Boston grassroots protest

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-20385250

Boston protest held over immigration levels

A protest against "high-levels" of immigration in a Lincolnshire market town has taken place.

The Boston Protest Group said the "peaceful demonstration" was aimed at highlighting the pressure put on local services by migrant workers.

About 300 people gathered at the Herbert Ingram memorial for the demonstration, which organisers said was not aimed at individuals.

An estimated 9,000 foreign workers have settled in the town in recent years.

Protest organiser Dean Everitt said: "We had a good turnout of people, the right people, and we put our point across peacefully.

"I hope national government are going to know what we've done - we'll take it to Westminster until we get this issue sorted out."

He added: "We've proved a point - we're not right-wing thugs, we're not racists, we're just everyday people that are fed up and sick to the back teeth of migration.

"I work with Polish people and even they've said there are far too many here now."

But migrant worker Martins Zagers said some English people were not prepared to work in local factories because "it was a hard job".

"I work in a factory where there are only Polish, Latvian and Lithuanians," he said.

"From my side I am working hard and I will not take benefits - I am too proud to take benefits."

A protest march planned for last year was cancelled after the borough council agreed to set up a task force.

A report on population change was published as a result, but campaigners said it had not gone "far enough" and government still needed to listen.

The Home Office said it was working to cut net migration from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands by the end of this Parliament and its tough new rules were already taking effect.

Mr Everitt said further protests were being organised - with the next one likely to take place in Spalding.

You know, this makes me really happy. For a long time most of us who have ours heads screwed on properly (the majority of the British people) have wanted out of the European Union and to have sensible immigration policies - yet the British have always stayed rather quiet about politics as compared with the likes of the French who have historically had uprisings every century since the beginning of time itself.

The point is, people are simply becoming angry as we just aren't being listened to.

The fact this is a grassroots protest without political involvement is really encouraging, let's hope more people start standing up over issues such as mass immigration, the EU, foreign aid, poor schools, pointless wars and so on. The continued rise of UKIP in the polls, independent protests, the failing Euro and the Tory Party pulling itself apart - here's to 2013.

Interesting anyway, thoughts?