LABOUR PARTY RECONHECE FALHAS NO APOIO À INTEGRAÇÃO.
ISSO É O QUE A FOLHINHA DE STOCKWELL DIZ EM VOZ ALTA JÁ HÁ ANOS!
Resultados do Recenseamento de 2011 deixaram todos os políticos de boca
aberta capazes de engolir o Big Ben.
Muitos bebés a nascer das polacas, das indianas e das paquistanesas. Que
festa, pá! Os catódicos em baixa, obviously, e o mixlins em alta. Que tchareia, chicotada nos bacos e mãos a despedirem-se das asas! Estava a olhos vistos que a poplução londrina de
origem estrangeira já tinha ultrapassado os anglosaxões. Mas onde se meteram
estes?
Só que a classe política tinha os olhares mais fixados nas torres da
alta finança de Canary Whaf do que nos Housing Estates da Grande Londres. Tanto
que dali até ia caindo algum. Mas não viram ou fecharam os olhos sobre a
network das “Liaisons Dangereuses” de todo o género de branqueamentos de monim
na Torre HSBC, indo do terrorismo, estados terroristas, até aos cartéis dos
narco-traficantes mexicanos. E tudo debaixo das barbas do Davide!
Foi preciso o Uncle Sam meter o
nariz na marosca e depois espetar-lhes uma multa dos diabos no pelo -- uma pessoa até se
perde a contar os zeros à direita, por
terem de apanhar com o cheiro nauseabundo daquelas negociatas underground!
Valeu a pena! Eu também lá ia, mas de máscara, e de desfibrilador na caixa toráxica, em caso de saltarem os fusíveis do meu circuito eléctrico.
Todos os Estados, não só o Britânico, têm por dever dar formação em cidadania às comunidades imigrantes, e não só pensar no lucro da produção das mesmas. Mas também por aí há muitíssimo britânico que percebem tanto de cidadania como eu percebo de chinês. Temos um problema grave de massas amórficas em todo o mundo. Mas também não é problema, quando elas começam a sair muito do casco, levam nas lonas e depois ficam quietinhas, caladinhas e de bola baixa, num cantinho, a curtir.
Todos os Estados, não só o Britânico, têm por dever dar formação em cidadania às comunidades imigrantes, e não só pensar no lucro da produção das mesmas. Mas também por aí há muitíssimo britânico que percebem tanto de cidadania como eu percebo de chinês. Temos um problema grave de massas amórficas em todo o mundo. Mas também não é problema, quando elas começam a sair muito do casco, levam nas lonas e depois ficam quietinhas, caladinhas e de bola baixa, num cantinho, a curtir.
Praticamente não se fez aqui nada relevante sobre a integração das comunidades
acabadas de chegar. E depois admiram-se das burkas e do home grown terrorista
que apanhou o metro em Stockwell com uma mochila cheia de explosivos bolorentos, falhou tudo, e depois pirou-se de burka para Itália.
Mas foram lá caçá-lo e agora está a apodrecer na pildra, a rezar o “terço” de manhã à noite. Já aprendeu os “os versos semânticos” de cor e até pode ser catequista disso, na versão dinamite, Inchá-la. Quem se lixou foi o desgraçado do Jean de Menezes, acidentalmente fuzilado no metro de Stockwell e nunca soube porquê. O rapazito ia para o trabalho, não fez e nem fazia mal a ninguém.
Na vertente mais suave, ficamos surprendidos pelo número enorme de analfabetos ou semi-analfabetos que andam por aí ao deus dará pelo Reino Unido fora, quando o ensino da língua Inglesa a essa gente é escasso e, por vezes, deixa muito a desejar. Mesmo assim, tem-se feito alguma coisa nisto, mas é pouco, muito pouco. Deveria de haver muito mais sensiblização nesta área.
Mas foram lá caçá-lo e agora está a apodrecer na pildra, a rezar o “terço” de manhã à noite. Já aprendeu os “os versos semânticos” de cor e até pode ser catequista disso, na versão dinamite, Inchá-la. Quem se lixou foi o desgraçado do Jean de Menezes, acidentalmente fuzilado no metro de Stockwell e nunca soube porquê. O rapazito ia para o trabalho, não fez e nem fazia mal a ninguém.
