Come to the Forest of Dean, dear Roma

The Minister for Immigration, Mark Harper, has been trying to pretend that Britain is not in fact about to be flooded by immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria.

 

Apparently his reasoning is that people in those countries who wish to migrate to the west will opt for Germany and Italy and Spain instead.  Perhaps he could tell that to the people who live near Marble Arch, who have to contend with homeless east European immigrants.  He could even try talking to people in the Page Hall area of Sheffield.

 

Personally I think it would be ill-judged of Bulgarian or Romanian immigrants to head for either Page Hall or Park Lane when they could instead set up camp in that beautiful area of Gloucestershire which lies between the River Severn and the Welsh border.  The local MP is called Mark Harper.  Let's see how he likes the impact of Britain's open borders on his home turf.