okay chapter and verse.

10 years ago, an old school friend invited me back for a meal. he'd never left our hometown , Boston, Lincs. as a surprise he invited two of my old classmates, and their wives.

during the evening everyone asked me about where i lived and everyone - all boston residents said that their lives had been adversely affected by the influx of east european tmmigrants. mainly just women who were working desk jobs where they got treated rudely, no longer felt the streets and public areas were safe or pleasant.

it transpired one of those friends ran a quid shop on t'the green'. a market area in boston, which has never been green, but that's what its called. i sad okay, before i go home tomorrow - i'll check out your shop.

so the next day i called in and bought some things, and we were standing on the market area talking to our shopkeeper friend, before driving home.

whist we were standing there, three or four young very tall and rather strangely dressed young men ran into the shop.   i asked who they were.. i was told they were eastern european looters. how he divined they were easter european, i have no idea. perhaps he knew them previously.

i said, call the police. iwas told there was no point in doing so. it was a quid shop. they could take what they wanted. he was not going to risk his staff by resisting , or presumably reprisal.

i was upset - it was a town my dad had policed for twenty five years. does it sound to you as though the influx of eastern europeans had adversely affected the situation.

it pissed me off at the time to have my simple anecdote labelled as racist. however what pisses me off even more is that bloody abuse is still going on, and it's just vandalism of a noble enterprise like mudcat.

to characterise Farage's scrupulous adherence to democratic process over 25 years to attempt stop the EU looting the british economy as 'the tramp of nazi jackboots'....it precludes sensible debate.