Keith, there is absoltuely no relevance in how much the NHS is spending on immigrant mothers. If they've paid their tax and NI, they are fully entitled to use the services of the country they're living in. Nor is there any relevance in lack of affordable or government-owned housing. Both these are symptoms of a deeper problem, which is a government banking the money and failing to distribute it where it's needed - hospitals and local housing have been underfunded since before the fall of the Iron Curtain, and the fact that this hasn't changed is not the fault of any recent immigrants.

Rise in house prices linked to immigration? First I've heard of it. You reckon all these immigrants on minimum wage are buying houses at £200-300k? Sorry, that's rubbish.

London jammed? News flash - London has been jammed for the last 400 years. It's an old city with a traffic system designed for people on donkeys, so go figure. And Londoners moving away in numbers - when did that happen? Being the capital, it's got all the banks, most of the lawyers, most of the large companies, most of the transport links, in fact most of everything. So more companies are based in London, and they hire more people, who live in (surprise!) London and surrounding towns.

Shortage of evening classes to learn English? Well bugger me - there's all these people WANTING TO INTEGRATE FULLY INTO BRITISH SOCIETY!!! What was your objection again?

As for Britain having regulation and control of immigrants like other countries - guess what, it does! Non-EU workers need visas and work permits, same as anywhere else in the world. Sure, there's no restriction on EU workers, because that's the point of the EU. If you wanted to go and work in Spain or Germany or wherever else in Europe, you'd have the same rights to go and work there if you wanted. I've seen more than a few British people working in bars and restaurants round Europe, same as we have Europeans working in bars and restaurants here. Big fat hairy deal.

For keeping Brits out of "entry level jobs", remember that the jobs these folks are taking are not so much "entry level" as "never-going-anywhere". You don't have career prospects on a sugar beet farm.

Graham.