It remains unclear how the proposals would work in practice but it is likely NHS staff would be asked to check healthcare entitlements when immigrants first came into contact with the NHS.
This is one of the most stupid ideas I have come across in an age of stupid ideas. Can he really imagine one of our cherished hospitals turning away a sick person of whatever nationality or financial means?
Millions of pounds, in debts incurred by foreign nationals, have already been written off by the NHS.
And he has a bloody cheek putting the responsibility onto our already overworked and underpaid healthcare staff.
No, the real key to limiting immigration from Eastern Europe is simply not to let the buggers in in the first place! A job which should not be given to the UK Border Agency which has so far proved to be utterly feckless, incompetent and not fit for purpose.
It also concerns me that the government might give any credibility at all to Bulgarian Ambassador Konstantin Dimitrov who plays down fears of mass immigration to the UK by pointing to the low levels of migrants to Ireland when that country opened its borders.
But what sensible Bulgarian would voluntarily go to a country which is on the verge of bankruptcy and is riven with terrorism and crime?
More frightening still is that Downing Street says that:
The Government is determined to prevent potential damage to the labour market from a fresh influx of migrants, but acknowledges Britain will have to operate within EU rules on the right to free movement. The Government is also examining the idea of an ad campaign telling potential migrants in Romania and Bulgaria that British streets are not necessarily ‘paved with gold’
Eh! Pardon moi. Might it not be better to say that the streets of Britain ARE MOST DEFINITELY NOT paved with gold rather than 'not necessarily' Or just refer them to any British old age pensioner who would be able to furnish them with the truth of the matter.
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