Britain’s public services must not be for all comers
ILLEGAL immigrants should have free access to the NHS, schools and housing without fear of being deported, says the UN’s human rights tsar Francois Crepeau.
This is a man who cannot have done much research into the precarious state of Britain’s public services. they are already under great strain thanks to the demands placed on them by unfettered legal migration from the EU.
Giving all illegal migrants access to public services would not only increase the number of people already here who are eligible to use them but would encourage many more to travel here.
Calais is in chaos without giving would-be illegal migrants across the world added incentives to make the journey. It is unfair for taxpayers to be asked to foot the bill for illegal immigrants to use public services.
Just because the NHS and schools provide services that are free at the point of delivery it does not mean they are charity projects.
They are services provided by the government which we have collectively paid for – they should not be open to abuse by people who have no right to be here.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Just because the NHS and schools provide services that are free at the point of delivery it does not mean they are charity projects
FORMER Labour home secretary David Blunkett is but the latest member of the party to advocate draconian new taxation.
Speaking at a Policy Exchange event in London he supported resurrecting the party’s “death tax”: a 10 per cent levy on all estates on top of the 40 per cent inheritance tax.
He says it is unfair that wealthy children “win the lottery” with large inheritances. such rhetoric is typical of the politics of envy that permeate the Labour Party and what’s more he is completely wrong.
What is unfair is that people who save wisely have their assets taxed again after their death when they should have the right to pass on what they have to their families.
People should be encouraged to work hard so they can leave behind something for their own children, not told that the right thing to do is punish those who are successful.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jon Richards is not only a devout Christian and a talented craftsman but also tells the odd fib to his wife.
When he started constructing a chapel in the garden – which now hosts services – he told wife Muriel he was just building a larger shed so he could practise woodwork.
The ruse may not have lasted long but it is still a fitting start to life for a building dedicated to the worship of the world’s most famous carpenter.
