I perhaps have a better understanding of political machinations, than the woman on the tram, but even after a lifetime of political observation,I admit to being utterly bewildered by our immigration policy.

During the last decade we lived through a phoney boom based on credit which in the main could never be repaid.
At the height of this "boom", the labour government actively encouraged "economic immigration" from Eastern Europe.....in the words of our govt ministers, "to make our economy more competitive in the global marketplace"......I will leave you to interpret that statement.

Now our young people are faced with no future, as there are no jobs and no houses for them.....jobs ans social housing have gone in most cases to the immigrants.

There is a growing sense of resentment towards these people ....as shown by the attitude of the "tramlady"....which is understandable, but totally wrong.

The resentment should be aimed at successive UK governments who have cynically used people as pawns to prop up a system which has been shown to have failed us all.

As conditions worsen, be prepared to see a backlash against these economic immigrants, who are already packing their bags for home, as the ship gets lower in the water.

The Political correctness and "liberal" facism, which we were warned about by George Orwell will solve none of the problems surrounding this issue, no matter how much "liberal" Mudcats tut tut or shake their old grey heads.