Don Louis

Who is more stupid? "Climate change deniers" or Pope Francis?

One of my followers comes from New Zealand & has lived here for 22 years & compares how she is treated to Channel migrants. "Hello David, firstly thank you for everything you do. "Twenty-two years ago I married my lovely British husband and immigrated, legally, from New Zealand to the UK. In order to immigrate I had to jump through many hoops... A lot of paperwork, proof I was healthy, proof I had savings and could work, police checks from NZ and a solicitor's letter to prove that I could speak English, and was told I had no recourse to public funds for 2 years. At the time we didn't begrudge any this because that's immigration law and that's fair enough. "After living here for more than half my life, having beautiful British children, never setting a foot wrong, being fully involved in my community, I have just been told I need a new biometrics style visa to keep working. I have to supply 22 years of formal paperwork (copies of council tax bills, bank statements etc) which I will struggle to get together so I may lose my job. Who keeps their council tax bills for 22 years?! "My husband and I are working class and being crippled by sky-high rent, energy and food bills - we can't afford an immigration lawyer and there's certainly no "charities" to help white working class English speaking Christian women from the Commonwealth are there! We are so angry that random people can waltz into this country, throw all their documents away on the way over, and get everything handed to them on a platter and now it looks like their visas are all going to get fast tracked for them thanks to #twotierkeir. "Most of the fighting age men piling onto our shores are not asylum seekers so should be held to the same standards as me - police checks from your home country, proof you are healthy, can speak English, proof you have money and can work, all your paperwork in order, and no recourse to public funds. You don't pass all those checks? Then you don't get to live here. Anything else is just plain double standards and completely unfair. "Thank you for reading." What a horrible country we live in.