Syd 04:30 GMT May 6, 2013
Gillard is doomed: Reply   
Gillard: Australia Day Set To Become ‘Citizens Day’ From 2014 thestrayan.com/2013/49

Syd 07:28 GMT May 4, 2013
Turkish Airlines bans air hostesses from wearing red lipstick and nail polish in new row over 'creep: Reply   


Lipstick ban: Flight attendants on Turkish Airlines have been ordered not to wear red lipstick or nail polish in a move attacked as 'too religious'
Female flight attendants at Turkey’s national airline have been banned from wearing red lipstick and nail polish, prompting renewed fears from secular Turks the country is becoming more Islamic.
Turkish Airlines, Europe's fourth-biggest carrier, said the ban was aimed at keeping crews 'artless and well-groomed with makeup in pastel tones' because a natural look improved communication with passengers.
But critics say it reflects the creeping influence of the government's Islamic values.
The new rule will be imposed just one year after the airline lifted its ban on headscarves among its staff.
‘This new guideline is totally down to Turkish Airlines management's desire to shape the company to fit its own political and ideological stance,’ Atilay Aycin, the president of Turkish Airlines' worker's union, said.
‘No one can deny that Turkey has become a more conservative, religious country.’
Turkey is 99 per cent Muslim, but the NATO state and European Union candidate has a secular constitution.
There have been concerns in recent years that an increasingly wealthy but pious middle-class is emerging in Turkey that wants to practise its religion more freely.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party, which traces its roots to a banned Islamic party, has also come under strong pressure from grassroots supporters to relax the state's control over the expression of religion.

Turkey has remained a secular consitution since the modernising reforms of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who threw religion out of public life in the 1920s and 1930s as he rebuilt Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. The powerful military views itself as the ultimate guarantor of Turkey's secular order and has ousted four democratically elected governments in the past 50 years, most recently in 1997 when with public support it drove out a cabinet it viewed as too Islamist. The current government, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is run by the Muslim AK party which has its roots in a banned Islamic movement. He is currently serving his third term as Prime Minister heading the conservative faith based Justice and Development Party, also known as the AK Party. He founded the AK Party in 2001 upon his release from prison where the former mayor of Istanbul, served ten months for reciting an illegal Islamist poem during a public address in the province of Siirt. As he was banned from public office following the speech including the poem, he could not become Prime Minister when the party won the general election in 2002, a ban which was lifted in 2003. However, under Erdogan’s leadership the country has relaxed restrictions on religious expression, including lifting the ban on head scarves in courts and schools.

Miami UG 12:11 GMT April 30, 2013
Crowdfunding!...?: Reply   
Well I am new to forex, forums, etc. I'm really excited to get started in forex. Looking at demo accounts now.

Also looking at other ways to invest. A friend of mine suggested crowdfunding as an option. Supposedly he's done pretty well with it. The idea's pretty new- you can help to fund new startups with the help of different sites that sell portions of equity in the companies. I know of a few sites already that seem interesting like kickstarter, crowdcube, seedrs, and uinvest. The last one seems to be the one I was most interested in. Their people seemed really ready to help, and I liked their approach to the whole crowdfunding thing.

The whole thing seems like a really good idea with possibilities... but has anyone else out there had any experience with this? Any suggestions?

Syd 02:50 GMT April 30, 2013
Saudi Arabia's first domestic violence campaign: Advert features woman with black eye showing beneat: Reply   

Striking image of Saudi abuse victim is first of its kind in Islamic kingdom
Campaign launched by charity to encourage women to report violence
All women in Saudi Arabia must have a male guardian

Saudi Arabia’s strict interpretation of Islam means women must cover their entire body with a black cloak known as an abaya and headcovering, or hijab, leaving just the eyes and the hands exposed.

Conventions for dress and behaviour are all fiercely enforced by the notorious religious police, or mutaween, whose official title is the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.

