Yes, this *is* racist bollocks.

"There were flats for Iraqis and Afghans/But never a one with my name."

Bullshit. Immigrants are currently being housed in what are essentially prisons. Some have rioted to protest against the conditions in there. A recent "hidden camera" documentary shows how these places are run.

Now certainly ex-squaddies have had a raw deal in the past (and today - think Gulf War Syndrome), but this isn't the fault of immigrants. Partly it's the fault of the Army for not providing backup and retraining when soldiers go back to civvie life; partly it's the fault of employers who don't know what soldiers can do for them; and partly it's the fault of ex-soldiers who can't see that they can't treat other employees like lower-ranking soldiers, or who expect to have their lives run for them in the same way the Army did. Immigrants are *nowhere* on the list of people responsible for ex-squaddies failing to adjust to Civvie Street.

Graham.