DREWspective

In less than a month’s time, the Mayor of London - and I hope to God it’s a new one - will be elected.

Last week, the almost unbelievable happened: a leaflet from the BNP was sent in the post, addressed to nobody in particular. Of course, I didn’t know it was from them until I opened it.

It turns out that they themselves are putting forward a candidate for the mayoral position, with their main issue being the state of the immigration system in the UK. They blamed the wave of immigrants for housing problems, crime, unemployment and a few other things I can’t remember. A selection of people - mostly, if not all white - were quoted as being in agreement, complete with photos.

Now, I ain’t no fool; I don’t trust the BNP with the dead skin off my dick. If they came knocking down my door, offering me a hook-up with a girl just like Valisa, there’s no way I’d give them my vote. (The brown skin takes care of that.)

But, as much I’d hate to admit it, there is one thing myself and the BNP agree upon.

My scope doesn’t extend very far out of London, but it’s obvious, even to the blind, that there are way too many people in this country.  You know there are way too many when you can’t afford to buy a house or even rent, or when you go to work in the morning and find yourself pushing past a solid wall of drones. (Sorry - commuters.)

I thought the situation was "bad" enough years ago, when it seemed eastern Asians were coming over by the plane load. That was nothing, compared to the influx of eastern Europeans, once certain countries were accepted into the European Union. I’ve heard, and am starting to see, Chinese people getting in on the action as well.

Before you call me a racist, I’m not targeting or blaming any particular group of people. Resident Brits are adding to the problem as well, when they have large families and consume more than they need.

No blame, that is, unless we’re talking about the government. At the end of the day, they’ve let all of these people in, usually without any kind of warning (there wasn’t even a limit on the number of Polish people who could enter the country), while providing benefits to those who don’t want to work.

For me, when people complain about immigration and there being too many people coming into the country, it seems to be about what the government calls multiculturalism - or what I call "otherculturalism". Otherculturalism is where the traditions of a particular culture is compromised to make way for outside traditions, to the extent that it gets overridden completely.

Though not restricted to religion, one good example of otherculturalism is Christmas. Is there anyone who isn’t "offended" by something about it these days?

I personally don’t have any problem with anybody of any ethnicity, nationality or so on, as long as they pull their weight and aren’t up their own arse. It’s a cliché, but I mean it.

The problem as I see it - and a few of you think so as well - is when immigrants and people who don’t pull their weight are treated (or at least, perceived to be treated) like royalty, compared to long-standing nationals who work their arses off and get almost nothing back.

There’s that, and the idea (sometimes fact) that these people - foreign or national - separate themselves. Sometimes they choose to do it, but I’ve heard from a Czech girl that the government likes to place immigrants from particular countries in particular areas.

What really doesn’t help - and this is where I see that people get angry - is that the government keeps us in the dark about who the heck these people really are, where they came from and why they’re here; in the meantime they’re suddenly working with you at your job, while strange buildings and weird shops with funny-looking language are being opened in your town.

While I certainly wasn’t angry, I remember being very confused and uninformed, when I’d come home from university in 2002, and found Polish shops in my local area. Back in high school, there were increasing numbers of Somalian kids at one point. Both times, nobody had said a thing. I ended up making a fool of myself.

Before you accuse me of being a racist again, I should mention the biggest culprits of otherculturalism:

Brits.

Have you seen what we’ve (read: you’ve) done to Spain? The Meditteranean? Any other popular holiday destination? If not, I suggest you go to any of those places, during the summer.