In 2009, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap report ranked Saudi Arabia 130th out of 134 countries for gender parity

Syd 22:24 GMT April 29, 2013
Australia is being dragged down : Reply   
GILLARDS Budget Hole
She has pressed the self destruct button on australia

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Mtl JP 18:36 GMT April 28, 2013  - My Profile
Mars One pioneers: Reply   
THESE PEOPLE APPLIED TO GO TO MARS

on a one way ticket specifying that a return “cannot be anticipated nor expected”

Mtl JP 00:00 GMT April 28, 2013  - My Profile
Public service announcement: Reply   
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perth wtr 05:52 GMT April 27, 2013
Money gone, leaving us defenceless: Reply   
Syd, ask Gillard, China to the rescue...

Syd 01:27 GMT April 24, 2013
Money gone, leaving us defenceless: Reply   
In fact as we know, in reality, they’ve all been deficits, including the one to come. Six budgets, six deficits. And counting, into the distant future.

Those six deficits by themselves will add to around $210 billion…

Back in 2008 [to counter the global financial crisis], Treasurer Swan had plenty of deficit and debt elbow room to embark on spending, or to simply let the budget bottom line blow out. He of course did both.

erry McCrann says Wayne Swan’s five Budgets have left us dangerously exposed:

Syd 09:25 GMT April 22, 2013
What do the Chinese think of Jews?: Reply   
interesting view from China

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Syd 09:15 GMT April 22, 2013
Let's blame the Jews: Reply   
Let's blame the Jews

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Syd 03:15 GMT April 22, 2013
Mikael Jalving - Hour 1 - Absolut Sweden: A Country Undergoing : Reply   
Michael Jalving is a Danish commentator, writer, lecturer and political debater. He writes for Jyllands Posten, which a few years ago published the famous Muhammad cartoons, which led to international controversy and burning of embassies. The newspaper announced that this publication was an attempt to contribute to the debate regarding criticism of Islam and self-censorship. Jalving previously published the book "Me and Muhammad" but he is best known in Sweden for his book, "Absolute Sweden - a country undergoing change," which we'll discuss in this program. The book is critical of mass immigration and takes a deeper look at the troubled past and worrying future of Scandinavia's big brother. In the second hour we discuss Sweden's role in World War II and the so called neutrality, while selling iron ore and ball bearings to both sides of the war. The problem of Sweden extends way beyond the current issues of mass immigration and we'll try to get to the root of the ongoing cultural erosion which is currently taking place. Michael will talk about the economic success Sweden experienced in the 70's - somewhat of an enigma considering that it was a quasi-socialist welfare state that was dictated by Olof Palme and his minions, where social engineering or social planning was one of the most important driving ideologies at that time and still is. We'll go deeper into the psychology of a nation, which thinks it can control all conflict - detached from reality and nature. Jalving continues on anti-individual Jante Law and how it has shaped the country as well as the concept of the "folkhome," a utopian and egalitarian ideology that sought to perfect the state and the collective within it. The ant like society of the 60s and 70s marched on towards a totalitarian collectivist state and it even went so far as to nationalize or socialize the profits of private companies. Later, we move on to talk about the rise of right wing parties in Europe and ask why. We'll also discuss why freedom of speech is under threat and censorship and surveillance is on the rise.

worth listening to if you have time

Syd 21:52 GMT April 21, 2013
Council bans rugby club from playing national anthem: Reply   
A rugby club built on land once owned by the Queen has been banned from playing the national anthem through loudspeakers by town hall bureaucrats.

The club says it is the only one in the country not allowed to play God Save the Queen – which it wanted the crowd to sing along to at the grand opening of a big international match.

Bosses are welcoming an expected crowd of 1,000 to Scarborough Rugby Club to watch England Colleges play the Irish Exiles a week tomorrow.

Each nation’s songs are usually played and sung for the opening of the tournament.

But the club – in Scalby, near Scarborough – is bound by strict council rules which forbid amplified music.

Council bosses fear local villagers will be annoyed by the noise.

The club was only built because of a land swap deal with land owners The Duchy of Lancaster, 
which manages much of the Royal estate.

Club officials hope to get around the ban by fielding a brass band or jazz band onto the pitch. A spokesman said: “As long as the music is not amplified we are okay.”

