At that time British people considered that such a state of affairs was completely natural and normal, and nobody gave the matter any thought. They considered it to be as permanent as the sun rising in the east, or that winter would be cold and summer hot. There was absolutely no demand for this situation to be changed in any way, and most people assumed that it would and should continue indefinitely, just like it always had in the past.
This all changed with the passing of the British Nationality Act 1948 which granted to all Commonwealth and colonial citizens the automatic right of entry into Britain without a visa allowing them to take up permanent residence. It was based on the delusional fiction held by the authorities of the time that the citizens of the UK, Commonwealth and colonies were together, one family of people united in their allegiance to the British crown. The reality was the exact opposite; almost all the colonial countries wanted an end to British rule to allow them to take responsibility for their own governance. Apart from the white dominions, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the majority of Commonwealth countries were both racially and culturally vastly different to Britain. So it must be concluded that the justification for the granting of British citizenship to non-white people from the Commonwealth was a gigantic deceit perpetrated on the British people without their consent or wish.
The implications of this global extension of British citizenship were never explained to the British people. So it came as a surprise when the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in June 1948 with nearly 500 Jamaican men aboard looking for work. Over the following decade they were followed by hundreds of thousands more from the Caribbean and Indian sub-continent. These people came on their own volition as they sought to better themselves by moving to a country with low unemployment and a relatively high standard of living. It was most certainly not the case that they were encouraged to come to fill the jobs British workers were supposedly unwilling to perform.
Opposition to this development was fairly muted during the early 1950s, the main objections coming from trade unions who feared that their members’ wages would be undercut by the importation of cheap foreign labour. Presciently, a group of Labour MPs voiced their concern that 'an influx of coloured people domiciled here is likely to impair the harmony, strength and cohesion of our public and social life’. Despite these representations, the issue of third world immigration was beneath the radar of the vast majority of British people. This was because the new arrivals began to congregate in their own ethnic ghettos, so that those living everywhere else were largely unaware that a problem was developing.
This complacency ended when the British public were jolted into reality after the Notting Hill riots in the summer of 1958. These clashes between white ‘teddy boys’ and local West Indian residents brought home to an alarmed public just how easily racial conflict could now arise in Britain. As a consequence, the government came under increased public pressure to end the open door policy on Commonwealth immigration and to introduce controls. The Conservative government of Harold Macmillan eventually responded with a half-hearted measure, the Commonwealth Immigration Act 1962, which sought to reduce the number of unskilled workers entering the country. This disproportionally impacted potential black immigrants, which was the undeclared intention, never openly stated, and which nevertheless established the principle of non-white immigration control.
The measures taken by the Conservative government remained insufficient to prevent the continuing inflow of non-white immigrants in significant numbers. The Labour Party leadership in opposition were committed to repealing this ‘racially discriminatory’ legislation believing that ‘every Commonwealth citizen has the right as a British subject to enter the country at will.' However, after Harold Wilson won the 1964 general election, he pragmatically decided to retain immigration controls, probably spooked by the success of the strongly anti-immigrant Conservative candidate in the Smethwick constituency.
Instead of taking firm action to restrict the growth of the non-white population, political parties would start to vilify those who warned of the consequences. This was brought into sharp focus with the furore created by Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech in which he spelt out in the starkest terms the long-term disastrous consequences of open-ended large scale third world immigration into Britain. This was unquestionably a historic speech, of incredible boldness, which mercilessly exposed the wilful blindness of successive governments on an issue of crucial national importance.
Powell accurately predicted the potentially unlimited growth of the ethnic population and its distribution into ghettos. He identified the disproportionate concern given to allegations of discrimination against the ethnic population, contrasted this with the near complete disregard of the fears of the indigenous population on the open ended nature of immigration, exposed the naiveté of policy on integration and anticipated the cultural separation of much of the ethnic population from mainstream society. Most importantly, Powell also came forward with the only credible policy for permanently addressing the problem, namely ending all further third world immigration and instituting a well-funded high profile programme offering financial incentives to persuade the ethnic population to return to their countries of origin or ancestry.
