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Originally Posted by spinoza
And that would probably be wrong, depending on circumstance. I don't know whether or not you've worked overseas, but in every instance I've done so the visa is basically a contract - we'll let you stay in this country to do this job for this length of time, provided you don't commit crimes, pay your taxes etc etc. Once the contract's been agreed, I can't amend it, and the government shouldn't amend it either, unless this possibility was explicitly allowed for. The UK government has just been told that it can't amend the terms of certain visas, and a very welcome decision it is too.
Funny that you should mention Russia - I know a bloke (British) who was barred from working in Russia. Apparently he pissed off someone and got his visa revoked without explanation. He's annoyed and trying to fight it through Russian courts, not that it would do much good. Same sort of thing.
Within the law. Including immigration and contract law.
This whole thing started off because you've approvingly quoted Enoch Powell, who in his speech quite clearly stated that he didn't support immigrants having full rights in this country. Furthermore he implied that he would have been quite happy to roll back rights that immigrants have already secured. I'm assuming you agree with that.
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I've done business trips that require visas, but have not worked outside the UK longer term. But what you are saying is exactly what I have said - you still require permission from many other countries to work there, it is not an automatic right.
The issue was brought up because it is 40 years since that speech, and that milestone was reported in the media. A Gallup Poll taken straight after his speech in 1968 indicated that almost 75% of those interviewed agreed with his views. Mine was not an isolated reaction to it. This was at a time, rightly or wrongly, that TV programmes such as
Till Death Us Do Part and
Love Thy Neighbour were amongst the most watched form of "light entertainment". That era was quite different, and your views for example would have been in a smaller minority than they are now.