Otherwise the crowds will have to take their seats in silence for the kick off.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage said: “The National Anthem in total is usually only 60 seconds long. I would have thought there was a perfectly good reason here for bending the rules. I’m utterly appalled.”

Scarborough Tory MP Robert Goodwill said: “I know there’s an issue in terms of the use of the PA system at the club. But surely in the case of our National Anthem there should be a dispensation.”

Scarborough Council says it imposed the ban because of complaints from local villagers about noise and the arrangements had been in place for

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Syd 06:36 GMT April 21, 2013
Moderate Muslims Must Oppose Islamism: Reply   
The terror attacks in Boston, perpetrated by the Tsarnaev brothers, have finally come to an end with the capture of the younger brother Dzhoakhar in Watertown on Friday evening. One hopes that Dzhoakhar survives just long enough to tell us whether he was working with any foreign or domestic Islamist groups before he hopefully meets the same fate of his victims. Our nation will certainly be resilient, and we cannot let terrorists achieve their goals of unraveling our society.

As is often the case with Islamists, their radicalization is preceded by misogyny and a learned behavior that dehumanizes women and then all those who seek to be free. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was arrested in 2009 for assault and battery against his girlfriend. The warning signs in these two youths were obvious. But as a society that refuses to engage Islamism, we ignored them at our own peril.

Syd 00:49 GMT April 16, 2013
Boston officials find five unexploded devices: WSJ: Reply   
Boston officials find five unexploded devices: WSJ

KL KL 22:20 GMT April 15, 2013
Boston Bombing: Reply   
btw - That WAS A TERRORISM ACT ON BOSTON MARATHON BUT THE MEDIA is trying to contain information. Done no other than the Religion of Peace as disputed in the Bloomberg TV debate. Obama wondering what it was.

You heard it from ninja KL here before these SCUMs rich media journalist bought by money/controlled by government. They are no longer journalist, they are money list saying things for the sake of saying things. Wake up to the Sham of every kind.

This was done by Islamic Terrorist linked to Bin Ladin. Go CHECK the DATE Bin Ladin Died!!

Epic Fail by Security in President OBAMA USA, home land security on such a day. Now LET THE SPIN Begin!!

That is my rant for the day!!... Sorry...I cannot stand Sham like that and also in Malaysia dealing with SULU terrorist in Sabah state of War!!

GVI Forex john bland 14:25 GMT April 13, 2013  - My Profile
Common Sense Trading: Reply   

Syd 02:34 GMT April 9, 2013
Nigel Farage - Who are you? : Reply   
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Cambridge Joe 16:42 GMT March 22, 2013
Is there hope ?: Reply   
Well.... is there ?

You betcha !

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part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU75H4VwP-Y
part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFZ3611rxQQ
part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08Sh1yxwMA

Mtl JP 23:09 GMT March 20, 2013  - My Profile
mission unaccomplished: Reply   
10 years later
Bush,
Wolfowitz,
Perle,
Cheney,
Rumsfeld,
Tenet and a few others whose ommittement I beg pardon
walk free (only because they are not from some African country)

Bradley Manning sits in jail under very serious accusations.

anything wrong with that picture ?

Syd 11:33 GMT March 20, 2013
Austrian Member of Parliament Goes Ballistic on Muslim Hypocrisy: Reply   

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2eb_1363611078#kPtlHDBPM6H0TOX6.99

GVI Forex john bland 18:20 GMT March 15, 2013  - My Profile
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Syd 01:57 GMT March 1, 2013
rfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, wanted 'to rival 9/11' : Reply   
'Boom, boom, boom everywhere... kill': Chilling words of British Muslim terrorists' ringleader as he plotted to murder 2,000 people in Al-Qaeda-backed atrocity in supermarkets and town centres


Mixing in street slang with jihadi rhetoric, they justify their plot by saying Westerners deserve to be 'terrorised'.

