shortages, can be beneficial.
Their interesting website can be found here:
The Daily Mail has enthusiastically supported this petition as seen here:
As has The Sun:
The Telegraph has also given tacit support:
The petition is enthusiastically supported by maverick Labour MP Frank Field who over the years has had many interesting things to say. During the EU referendum debate he made a striking intervention speaking about the rise of English national feeling.
This is a fine illustration of what could be done by a sensible, moderate national movement – one that did not alienate the rest of society by its actions.
Here is the link again to sign:
If that were the case there would have been no point in that EU Referendum debate as it was always going to be voted down.
It will massively raise the profile of the issue
There is no reason why we should have unrestricted immigration from the EU - even if we stay in we could opt out of that aspect. In any case most immigration is not from the EU as pointed out the other day.
This isn't about capping immigration - it is about virtually turning the tap off completely.
Eddy
By the way, having chosen not to take up the option to delay the free movement of people, I don't see any way we could reverse that decision now. At all.
We don't agree with the negative views expressed above, if we keep harrassing parliament,battering away at them, then these self-seeking cowardly MPs may just become a little afraid of 'We the people'.
But having said that, the gross complacency and smugness of the British public will inevitably sink this petition. It will never collect one hundred thousand signatures.
The British think that everything is alright and inevitably the 'Right people' will sort things out. My opinion is that a lot of Nationalists are of the same feeling. They just like to vent now and again and then go back to sleep. But for my part I have signed this petition. I was curious to see that people virtually anywhere can sign this petition. That cannot be right surely?
graham
Who chose to not take up the option to delay the free movement of people, otherwise known as unrestricted immigration?
The government?
Do you think that ‘decision’ binds every future government? If so you have a novel concept of Parliamentary Democracy.
And Parliament introduced these petitions to enable the electorate to directly participate in deciding what is debated.
I think it is an excellent thing to debate. Singing the petition is free and the speed with which it is being compiled sends a message in itself.
Well over 34,000 have signed now!
Eddy
Immigration and E.U. are of Paramount importance,
every thing else is merely a sideshow.
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Like I said, waste of time. Keeping the pressure on re an EU referendum is probably a better bet. There's only so long Cameron can keep his party united without making concessions to the Eurosceptics...
This isn't like the EU referendum where a bunch of Tory malcontents will try and make political capital out of the issue.
Signing this petition will change nothing which isn't already being done - get real.
BNP boss’s girl ‘fears Ulster after death bid’
By Anne Madden
Wednesday, 2 November 2011 Belfast Telegraph
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/bnp-bossrsquos-girl-lsquofears-ulster-after-death-bidrsquo-16072107.html#ixzz1cZLPNlaq
The negativists are irrelevant – this petition will soar over the 100,000 mark.
Someone says that the
Clearly signing the petition won’t bring an end to immigration but who said it would? It certainly won’t do any harm!
I like this comment:
“Signing this petition will change nothing which isn't already being done”.
What is being done then? Nothing actually.
So what if Tory malcontents don’t line up to support the petition. In fact it would be better if only a tiny number of MPs supported it and for any motion to be defeated by a massive majority. That will show just how out of touch Parliament is.
And Alex, I repeat - nearly all immigration is not EU related – another EU petition will not change that. Also this does not stop another EU from happening - they are different things.
Lastly – who is this dummy going on about civic nationalism and immigration. They clearly haven’t ever read a word I have ever written on either subject
Eddy
Jamie, West Hert's, London flighter.
Jamie,West Hert's,London flighter.
other people are, we are basically all travelling in the same direction. Why don't you start praising other nationalists, it's better for morale.
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Northern Echo Wednesday 2nd November 2011
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9338056.BNP_activist_banned_from_teaching_after_sending_pupil_sexually_explicit_message/?
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It is now 71,453
Agree with Jamie. Of course it is not a waste of time. It keeps the issue 'live'. E-Petitions have now become a Media talking point, especially since the first one to be actually debated - the EU Referendum - has highlighted the contempt the political class has for the voting public. If they do the same again, on Immigration it will be further confirmation. Of course we already know this, but anything to take that message out to the masses is to be encouraged. It costs nothing and takes a few seconds of one's time. What's not to like?
Dave Moon
Mathematics Is the greatest discovery known to mankind.
One child permitted per Immigrant family, or you get deported and a total end to further Immigration. Before you know it the Indiginous population would start to recover rapidly, recolonising areas colonised by the colonisers.
Indiginous population would need inducements to have larger families.
Jamie, West Hert's, London flighter.
the petition is creeping up to 80,000 already but you lot are much more interested in slagging each other off,ripping each other to shreds and declaring each other state moles/infiltrators/not proper nationalists etc etc.
if you want to know why nationalism has never yet posed a credible threat to the political elite then scrutinize your own behaviour,you're a joke ... i wouldn't leave you lot in charge of the cat nevermind the country.
Jamie, West Hert's, London flighter.
The problem seems not to be immigration but rather the English themselves whose political behaviour of the last fifty years could be classified as evasive and even cowardly.
The English are very definitely not the heroes and fearless down to earth John Bulls that seem to to form the content of so many nationalist writings.
Anything that helps to politicise the timid and fretful English public into facing up to immigration, and all other political issues is a noble endeavour.
Politicians are like other human beings, they will only respond to an agenda when they realise that there are votes in it. Votes mean power and wealth and all that sort of thing.
Up to the present the English Nationalist agenda has not had any votes in it at all and has been ignored by politicians, and quite rightly too.
The English have to realise that doing nothing about a problem is not actually the same as doing something. The fact that whatever you do will never be totally correct is a situation that grown up people have to accept.
It seems that the English electorate are very precious and will accept nothing short of total perfection. Which is their way of avoiding having to do anything.
I will support the English Democrats in the forthcoming London mayoral contest as much as I can, and advise all good English patriots to do the same.
Gramm
Jamie, West Hert's, London flighter.
Jamie, West Hert's, London flighter.
Please stop squabbling over what sort of a Nationalist everyone is. We all have our part to play,we're just coming at it from different angles, I'd temper that though, by saying that the British majority don't vote for extremes. That might sound wishy washy but you've got to cut your coat according to your cloth. What will your customers (the electorate) buy? That's why this petition is soaring so quickly; it's about immigration and doesn't mention race/ethnicity.
Jamie West Hert's, London flighter.
100,000 votes means this now gets debated in Parliament.
We havn't done anything yet. A further message needs to be sent to the liberal elite, a message that will frighten them right down to her many so called stylish shoes if your name is Terresa May. She has confirmed she has relaxed checks on non EU people entering the UK during the summer.
A message needs to be sent that all these Liberal elite traitors cannot ignore, unless we get a million votes it will not be a true victory.
My missus has put a link on her face book account, it encourages other people with facebook accounts to do the same. I will now ask her to remind everyone that we need to continue trying to get votes because we all saw what contempt the ruling elite had for 100,000 votes for a referendum on EU membership.
Jamie, West Hert's, London flighter.
Something we should all be aware of is other the Nationalist sites UKIP, ED, BNP, were all encouraging people to sign the petition, it shows how far we can go if we work together.
Jamie, West Hert's,London flighter.
Jamie, West Hert's, London flighter.