Vox Polis

Thanks to the Sunday Times we now know a bit more about the Government’s views on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania into the EU. Interestingly enough those views are: We’re stuffed! Let’s panic!

It seems that the Government’s worried that “undesirables” will enter the UK. So they’ve come up with a list of those who arent welcome- all 45,000 of them. I’m not sure what they’ll do with this list as they’ve already admitted they can’t do anything about them coming here (mostly because of a mixture of EU laws- the freedom of movement directive is a good starting place for more information). But at least if they have a list they might know which “undesirables” have entered the country. Although when it comes to tracing people, needles and haystacks aways come to mind.

I’ve already mentioned my support for enlargement of the EU and I standby that view. And i’m still not convinced by the argument that hundreds of thousands of Romanians and Bulgarians will pack up their belongings and head to the UK on the 1st January. For one thing its cold here, and most of their cousins live in warmer climates.

Thanks to the leaked documents we know what the Government’s estimates are on immigration. IPPR said 56,000. Migrant watch said 300,000 (in the first 20 months). The Government?

Right bang in the middle with - 60,000-140,000.

Maybe we should have a bet to see who’s the closest. My moneys on 70k.

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