Naseer says: 'They wanna have sex like donkeys on the street, they wanna club, act like animals and why shouldn't we terrorise them, tell me that? You think about it, if someone came in your house, yeah, and started dancing and throughout the night and started basically having orgies and smoking drugs and stuff...you would terrorise them, innit.'

They raised £12,000 for themselves in this way, but were forced to apply for tens of thousands of pounds in loans after losing more than £9,000 of the money playing foreign currency markets.

Syd 02:08 GMT February 26, 2013
HOW BAD IS THAT GILLARD: Reply   
EIGHTY asylum seekers will be questioned by police hunting a man over an alleged sexual assault on a female student at Macquarie University as concerns are raised over housing asylum seekers in student accommodation.

WOKE UP WITH HIM ON TOP OF HERE ABOUT TO RAPE HER

Syd 03:15 GMT February 22, 2013
resident asylum questioned seekers indecent assault of a student as she slept in her student accomm: Reply   
Police will question a group of up to 80 asylum seekers being temporarily housed at Macquarie University following the alleged indecent assault of a student as she slept in her student accommodation in Sydney's north.

A NSW Police spokesman said the group of male asylum seekers, believed to be from Sri Lanka, would be questioned with other people staying on campus after an intruder broke into the 20-year-old woman's room in Marsfield and allegedly assaulted her early on Thursday morning.

A NSW Police spokesman said the group of male asylum seekers, believed to be from Sri Lanka, would be questioned with other people staying on campus after an intruder broke into the 20-year-old woman's room in Marsfield and allegedly assaulted her early on Thursday morning.

Syd 01:08 GMT February 22, 2013
Richo: Gillard will destroy Labor: Reply   
A loss of between of between 30 and 40 seats is on the cards, a slaughter of epic proportions. It would take Labor a decade to recover… The next generation of political Labor leaders, with the exception of Bill Shorten, would all be gone.

You would be entitled to wonder just how much the Labor Party can take… Given that a budget must be prepared by May which must deliver $15 billion of cuts just to allow for the NDIS and the Gonski reforms, the political pain would be immense. There is a real chance that there won’t be much left of the modern Labor Party at the end of her reign....

She could ditch the NDIS and Gonski legacy she has been determined to leave behind as a permanent reminder of her prime ministership. That would at least give Wayne Swan some chance of preparing a budget that won’t destroy a party he has served all his working life.

Most likely though, she will hang on and try to tough it out… This would mean that the legacy Gillard leaves behind would be the near destruction of the modern Labor Party.

Syd 20:43 GMT February 21, 2013
LABOR LEADERSHIP IS MEDIA MISCHIEF: Reply   
The possible return of Rudd might sell a newspaper but Caucus ain't buying it and neither is anyone else who can recall just how bad he was, and still is. His degree of popularity is directly related to Gillard's degree of unpopularity.

She is a dead woman walking to her Waterloo with an acidic tongue her only weapon but no-one even listens to that any more.

Mtl JP 22:16 GMT February 15, 2013  - My Profile
Monsanto: Reply   
Who Owns Seeds? Monsanto Says Not You cnbc 15 Feb 2013

... the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case next Tuesday.,,,

Syd 03:50 GMT February 12, 2013
Furious debate as teachers at Islamic College of SA's West Croydon campus ordered to wear hijab or f: Reply   
"That is blatant discrimination against a non-Muslim's beliefs to force them to wear an Islamic religious garment. I would have thought that it was also sacrilegious of the non-believer to do so," wrote Concerned Citizen of Aberfoyle Park.

JaneAd of Adelaide said: "The hijab is a highly visible outward sign of one's faith. What is the point of forcing non-Muslims to wear it? I would find the thought of anybody faking another's religion to keep their employment revolting and insulting. The children are so fragile that exposed hair confuses them? Really?"

"If a female Muslim teacher working at a non-Muslim school was ordered to stop wearing her hijab at school functions and outings then that school board and principal would be before the Anti-Discrimination Commission before you could say 'hypocrisy'," wrote "Sir Loin of Lamb".

Beijing helen 05:20 GMT February 11, 2013
President Obama: Reply   
Hahaha! very good! I agree with the first lady!

