http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21002988Quote:
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has warned that an "influx" of Romanians and Bulgarians would add to the existing housing problems in the UK.
But he refused to give an estimate of the numbers of people who might move to Britain after getting the right to live and work in the UK in December.
The man is a pillok I saw this programme. Pickles says 'I've not seen any numbers!' then 2 minutes later said 'He's not confident in any numbers' then 2 minutes later says 'He's seen all the numbers but can't be confident that they are correct.'
Neil asks 'Without giving a number do the numbers worry you?' Pickles just repeats 'He's not confident in the numbers'
You will be pleased to know this is his own Department providing the numbers and this is less than a year away.
By feck those numbers must be scaring him...........
The Romanians are already exploiting the UK system in terms of the numbers who are selling the Big Issue throughout UK cities (a recent court ruling classified this as 'self employment' allowing them to claim tax credits and child benefit).
Theresa May was asked in October what the Government intended to do about this potential influx from December 2013. She gave a weak poorly thought through response.
We are now 3 months closer to the event and Pickles as a Government spokesman is just as clueless.
I am truly concerned that we will be faced with a different level of immigrant behaviour come the influx of the Romanians and Bulgarians, and they will not be confined to London. No city will be immune if the diaspora of Romanian Big Issue sellers is anything to go by.
Successive Governments have not protected the British population and society from these immigration waves, and seem to be sleep walking into the next wave, despite the current mia culpa emanating from certain Labour politicians.
It is always a case of talking about closing the stable doors after the event.
But on the brighter front the powers that be are really worried that the EU referendum train is running away. This weekend we have had Heseltine (remember him?) saying the will of the British people matters not and the BBC (biased as ever) tearing the arse out of the 'we must stay in debate'
I saw Nigel Farage on Sky giving the alternate view but not on the BBC.
But to have the likes of the Obama administration and Hesletine amongst many others going on the record condemning a UK pullout shows they are getting really concerned.