Richard Barnbrook, BNP

This is to kick-off my analysis of the 10 candidates for the London Mayor elections as mentioned in my previous post.

… committed to stemming and reversing the tide of non-white immigration and to restoring, by legal changes, negotiation and consent the overwhelmingly white makeup of the British population that existed in Britain prior to 1948. (Source: Wikipedia, The British National Party)

Within a few minutes of reading what Richard Barnbrook is promising to bring to the London Mayor’s seat, I felt strongly that voting for him (and his party) would make me a hyprocrite. Why? Mainly because I represent (or am part) of those that his party is trying to eliminate — migrants.

In my opinion, immigration contributes a lot to the growth and economy of a country. I admit that I haven’t paid too much attention in my sociology classes in university so I am unable to present you with all the social theories and models of immigration but I have seen how migrants help in shaping a society. Most people, well, at least here in Britain, would associate immigration to boosting low-skilled workforce and how this brings all the negative aspects such as higher rate of crime. In very recent news, however, this thinking has been dispelled. According to the study made by the Association of of Chief Police Officers, the influx of people coming to settle in England and Wales has not driven the increase in the number of crimes. Mr Peter Fahy, one of the authors of the report, said that “immigrants are not criminals.” For more information on this report, click here and here.

But anyway, immigration has also brought many highly skilled workers into the British workforce. The high demand of IT professionals pre Y2K and dot-net are testament to this as well as the ever increasing “expatriation” of people in the medical industry. Without this, Britain and subsequently, London, wouldn’t have sustained.

On a lighter note, Richard Barnbrook has also promised to give FREE 24-hour travel passes to pensioners. Expect all-nighters from your nans and paps then!