Syd 01:14 GMT February 11, 2013
President Obama: Reply   
One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the president’s secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner. Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle, “Why was he so interested in talking to you.” She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her. President Obama then said, “So if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant,” to which Michelle responded, “No. If I had married him, he would now be the President.”

Syd 06:31 GMT February 7, 2013
Labor's Evil Plan for Australia- Agenda 21 Genocide Plan: Reply   
Labor's Evil Plan for Australia- Agenda 21 Genocide Plan

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Mtl JP 12:27 GMT February 6, 2013  - My Profile
Americans against China: Reply   
American meddlers trying to use Japan against China: The U.S.-Japan Alliance
anchoring stability in asia .pdf

Cambridge Joe 20:00 GMT February 2, 2013
70 Years ago. Stalingrad !: Reply   
The 70th anniversary of the defeat of 10 Nazi Divisions trapped in Stalingrad has just taken place.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--germans-surrender-to-russia-s-6th-army-at-stalingrad-115630742.html#P4io3SX

2,000,000 fatalities in 6 months of fighting.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--germans-surrender-to-russia-s-6th-army-at-stalingrad-115630742.html#P4io3SX

Bussum Earnspread 13:27 GMT January 24, 2013
I no longer recognise the Britain I grew up in: Reply   
I think it's the trend in whole Europe. I'm very curious what will happen to the Euro-zone if GB possibly steps out.

(also some kind of test-post because this forum is so much different then other fora on internet that it's also a little try)

KL KL 21:31 GMT January 9, 2013
AIG to sue USA Government??? Financial Armegeddon coming!!: Reply   
This is the SICKNESS of the worlds economic and Financial intervention..... I hope CBs everywhere gets sued, taken to court until Bankrupt and the entire Financial systems collapse.

SELL !!!!!

Inept and incompetent government still exist as a result of Spin and Lies...same goes for Banks and Financial systems.... The ponzi contiues unabated.....A sham in any language.

This economic Meltdown, Crisis, Armegeddon is not improving but about to start again......just that we are brain washed with Spin. Watch this space. Next Debt Ceiling.....USA, Greece, Italy, France....Japan....Brazil....Soviet Union....Australia??? We are like frogs boiled slowly....

Syd 05:46 GMT January 7, 2013
Enough illegal migrants to fill three cities the size of Newcastle: Home Office reports that 863,000: Reply   

Britain is hosting enough illegal immigrants to fill three cities the size of Newcastle, according to border officials.

A Home Office report says an estimated 70 per cent of the 863,000 illegal migrants are living in London.

The study also reveals that 10,000 foreigners who had no legal right to live in Britain have been granted permission to stay under the so-called 14-year rule.

It means they managed to stay in the country for so long without being booted out that the Government has now given up the fight.


This is based on the nationalities of those people the authorities have detected.

Last night Immigration Minister Mark Harper said: 'It's no surprise that after years of uncontrolled immigration, we have a sizeable illegal immigrant population in Britain.
Minister for Immigration Mark Harper promised a tougher stance on illegal migrants

Minister for Immigration Mark Harper promised a tougher stance on illegal migrants

'We are determined to get immigration under control, and in the past year net migration has fallen by a quarter. We also want to get tough on illegal immigration.'

The illegal population – more than three times the 275,000 who live in Newcastle – will add sharply to the number of foreign-born nationals living here legally.

Earlier this month, the official Census showed that 7.5million people who were born abroad were living here in 2011, of whom more than half have arrived since 2001.

thanks labor for ruining the United Kingdom for ever

Syd 23:04 GMT January 3, 2013
You’re about to watch two years’ worth of diplo-spin go up in smoke. : Reply   
New Egyptian president on Israel, 2010: We must employ all forms of resistance against these bloodsucking warmongers

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shenzhen 06:40 GMT December 29, 2012
Ike's Warning Of Military Expansion, 50 Years Later: Reply   
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shenzhen 06:39 GMT December 29, 2012
Ike's Warning Of Military Expansion, 50 Years Later: Reply   
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Syd 01:01 GMT December 27, 2012
Ike's Warning Of Military Expansion, 50 Years Later: Reply   
On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave the nation a dire warning about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors and the armed forces.

