With the issue of immigration, it's very difficult because, although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England, the more the British identity disappears.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.
Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.
It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.
I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience.
Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that.
Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true.
I've got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don't feel anyone listens to them.
I have an English family and I've lived in England for years.
The problem is that the U.K. in essence is a feudal society. It's everyone in their place.
Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.