The Who frontman, Roger Daltrey: 'I will never forgive Labour on immigration'

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Roger Daltrey: ‘I will never forgive Labour for their immigration policies’

Roger Daltrey, The Who frontman, says that he is angry that Labour's mass immigration policies have taken jobs from his friends

Roger Daltrey is known for his outspoken criticism of mass immigration

Roger Daltrey, the lead singer of The Who, says he will never forgive Labour for their mass immigration policies as he says they “destroyed the jobs of my mates”.

The musician, who once supported the party, says that they have let down his generation by allowing an influx of workers which resulted in jobs being undercut because of “stupid thinking on Europe”.

It is the immigrants who get wrongly blamed for the problems, Daltrey says, when actually it was a political mistake which caused them.

"I will never, ever forgive the Labour party for allowing this mass immigration with no demands put on what people should be paid when they come to this country. I will never forgive them for destroying the jobs of my mates, because they allowed their jobs to be undercut with stupid thinking on Europe, letting them all in, so they can live 10 to a room, working for Polish wages,” he told the Sunday Times magazine.

“I've got nothing against the Poles at all, but that was a political mistake and it made me very angry. And the people who get it in the neck are the immigrants, and it's not their fault."

He refused to rule out voting for Nigel Farage in the election, saying that at the moment he does not who will get his support.

Daltrey, 69, grew up in working class Shepherd's Bush, west London, and is fiercely proud of his roots.

He has spoken out about the impact of immigration on the British working classes before, claiming two years ago that the coalition did not “have the balls” to tackle the problem.

This time his attack is aimed directly at Labour and the European Union, the bureaucracy of which he says that he “can’t stand”, adding: “It’s detrimental to the whole place”.

The singer also criticised politicians over their use of social networking sites, particularly Twitter, asking how they find the time to come up with mundane postings when they should be concentrating on running the country.

“I find it really worrying that politicians tweet. That really worries the f*** out of me,” he said.

“They should be sitting there thinking about doing a good job rather than telling us what they had for breakfast or what colour suit they're wearing.”

Modern technology has taken the joy out of life, he says, and we got more done before the invention of smartphones.

“We're just busy doing nothing now”, said Daltrey, who runs a trout fishery at his home in East Sussex. “We've got no time to contemplate, no time to dream.”

You could say that Roger Won't Get Fooled Again. Baa dum tssk.

But could he be anymore right? Youth unemployment stands at the million mark yet our government continue to tell us that it's our economic benefit that we allow our country to be flooded by half a million migrants every year.

Time people started speaking up and doing something about it, like Mr Daltrey bravely has. I'm not normally a fan of what out of touch celebs usually have to say, but in this case he's in touch and spot on.

Thoughts?

[Kardan]

Do we need a news story everytime a celebrity announces their political opinion?

Anyways, let's say that UKIP get into power, and they get us out of the EU, and nobody can just stroll into the country because they are in the EU. What about all the people that are already in the country? Yes, we stop it from getting any worse, but how do they make it better?

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Do we need a news story everytime a celebrity announces their political opinion?

I've only posted this one article concerning a celebrity, so that's a question for others to answer.

Anyways, let's say that UKIP get into power, and they get us out of the EU, and nobody can just stroll into the country because they are in the EU. What about all the people that are already in the country? Yes, we stop it from getting any worse, but how do they make it better?

Well the damage is done in many cases, however i'm sure you are not arguing that just because we're in a total mess regarding immigration we should therefore sit back and let it get worse - and, as David Blunkett and others have warned - risk possible riots. If you have a severe leak in your roof, you do not sit back and wait for the entire roof to fall in: you fix the problem before it causes more damage.

In any case, what happens to the EU nationals already here would be upto the government and post-EU policy. In the event of EU withdrawal which would take 2 years+, a visa system would be introduced with work visas, student visas and settlement rights. Clearly if an EU national is working, culturally integrated into the country and has no criminal record then they would be welcome to stay and possibly eligable to apply for settlement rights. However if they are not working, remain seperate from the rest of the country and have a criminal record then they would be denied a visa of any kind and would have to leave voluntarily or be deported.

Does that answer satisfy your question?