Labour hypocrisy over its disastrous legacy of immigration

THE AIR around Brighton (the scene of this year’s Labour Party Conference) was thick with the stench of hypocrisy last week, but in no area was it more apparent than on the subject of immigration, which Milliband and co had the audacity to say that a future Labour Government would curb.

The simple fact is that his party, and the government of which he was a part, allowed immigration to run out of control between 2004 and 2010, when immigration swelled by over one million.

His party, that both locally and nationally seeks to lecture the rest of us on community cohesion and multi-culturalism, not to mention integration, was perfectly prepared to stretch all those to breaking point because of the strain that their immigration policy put on communities, minorities already living in this country, and public services.

We must never let them forget what Lord Mandelson said only a few months ago, that the government of which he was a part was so keen on inflating immigration, that they virtually sent out “search parties”.

They were prepared to see upwards of a million extra people arrive in this country, purely for political gain, and irrespective of the social consequences.

Mr Miliband and his party should never be forgiven for this, and their comments now on controlling immigration should be taken for what they are, a piece of “political sleight of hand”.

From: Phyllis Capstick, Hellifield, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

ED Miliband has admitted that Labour made mistakes on immigration.

Tony Blair famously said, “Let them all come” as it would translate into so many votes for Labour).

All working people with common sense could see such a ridiculous policy was a recipe for disaster.

They, who are supposedly for the working classes, have sold us down the river too many times in the past for us to trust them with our best interest ever again.

They, more than any other party, have brought this country down by not looking after their own workers who are the lifeblood of any country.

So much for Labour being for the working classes.

Tony Blair looked after himself all right, while bringing this country to its knees.

From: Paul Buckley. Haigh, Barnsley.

ED Miliband was Secretary of State for Energy and Climate change from October 2008 to May 2010. During this time the price domestic LPG gas increased by 22.5 per cent, will the price freeze include those not connected to mains gas or is Labour’s “One Nation” going to continue ignoring people living in rural areas.

Given that Ed Miliband is a former Secretary of State for Energy, and we are 20 months away from the next General Election, the suggestion that he needs a further 20 months to sort out the energy market would indicate that he learnt nothing from his time as Secretary of State for Energy, and really he does not know what he wants to do.

Labour would be more credible if they put the energy market proposals in the 2015 manifesto. A 20 month “market review” starting in the summer of 2015 sounds like kicking the ball into the long grass!