Na vertente mais suave, ficamos surprendidos pelo número enorme de analfabetos ou semi-analfabetos que andam por aí ao deus dará pelo Reino Unido fora, quando o ensino da língua Inglesa a essa gente é escasso e, por vezes, deixa muito a desejar. Mesmo assim, tem-se feito alguma coisa nisto, mas é pouco, muito pouco. Deveria de haver muito mais sensiblização nesta área.
Os vereadores Labour por Stockwell que leiam este artigo do Mestre Ed e reflitam
quão a política e estar mental da Câmara Municipal de Lambeth tem sido errática e detrimental em relação à Comunidade Lusófona. Há urgência em corrigir o azimute.
Praticamente não têm ajudado na integração e têm mais primado pela
ausência e abandono, sobretudo em período não eleitorais.
Mas destes ainda há alguma esperança se tivermos líderes comunitários à
altura, exigentes, e sobretudo que zelem verdadeiramente pelos interesses da comunidade, que digam o que têm feito e o que podem fazer.
Alguns pseudo-líderes -- nem sequer foram eleitos -- andam a leste, ausentes de
tudo, mais a pensar na sobrevivência deles próprios do que no interesse colectivo
da comunidade. Eles próprios estão totalmente desintegrados e fechadíssimos no Gueto
Lusófono.
Valha-nos Deus.
14 December 2012
Last updated at 12:26
Labour in government "did too little to tackle the realities of segregation", Mr Miliband said
The Labour leader called for more proficiency in the English language as part of his One Nation ideal.
He also admitted his party's last government made mistakes in tackling the "realities of segregation" in struggling communities.
He said he was proud of "multi-ethnic, diverse Britain", but accepted people had anxieties about immigration.
Among his proposals to improve integration is banning those without high proficiency in English from some public sector jobs that involve working closely with people, such as home helps.
Mr Miliband also said that local authorities should cut their translation services if that would protect their budgets for language classes.
His speech in south London came just days after the 2011 Census showed that fewer than half the people living in London are white British.
'Immigration anxiety'
Miliband: Too little done to integrate UK society
Labour in government "did too little to tackle the realities of segregation", Mr Miliband said
"Too little" has been done to integrate people who have settled in British society, Ed Miliband has said.
He also admitted his party's last government made mistakes in tackling the "realities of segregation" in struggling communities.
He said he was proud of "multi-ethnic, diverse Britain", but accepted people had anxieties about immigration.
Among his proposals to improve integration is banning those without high proficiency in English from some public sector jobs that involve working closely with people, such as home helps.
Mr Miliband also said that local authorities should cut their translation services if that would protect their budgets for language classes.
His speech in south London came just days after the 2011 Census showed that fewer than half the people living in London are white British.
'Immigration anxiety'
The figures also showed that in 2011, 13% of England and Wales
residents - 7.5 million out of a total population of 56.1 million -
were born outside the UK.
"People of mixed race are among the fastest-growing group in the population of our country", and this is "a development with which our country is at ease", Mr Miliband said.
Mr Miliband - who spoke with pride of his own parents' history as Jewish refugees from the Holocaust - described his enthusiasm for ethnic diversity in the UK.
"We are stronger for it - and I love Britain for it. It gives us access to new ideas, new perspectives, new energies," he said.
"But at the same time we know there is anxiety about immigration and what it means for our culture. The answer is not to sweep it under the carpet."
In part, that means rejecting the idea that people can "live side by side in their own communities, respecting each other but living separate lives, protected from hatreds but never building a common bond - never learning to appreciate one another", he explained.
On his party's time in government, he said: "The solutions seemed abstract but the problems were real. We talked about 'shared citizenship'.
"But we did too little to tackle the realities of segregation in communities that were struggling to cope."
'Connected, not segregated'
"People of mixed race are among the fastest-growing group in the population of our country", and this is "a development with which our country is at ease", Mr Miliband said.
Mr Miliband - who spoke with pride of his own parents' history as Jewish refugees from the Holocaust - described his enthusiasm for ethnic diversity in the UK.
