tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post5910914960200962558..comments2023-10-14T23:56:22.016-10:00Comments on Reflecting Light: U.K. exports professionals, imports manual workersRick Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-75266478395820955262007-04-10T05:39:00.000-10:002007-04-10T05:39:00.000-10:00Also...I think it's difficult for Americans to com...Also...I think it's difficult for Americans to comprehend what an overwhelming catastrophe WWI was for Europe.<BR/><BR/>The chapel at the French military academy at St-Cyr had a memorial with the names of graduates killed in France's various wars. I've read that for the class of 1914, it reads simply "The Class of 1914."David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-28516719245593258562007-04-10T05:37:00.000-10:002007-04-10T05:37:00.000-10:00It's interesting to read the writings of C S Lewis...It's interesting to read the writings of C S Lewis circa 1950. Many of the factors now plaguing Britain were present then, and present in pretty virulent form. I have to believe the trend must have reversed and re-reversed at some points: if it had been straight linear down since Lewis wrote, the place would have long since completely disintegrated.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-84812147093368540712007-04-10T03:27:00.000-10:002007-04-10T03:27:00.000-10:00Britain's loss is Oz's gain, I'm sure.By the way, ...Britain's loss is Oz's gain, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>By the way, you are mentioned in one of the latest postings on Lawrence Auster's site.Rick Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-89804713520345706082007-04-09T14:49:00.000-10:002007-04-09T14:49:00.000-10:00There are two British emigrant professional couple...There are two British emigrant professional couples (with young children) living nearby in my street here in Melbourne, Australia. Really nice people and certainly a loss to Britain.<BR/><BR/>An interesting feature of the article you link you is that it reveals that the British Chamber of Commerce is no longer supporting unchecked immigration.<BR/><BR/>So it's certainly not the case that the Government is reluctantly going along with something demanded by big business interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com