Untermensch?

Not long after I'd left work at lunchtime, I found myself on a bus, sitting opposite a delightful little boy - and little is the operative word, he was only 4 or 5 - pretty, blond hair, cheeky smile, full of life, chattering away nineteen to the dozen to his mother. The only thing is, the chatter was in some Eastern European language (Polish, I think). Given their current triumphalism after the European elections, it made me wonder what Farage and his bunch of fascist xenophobes would have made of the little guy - probably would have wanted to have him and his mother summarily deported, given half a chance, after Farage's comments about Romanians in the runup to the elections. What these people seem blissfully unaware of (or maybe deliberately choose to ignore) is that everyone in this country is, ultimately, of immigrant stock, given that Britain was effectively uninhabited at the end of the last Ice Age, and the vast majority of those immigrants came here for what can be called 'economic' reasons, to try and build a better life for themselves and their families. As I said to K when I phoned her a short while ago, if UKIP and their ilk ever come to power, it will be time to leave the country.

Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B