Hail Howard!

At last someone is willing to take a stance about immigration into the United Kingdom! Although the Tories’ immigration plan is not sufficient to make me vote for them, the announcement made by Michael Howard is good. Immigration is a problem in the United Kingdom. Someone must be brave enough to do something about it. So many people come to the UK to seek asylum and the country simply cannot afford to take them all. Most of them are bogus anyway. And most of them chose the UK because of the financial benefits they will receive. If it is not for the benefits, why not go to Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, France, etc? After all, in order to get to the UK, they must go through one of these European countries. If they are really just fleeing prosecution, why not stop at the first safe country the reach? They will no more be prosecuted there. Why all the journey to the UK? Some may say that it is because of the language barriers. But they hardly speak English anyway… Ka-ching! Perhaps it is the benefits!!! There must be a limit to immigration. More importantly, there must be a limit on what the British taxpayers spends on those seeking asylum. If I were Michael Howard, I would say that: 1. anyone wanting to seek asylum in the UK must do so from outside the UK. If claims were made from within the UK, it should be automatically rejected. This should be made into law. It would deter people from coming into the UK illegally. 2. if a person who has been receiving state benefits failed in their claim for asylum, they should be made to pay the benefits back. This would deter unskilled economic migrants. 3. no one should receive state benefits in the first place unless they have been granted asylum. This would deter migrants who come to the UK purely for the benefits. 4. failed asylum seekers should be deported as soon as their application fails. Any benefits should also stop immediately. This would deter bogus applications. The Tories' plans are by no way racist. They are not targetting any particular race. How can it be racist when no race is being targetted? Those who accuse them of racism are the ones playing the race cards. Luckily, I am not Michael Howard. I don't want to be him anyway. His party has no chance of winning the next election.