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It is typical of this incompetent Labour 'government' that having let in the riff-raff of the world to the UK they are now denying citizenship to the Gurkhas who have served us well in our Armed Forces.

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Originally posted by Phil jackson
It is typical of this incompetent Labour 'government' that having let in the riff-raff of the world to the UK they are now denying citizenship to the Gurkhas who have served us well in our Armed Forces.
Agreed about the Ghurkas. What does "riff-raff of the world" mean?

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Originally posted by FMF
Agreed about the Ghurkas. What does "riff-raff of the world" mean?
I leave you to guess.

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Originally posted by Phil jackson
It is typical of this incompetent Labour 'government' that having let in the riff-raff of the world to the UK they are now denying citizenship to the Gurkhas who have served us well in our Armed Forces.
You really would,nt believe how low this goverment has sunk !! may be if some of those goverment ponces fought in the wars that they rail roaded us in to they would soon change thier tune !!
Have you seen the asylum seekers sneaking in to Britain ? all young men , young men here for the £££ ....were are their wives ? it can not be so life threatening to leave your wife and kids behind can it ?
The Gurkhas have been betrayed and i feel embarrassed to be British because of it ,i agree with Phi l Jackson ... Riff_Raff allowed in and fine brave men left out ,shocking!!!

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I doubt anybody could come up with a justifiable reason why the Gurkha's shouldn't be allowed to settle in the UK, unless of course you're in this present government.

By riff-raff he means, 'darkies'.

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Originally posted by Proper Knob
I doubt anybody could come up with a justifiable reason why the Gurkha's shouldn't be allowed to settle in the UK, unless of course you're in this present government.

By riff-raff he means, 'darkies'.
I'll give you a job to give me a knob.

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Originally posted by joe beyser
I'll give you a job to give me a knob.
LOL....đŸ˜”

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This story has apparently raised the profile of the Liberal Democrats while giving people another reason to consider Gordon Brown a quoynte.

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Originally posted by phil3000
The Gurkhas have been betrayed and i
feel embarrassed to be British because of it, i agree with Phil Jackson ... Riff Raff allowed in and fine brave men left out, shocking!!!

Of all groups to inflict this treatment upon, it is beyond deplorable, though sadly typical, to deny citizenship to the Gurkhas.

However, Britishness was never more than a political construction. The Scots and Welsh never really went for it in the same way as the English and now the English are walking away from it very quickly.
So maybe non-Natives are the only ones still keen to talk it up - except the political and cultural establishment who share non-Natives interest in moving ever further from jus sanguinis towards jus solis.
Being British today is: Acceptance of belonging to an ethnic minority group in Britain.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
This story has apparently raised the profile of the Liberal Democrats while giving people another reason to consider Gordon Brown a quoynte.
Gordon Brown is the sort of Prime Minister you end up with when the incumbent leaves office and hands the job to his deputy- in this case a ridiculously inept fool, who is completely out of his depth and embarrasses us all with his lack of all that's required to lead this country. I "googled" quoynte.....couldn't agree more.

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Originally posted by acb123
Gordon Brown is the sort of Prime Minister you end up with when the incumbent leaves office and hands the job to his deputy- in this case a ridiculously inept fool, who is completely out of his depth and embarrasses us all with his lack of all that's required to lead this country. I "googled" quoynte.....couldn't agree more.
Exactly the same situation as occurred in 1979 when the Labour PM, H.Wilson, having handed over a broken economy to his Deputy, J.Calaghan left us facing bankruptcy and having to be bailed out by the IMF.
The name of the game is Socialism.

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Originally posted by hannibal200
Exactly the same situation as occurred in 1979 when the Labour PM, H.Wilson, having handed over a broken economy to his Deputy, J.Calaghan...
Harold Wilson stood down in 1976 and handed over an economy in 'normal' shape (considering the oil crisis that had started in 1973) to James Callaghan. The new PM then proceeded to introduce monetarist policies, that broke the economy, later continued by Margaret Thatcher and which eventually lead to 4,000,000 unemployed by the mid-80s, before being quietly dropped before the 1987 election, during which the failures of getting on for 10 years of Thatcherism were still being blamed on Callaghan and co. In 1979, Britain had 500,000 unemployed and still had a manufacturing sector. Undoubtedly, there was high inflation - a phenomenon seen all around the world in both market economies and mixed economies. Your political opinions are your own affair but you claim to have fought the Nazis in WW2 and yet you seem to have a 20 year old's grasp of basic British historical dates and the sequence of events.

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Originally posted by MacSwain
Of all groups to inflict this treatment upon, it is beyond deplorable, though sadly typical, to deny citizenship to the Gurkhas. However, Britishness was never more than a political construction. The Scots and Welsh never really went for it in the same way as the English and now the English are walking away from it very quickly.
Couldn't agree with you more.

There was a 2 episode podcast on the BBC web site I listend to recently, called "Britishness". Interesting stuff.

I consider myself British - says so in my passport - but I am neither English, Welsh nor Scots.

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Originally posted by Phil jackson
It is typical of this incompetent Labour 'government' that having let in the riff-raff of the world to the UK they are now denying citizenship to the Gurkhas who have served us well in our Armed Forces.
Such attrocious comparisons... god damn man.

The UK has signed up to the refugee charter (which was initially created for Eastern Europeans fleeing the Soviet rule). This charter means the UK is obliged to give anyone asking for asylum a fair hearing.
Once you figure out how you prove that someone isn't in need of asylum, I'm sure you'll understand that situation.

As for the Gurkhas (I'm obviously in favour of letting anybody in, by the way), are you suggesting that ANYBODY who's EVER fought on the British side under a British banner in any conflict should be allowed into Britain?

And if not, why the exception for the Gurkhas?

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Originally posted by Phil jackson
It is typical of this incompetent Labour 'government' that having let in the riff-raff of the world to the UK they are now denying citizenship to the Gurkhas who have served us well in our Armed Forces.
The gurkhas deserve the right to live in the UK.
It is immoral to deny that right to the very people who protected the UK.

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