"But at the same time we know there is anxiety about immigration and what it means for our culture. The answer is not to sweep it under the carpet."
In part, that means rejecting the idea that people can "live side by side in their own communities, respecting each other but living separate lives, protected from hatreds but never building a common bond - never learning to appreciate one another", he explained.
On his party's time in government, he said: "The solutions seemed abstract but the problems were real. We talked about 'shared citizenship'.
"But we did too little to tackle the realities of segregation in communities that were struggling to cope."
'Connected, not segregated'
He criticised cuts to English language teaching despite a rising proportion of children who are non-native speakers.
"If we are going to build One Nation, we need to start with everyone in Britain knowing how to speak English. We should expect that of people that come here," he said.
Labour plans to prioritise spending on English language teaching for recent immigrants over non-essential written translation materials.
Under the proposals, parents will be required to take responsibility for their foreign-born children learning English at home, and being able to speak English will be made mandatory in a greater number of public sector jobs.
A ban on recruitment agencies advertising only for workers from particular countries will help to end segregation in the workplace, he said.
"There are some shifts in some factories that are still segregated by language and by background. And there are jobs which still recruit far more easily from within one community than from other," Mr Miliband said.
The Labour leader said he wanted a "comprehensive strategy for integration" to bring the UK into line with other European countries.
But Sir Andrew Green of Migration Watch, a think tank which campaigns for tighter immigration controls, said Labour needed to do more.
"It's frankly not enough to now pop up and say 'We'll do something about English language teaching'.
"We're left with an enormous problem of integration and these measures, by comparison to that, are pretty trivial."
"If we are going to build One Nation, we need to start with everyone in Britain knowing how to speak English. We should expect that of people that come here," he said.
Labour plans to prioritise spending on English language teaching for recent immigrants over non-essential written translation materials.
Under the proposals, parents will be required to take responsibility for their foreign-born children learning English at home, and being able to speak English will be made mandatory in a greater number of public sector jobs.
A ban on recruitment agencies advertising only for workers from particular countries will help to end segregation in the workplace, he said.
"There are some shifts in some factories that are still segregated by language and by background. And there are jobs which still recruit far more easily from within one community than from other," Mr Miliband said.
The Labour leader said he wanted a "comprehensive strategy for integration" to bring the UK into line with other European countries.
But Sir Andrew Green of Migration Watch, a think tank which campaigns for tighter immigration controls, said Labour needed to do more.
"It's frankly not enough to now pop up and say 'We'll do something about English language teaching'.
"We're left with an enormous problem of integration and these measures, by comparison to that, are pretty trivial."
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Comment number 777.
GJ
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Comment number 765.
Dougall
47 Minutes agoI can't help suspecting that incomers take one look at our society and recognise it for the shallow, self obsessed moral vacuum that it is and decide instantly that apart from doing a fair day's work for a fair day's pay they want nothing else to do with it. -
Comment number 555.
Lycurgus_4_PM
1 Hour agoIntegration is a two way process.
If we want people to integrate we have to allow them. Not keep them at arms distance, want nothing to do with them & then complain that they don't want to integrate when we make it difficult for them.
Go to any Northern working class area & you'll find that Asians are separate as much because the whites want nothing to do with them as them keeping to themselves. -
Comment number 551.
TRojandog
1 Hour agoIt's a natural desire for immigrants to live close together and form their own communities and lifestyles. This is not unique to the UK. Go to Spain and you will see British enclaves with pubs, cricket and C of E churches. Go to Costa Rica and you will see Americans living in gated communities celebrating the 4th July and Thanksgiving.
You cannot force people to integrate. -
Comment number 415.
seamus mooney
2 Hours agoAs an immigrant to this country who has also lived in America, what is different is that immigrants who settle in america want to embrace the culture and become american. This doesn't happen here as freely and it's down to Britain's imperial past where the dynamic was one of master/subservient, which still pervades somewhat. Ed has his work cut-out but I wish all the best!
I saw some Albanians in the England watching football in a pub. England was playing against another nation's team - England scored- the Albanians hit the ceiling with joy!
For all the negativity England must be doing something right.