Just now I was going to tell you about the “squatter’s rights” that illegal immigrants have in the UK —if they hang out in Britain for 14 years illegally they can then apply to stay! Here it is at Counter Jihad blog (it is a story from the Telegraph). However a story posted in the sidebar at the Telegraph entitled, ‘Immigrants to be taught how to queue,’ attracted my attention instead.
Foreigners applying to settle in the UK will have to learn about the revered British practice of forming an orderly line for everything from buses to sandwiches.
While the idea may sound like a joke, ministers insist they are entirely serious and want to indoctrinate migrants more effectively into the British way of life.
They claim a lot of tension in communities is caused by immigrants not understanding that they must wait in line for services rather than barging to the front.
This is not their fault, ministers say, but happens because in less-wealthy countries the only way to get access to necessities is to push yourself forward.
But to elderly people waiting in bus queues, for example, such behaviour can be off-putting and frightening.
Phil Woolas, the immigration minister, confirmed that he was pushing the idea as part of moves to ensure immigrants integrate properly.
He said: “The simple act of taking one’s turn is one of the things that holds our country together. It is very important that newcomers take their place in queues whether it is for a bus or a cup of tea.
“It is central to the British sense of fair play and it is also better for everyone. Huge resentment is caused when people push in. [No kidding! It is one of the complaints I hear all the time with especially Muslim refugees–ed]
British citizenship tests include questions about such things! I doubt we have anything like this in the US.
Since 2005, foreign nationals applying for UK citizenship – which confers the right to a British passport – have been required to sit a written test at one of 90 centres across the country before taking part in a formal citizenship ceremony.
The 45-minute tests, introduced by David Blunkett, the then-home secretary, include questions on various aspects of the British way of life from politics to pop music.
The answers are all to be found in a 150-page book, Life in the UK, which applicants must study before sitting the exam. Topics covered veer from complicated matters of government procedure and welfare entitlement to the apparently banal.
The book already addresses the thorny question of what you should do if you spill someone’s pint in the pub, with the correct response being to buy them another one.
But, of course for the hundreds of thousands of illegals hiding out in the UK for the 14 years before they seek “squatters rights” whether they stand in line or buy a new pint for one spilled in the bar matters not. They will have had 14 years to irritate the Brits.
