Too Many Immigrants?

Usual results of such a survey I would say:

The far-reaching impact of the recent waves of immigration from eastern Europe is laid bare in the report by the Commission on Integration and Cohesion.

A Mori poll carried out for the commission found that 68 per cent of those questioned thought there were "too many migrants in Britain," a view shared by 47 per cent of Asians and 45 per cent of black respondents.

At least one good thing there: Black and Asian Britons complaining about too many bloody Poles about shows that they've integrated nicely.

In its report, the commission responded by jettisoning decades of multicultural orthodoxy and warning councils that they were fuelling "insularity and a sense of separation" by funding hundreds of small community groups that served only people from one race, ethnic group or religion.

The commission branded such an approach a "hangover from old identity politics" and argued that public money should be spent on groups that brought communities together.

That will send a few shivers down the spines of some self-appointed "community leaders". Good.

The report spelt out a wide array of recommendations from the school curriculum to the creation of a new bank holiday to celebrate "cross-cultural activities."

Haven't we already politicized the curriculum enough? And how does such a Bank Holiday link in with the one where we're all supposed to celebrate our Britishness?

Councils should also use "targeted recruitment" to increase the number of people from ethnic minorities on their staff.

Are we to assume that councils don't use targeted recruitment? That the illiterate are taken on as librarians? That the Polish outreach officer is required to display no knowledge of Polish? Surely, given the prevalence of those whose IQ is commensurate with their shoe size in council services, some targeting is indeed going on?

Citizenship ceremonies....these are the same people who want to push compusory volunteering....ZZZZZZZZ.

Just more of the same old, same old. One government decision leads to a series of yet more pettifogging initiatives. Because we're in the EU those E Europeans have an absolute right to come here.  Everything else flows from that, but who is going to try and address the root cause? Or even mention it?