Lord Mandelson has admitted that Labour deliberately engineered...

[merehazle]

....mass immigration.

At last we are being told what we already knew.

One of the most important stories of the last 20 years yet perhaps unsurprisingly not a single mention on the TV news media that I have seen ... certainly not on the BBC ... now that's a surprise.  Must be a reason?

I think Blair looks under extreme stress, as if he is about to be shot (please!) in this picture, as if he at last just might be called to answer for his wicked self - seeking decisions.

[welsh.goddess]

It's not news.

When I was living in Bristol, a local bus company regularly went abroad to recruit staff.

BUT, these were positions that locals didn't actually want, and they couldn't fill.

What's more, it's been done in the past, during the tenure of all political parties

[tommy.irene]

Immigrants? We sent out search parties to get them to come... and made it hard for Britons to get work, says MandelsonFormer minister admits Labour deliberately engineered mass immigrationBetween 1997 and 2010 net migration to Britain totalled 2.2million

By TIM SHIPMAN

PUBLISHED: 00:10 GMT, 14 May 2013 | UPDATED: 18:14 GMT, 14 May 2013

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'We were sending out search parties for people': Former Labour Cabinet Minister Peter Mandelson has admitted that his party actively encouraged immigration to the UK while in government

Labour sent out ‘search parties’ for immigrants to get them to come to the UK, Lord Mandelson has admitted.

In a stunning confirmation that the Blair and Brown governments deliberately engineered mass immigration, the former Cabinet Minister and spin doctor said New Labour sought out foreign workers.

He also conceded that the influx of arrivals meant the party’s traditional supporters are now unable to find work.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2324112/Lord-Mandelson-Immigrants-We-sent-search-parties-har...

[merehazle]

Thank you T.I. #2 😉

#1 'It's not news' alright if you say so 😄

[bookhunter2007]

One of the most important stories of the last 20 years yet perhaps unsurprisingly not a single mention on the TV news media that I have seen ... certainly not on the BBC ... now that's a surprise.  Must be a reason?

Are you kidding? That's pretty much all the BBC have been covering the past few weeks. Not to mention Farage's perma-suite there.

[welsh.goddess]

And it's all about context and spin

Lord Mandelson came under fire last night for boasting about how Labour encouraged millions of immigrants to flock to Britain.

The former Labour Cabinet minister joked that in 2004 the Tony Blair government not only welcomed people to work but sent out search parties to find migrants because of staff shortages in some economic sectors.

Tories seized on his outburst as a confession that Labour had allowed Britain’s border controls to spiral out of control.

http://in2eastafrica.net/immigrants-we-sent-out-search-parties-to-get-them-to-come-and-made-it-hard-for-britons-to-get-work-says-lord-mandelson/

Same story, but different slant

[aernethril]

Whilst I don't doubt there's a truth in it all, it's not the whole truth and the agenda is something else entirely.

Mandy wants back in, just as Blair does, only Mandy will do it by .............. by ................

I want to say, by the back door, but don't want that to be taken the wrong way!

He'll be snakey -like.

[merehazle]

Are you kidding? That's pretty much all the BBC have been covering the past few weeks. Not to mention Farage's perma-suite there.

No! I'am not kidding. That I have seen I said. And about todays story, not the past two weeks.

You mentioned Farage's perma-suite Not me.  Messsssssage received (again!) You don't like him.

[bookhunter2007]

No! I'am not kidding. That I have seen I said. And about todays story, not the past two weeks.

In the Daily Mail? LOL Not everyone has had their brain melted by Paul Dacre dear.

[salfordmarinade]

To some of course, anyone of a different complexion will always be foreign, regardless of whether they were born here or not
As a past poster once claimed, it's a fact that they had traced his ancestors back several hundred years.
Personally, I thought debt collectors gave up way before then

[al**bear]

Most of the Tory press, have really went to town on their headlines, with this.

They make it seem that Meddlesome said, they did it , to make it hard, for Brits to get jobs.

He said no such thing

[Anonymous]

I would love to know just what news rags are acceptable to read if certain ones turn your brain to mush. 

[bookhunter2007]

Didn't you say somewhere:  '' The sort only the crimenally minded gullable or senile would swallow. Hence why it appears UKIP support is limited to ''fruitcakes'' who believe everything the Daily Mail and Express thinks''

Nearly. This is what I actually posted:

“The sort only the criminally gullible or senile would swallow. Hence why it appears UKIP support is limited to "fruitcakes" who believe everything the Daily Mail and Express prints.”

...As this very thread is proving.

[malacandran]

Lord Mandelson !

These days, someone can not only help destroy Britain, but become a lord by doing it!