tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post9122373368456429392..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: "Her three-year legal battle was funded by the charity Shelter."JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-54382609315108496562010-02-25T13:33:44.030+00:002010-02-25T13:33:44.030+00:00I've read several press reports about this sho...I've read several press reports about this shocker of a case, but a couple of the central facts are still unclear (different reports say different things).<br /><br />Ms Ibrahim is clearly of Somali origin, and her husband, originally 'Ethiopian', is almost certainly a Somali speaker from the Ogaden region. They appear to have moved, as a family unit, to Denmark,and obtained some sort of refugee status there.The husband also later acquired a Danish passport, but it is unclear whether his wife and children also acquired them, or just the Danish equivalent of 'carte de sejour'/indefinite leave to remain.The latter seems more likely, and that is where the questions begin.<br /><br />IF both Ms Ibrahim and her children weren't Danish citizens, but just had a right of residence there why, after her husband's desertion, didn't the Home Office remove them to Denmark ? It is not exactly a totalitarian dictatorship, and the Danes seemed happy to accommodate them when dad was with them. If the Tories had any sense they'd be asking these questions NOW- and demanding Phil Woolas's head if he doesn't produce a convincing explanation.<br /><br />This judgment (apart from confirming our status as the benefit haven of choice for third worlders who already have a foot in the European door)may generate some interesting blowback. Firstly, as Jeff Wood & blue knight point out, it's a heaven sent pre election present for the BNP. Secondly, if the judgment really does give residents (not citizens) of EU &/or Schengen states, in households with school age children, the right to live anywhere in the EU(and claim benefits anywhere in the EU) then where is the government's argument against our remaining outside Schengen ? Blown out of the water, it would appear. However, it may also be that the 'official' argument against out not being in Schengen isn't the real one. Signing up to Schengen would also mean signing up to a common visa regime, and a common scale of visa fees.The first would mean extending visa requirements to several commonwealth states, mainly in the Caribbean, that don't require them at the moment (that would offend Labour's Caribbean vote bank). The second would mean reducing the cost of many visas,(ours are usually much more expensive) and thus also remove a source of subsidy to the costs of running the FCO in the 'former great power' mode to which the mandarins subscribe. <br /><br />We certainly live in interesting (and anger inducing) times !Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61090779540809824622010-02-25T07:27:51.610+00:002010-02-25T07:27:51.610+00:00"If the Labour vote migrates en masse to the ...<i>"If the Labour vote migrates en masse to the BNP, it serves them bloody right."</i> <br /><br />I wonder sometimes if they really do...<br /><br /><i>"Nicholas GRIFFIN X<br /><br />Is that what you want? Because that's what you'll get."</i> <br /><br />I think it more likely their core vote will simply stay home, and not vote at all. Of course, that serves their purpose quite nicely too.<br /><br /><i>"It's like a news report from a different planet."</i> <br /><br />If aliens are really monitoring our broadcasts, it explains why none have yet landed. They obviously think there's no intelligent life here.<br /><br />I can't blame them...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-7247814044577156272010-02-24T22:55:23.377+00:002010-02-24T22:55:23.377+00:00It's like a news report from a different plane...It's like a news report from a different planet.JohnRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021101596935644363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-54465819093309040322010-02-24T21:16:06.076+00:002010-02-24T21:16:06.076+00:00Nicholas GRIFFIN X
Is that what you want? Becaus...Nicholas GRIFFIN X <br /><br />Is that what you want? Because that's what you'll get.<br /><br />And no donations for the RSPCA or Shelter nowblueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-37458875206854847322010-02-24T11:48:02.606+00:002010-02-24T11:48:02.606+00:00If the Labour vote migrates en masse to the BNP, i...If the Labour vote migrates en masse to the BNP, it serves them bloody right.Jeff Woodnoreply@blogger.com