Powell’s speech struck a deep chord with many British people - he claimed to have received over 120,000 letters as a result, the overwhelming majority sharing his concerns. Opinion polls also showed strong support for Powell’s stance. However, the British political establishment, then speedily moving in a liberal direction, denounced Powell as a populist agitator, intent upon stirring up race hatred for his own personal ends. So instead of heeding and acting upon his entirely justifiable warnings, the media, the government and even his own party leadership, denounced him in the strongest terms for the temerity of raising the issue of immigration and fuelling racial tensions.
Most unfortunately, the legacy of Powell’s speech has been the complete opposite of what he hoped to achieve. The uproar it caused galvanised liberals into the creation of a vast race relations industry with intrusive new initiatives to oversee public thought and behaviour, such as the Commission for Racial Equality, race equality officers in the public sector, race monitoring by local councils, 'hate' crimes, public funding of ethnic organizations, all overseen by the self-righteous cant of the politically correct obsessives, which has created a stifling climate in which white people have been silenced from publicly expressing their true feelings and concerns.
So what are the benefits of a multiracial and multicultural society? Well, in reality, there are very few. The most often quoted is the increased variety of cuisine that is now available to the public. Another that comes to mind was the contribution of black artists to popular music between the 1950s and 1980s, although most of the best acts were American. It is pointed out that many ethnic minority people occupy socially beneficial occupations such as doctors, nurses, carers etc. However, neither their ethnicity nor race brings anything to their competence or ability to perform the work involved in these kinds of jobs.
Although the benefits are few the disbenefits are extensive. The ethnic population is not evenly distributed throughout the country but is distributed into ghettos, from which many white residents have felt compelled to leave in order to continue living with their own kind. Many towns and cities have been divided into segregated communities where residents inhabit parallel societies. Statistics show that black people are more likely to be involved in criminal activity. Muslims have been responsible for virtually all the terrorist outrages carried out this century, all done in the name of their religion. In many occupations white people, particularly men, are openly discriminated against in pursuit of DEI objectives. Large-scale open-ended immigration has created a housing crisis preventing millions from accessing the housing ladder. In addition, health and transport services have been placed under severe pressure. TV dramas and advertising now disproportionately feature black actors rendering them annoying and alienating to white audiences. We have a plethora of intrusive laws, regulations and targets controlling many aspects of our lives, resulting in the diminution of personal liberty and freedoms on how individuals manage their day to day lives.
It is clear that the creation of a multiracial and multicultural society has been highly detrimental to the interests of the British people. So why was it allowed to develop despite a huge amount of public opposition? The reason is that governments, both Labour and Conservative, have been far more concerned about appeasing the race relations lobby and interests of ethnic minorities than listening to the concerns of white people, particularly those of working-class background. They feared being denounced as ‘racist’ by the hard left extremist elite who have captured the majority of our national institutions. The only limited opposition has come from a few right of centre newspapers, and even they sounded an uncertain trumpet.
Fortunately, with the arrival of the internet, the traditional gatekeepers of permissible debate have been considerably weakened, and a far wider range of opinions can now be voiced, giving a platform to those challenging the out-of-control immigration racket that has continued unabated for many decades. So far this has not had any impact on the level of immigration, but it has resulted in appreciable support for Reform UK, who are committed to addressing immigration concerns with more determination than has been shown by other political parties.
Reform has a policy of ‘net zero’ immigration and, although this is a step in the right direction, it is still an inadequate response given the scale of the problem, as it will merely freeze the ethnic population at the current level. The only answer, as Enoch Powell warned, is to stop completely the inflow and to enthusiastically promote measures to encourage the outflow. Recent projections have shown that white people in Britain will be in a minority within about 40 years, so the situation is critical if our descendants are to continue to live in a country in which their culture and way of life is preserved.
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