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Old 24th April 2008, 10:06   #62 (permalink)
spinoza
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but it does make the point though
Actually it obscures the point.
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can you vote in UK General Elections ? if you can its equal to any other UK voter
Yes I can vote. Iguanamanc seems to agree with Enoch Powell that immigrants magically gain all the rights that they want in this country. That's not true (today, anyway). Immigrants are granted certain rights by law depending on their background and circumstance. They then gain other rights depending on how far they want to integrate. But once they have those rights then they are equal with native-born British citizens, and I find it appalling that these can be altered retrospectively even today.

Powell seemed happy to have no second class native born citizens. He was fine with restricting immigrants' rights to make them second class citizens however.
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