A genuine mistake Moley.

Hope Mr McDonnell a speedy recovery, on the political side of things I don't think Hayes would have turned out like it has with Terry Dicks in charge though.

as the man with a wooden leg said its a matter of a pinion

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Its not always the biggest and the bestest, its them that make the least mistakes.

Can see your point but the reality is the local MP has very little influence on the demographic of an area.

You can pin the blame for that on the local council. Sad news is Hayes is one of the poorer parts of LBH so it gets the short straw.

The local Hayes and Harlington Facebook page has gained a lot of members over the summer many of which moved away some years ago. It is quite an eye opener reading their comments on how they can see how the town has gone downhill over the last decade.

I was born and spent the first years in Fulham, Dad moved us out into the Country side away from the hustle and bustle into the Country side, into brand new house in Shakespeare ave, went to Yeading lane school in the brand new infants part, then into the juniors as the Blitz got under weigh, saw out the war got my first Job at the Kandya furniture factory, seen so many changes from the underground air raid shelters along the Uxbridge rd opposite the swimming pool now a bingo hall from the Savoy cinema, the Saturday morning cinema at the Corinth, the two craters we used as cross county biking, would play in the cow field opposite the Adam and Eve when they built the haystack each year, watch the trams up and down the Uxbridge road ah them were the good old day's in Hayes

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Its not always the biggest and the bestest, its them that make the least mistakes.

You should come back to the good old Uxbridge Road to reminisce, it's....erm....interesting nowadays, let's put it that way

The trouble is mate the UK economy has become reliant on growth. Without that growth it stagnates and brings about the threat of deflation the one thing Governments and Banks fear the most.

To get that growth the economy needs needs bodies to work and contribute to GDP. This is why all governments allow pretty much unfettered immigration for those that can bring a skill (or money) to the UK. Same thing for the EU unrestricted movement across the zone, not forgetting the UK borders open on masse on Jan 1st 14 to Romanians and Bulgarians wanting to come here to seek work without restriction.

It boils down to this

Do you like high property values and decent wages and enjoy the lifestyle you do? Maybe you are a pensioner, the level of your state pension would not be as high (or low) as it is without that immigration.

If immigration was halted then property values would plunge and over the medium term your standard of living would decrease markedly.

Personally I don't like high property values and fear for my kids ever being able to afford anything when they get older buy hey we live in a democratic society so the will of the many rules so to speak. I also don't particularly like the way I am being forced to live in a multi-cultural society but again the will of the many delivers the Government who decides these policies.

The cultural mix of the 70's/80' was about right. We had people (immigrants here) from across the old empire and lot of these people had come here to work and definitely bring something to the table of UKPLC.

Perhaps not so the siltation today. We have a lot more Islamic extremists and persons who think they can defy judges by refusing to remove face veils in Court.

Now who do I vote for to get back to that situation of the 70's/80's?