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Syd 21:02 GMT December 26, 2012
Behold A Pale Horse - : Reply   
worth a watch .....America's Last Chance.

America's Last Chance.

KL KL 06:13 GMT December 24, 2012
Merry Christmas to all the people here: Reply   
Yep.... Merry Christmas to all here too.....

and Happy New Year of 1 AM....... After Mayan.....LOL

Syd 04:23 GMT December 24, 2012
Happy Christmas: Reply   
Helen a merry xmas to you

And a happy Xmas to everyone here

Beijing helen 00:03 GMT December 24, 2012
Merry Christmas to all the people here: Reply   
Merry Christmas to all the people here, and wish you all a very happy and healthy new year too!! :-)

Syd 20:47 GMT December 23, 2012
What a Cunning Stunt?: Reply   
KL KL I dont give her long

Well done, Julia. No, seriously, I mean that. Shot me down in flames you did. I really felt like crawling under a rock after that impromptu per

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KL KL 20:19 GMT December 23, 2012
ALL leaders goes on Fiscal Holiday!!: Reply   
....while the media and talking head try to make a BIG deal of the Christmas Cliff.....

Look..... if the leaders don't care and they had 18 months to do something..... and they elected someone into Leadership to spend and tax more......it means USA is going down the drain as predicted....why do we need to be stressed or excited....

Enjoy the Hawaii hollowdays with kids ...family Obama, Democrates and Republicans....... lets USA collapse because I want to see the the outcome....for my new book and thesis.....LOL

Be like Aussie "She'll be right".......

KL KL 09:41 GMT December 20, 2012
Austalia no Surplus.....ha ha ha: Reply   
Syd,

those Labor Scums finally admitted to their own lie...election must be closing in .....4 weeks to let the issue die then wham bang call election....Labor hope to win in the "sweetest of them all"???...ala Keating. I hope NOT.... USA will follow closely....but it was the people who voted them in and we just need to brace for impact and survive their Sham.... That is life and perhaps Australia need to adopt British MP deal of Cut off $$$$$ Pension after 5 years... I like to see that!!...and for USA Congress and Govenor too...5 years and off the tax funded generous Dole....

Syd 03:36 GMT December 20, 2012
The censored: Reply   
I am awarding Tony Blair his whatanasshole.org certificate mostly for ruining our British way of life.

HOWEVER WE NOW HAVE A NEW CONTENDER AUSTRALIA PM..JULIA GILLARD

HOWEVER WE NOW HAVE A NEW CONTENDER AUSTRALIA PM..JULIA GILLARD

Syd 06:16 GMT December 18, 2012
I no longer recognise the Britain I grew up in: Reply   
the destruction of manufacturing industry, and the filling up of depressed regions of our former industrial base with immigrants who had no connection with them.

is a worrying fracturing of society — and I believe the reasons for it can be found in the Census report this week which laid bare the true, staggering scale of immigration to Britain in recent years.

I have seen the changes in London, where I have lived for 25 years, and which I have known all my life. London was always more ‘exotic’ than the provinces. You would hear the occasional foreign accent, or a foreign language being spoken on the bus.

As I grew up into someone who liked trying to learn languages, I used to get on the bus and position myself near a foreign language-speaker to see if I could make out what they were saying.

Now, it is rare to hear English spoken on any of the buses that I take regularly. And increasingly this impenetrable language barrier is becoming a problem in everyday life, because so many recent immigrants from Europe are working in shops and cafes across the country.

A friend of mine went to a well-heeled London branch of Marks & Spencer the other day, and at the hot food counter asked for a ‘pasty’, only to be met with a look of total incomprehension from two members of staff who worked there. They simply didn’t know what he was talking about, and could only turn and point mutely at the menu on the wall. You’d think he was in Azerbaijan.

: In some 600 English primary schools, English is the second language for over 70 per cent of the pupils