An Unpublished Letter to 'The Daily Telegraph', Part I: Tom Utley
(Note- Tom Utley of the 'Daily Telegraph' has just come out and said it this morning "The Poles - a boon for me and Britain". Read the piece. I have sent the Telegraph the following letter , which I am very confident they will not publish - and then I'm going to send it to Mr. Utley directly. )
"Letters Editor
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
25/11/2005
Dear Sirs,
Tom Utley's paean of praise for his Polish cleaning lady raises as many questions as it answers (Opinion, Online, November 30)
Firstly, why won't Mr. Utley act like a responsible householder and clean his own house? If he has a scruple concerning hygiene, a good sturdy toilet brush can be had from Woolworths for between £4.99 and £9.99.
Secondly, if he is not prepared to clean his own house, why should he then receive a discount on the cost that he is prepared to pay for someone else to do it for him? Were his previous, I assume British, cleaners too expensive for him? And if so, why didn't he break out the rubber gloves and get to grips with his own dirt years ago?
Thirdly, although it may be extremely honest of him to refer to the huge influx of 'cheap labour' inot London, it's also hugely disrespectful.
Fourthly, doesn't he think it's immoral that he pays a 'highly intelligent, conscientious and sweet-natured young economics graduate' to clean up after him, a post for which she is clearly over-educated? On the other hand, the massive expansion of the university sector in the UK since 1991 has resulted in swathes of British graduates being unable to find work in this country commensurate with their qualifications. I work with many of them, and I can attest that they are "highly intelligent, conscientious and sweet-natured" and that many are "prepared to accept much less for their services than their qualifications deserve". Why doesn't Mr. Utley spare a thought for them? And precisely what are Mr. Utley's qualifications for the post he holds?
Fifthly, Mr. Utley states that "the newcomers bring very few of the racial, religious or cultural tensions that came with earlier waves of immigrants. Like many Britons, I have a soft spot for the Poles, whose pilots played such a heroic role in the Battle of Britain". Upon what evidence does he make his first sweeping assertion? And although my admiration for the Polish pilots of the Battle of Britain is on a par with his, I also have regard for all the British soldiers, sailers and airmen who lost their lives fighting the Third Reich to liberate Poland, and whose grandchildren are now being deliberately excluded by their own government from their own labour market because they won't pander to people who seem to have no scruples about hiring graduates in order to clean their houses - and who then have to read editorials praising this system by the likes of Mr. Utley.
Finally, Mr. Utley produces the argument which should be hailed as the Omega Canard of Immigrationism, the one its proponents use whenever all other means are exhausted -
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
25/11/2005
Dear Sirs,
Tom Utley's paean of praise for his Polish cleaning lady raises as many questions as it answers (Opinion, Online, November 30)
Firstly, why won't Mr. Utley act like a responsible householder and clean his own house? If he has a scruple concerning hygiene, a good sturdy toilet brush can be had from Woolworths for between £4.99 and £9.99.
Secondly, if he is not prepared to clean his own house, why should he then receive a discount on the cost that he is prepared to pay for someone else to do it for him? Were his previous, I assume British, cleaners too expensive for him? And if so, why didn't he break out the rubber gloves and get to grips with his own dirt years ago?
Thirdly, although it may be extremely honest of him to refer to the huge influx of 'cheap labour' inot London, it's also hugely disrespectful.
Fourthly, doesn't he think it's immoral that he pays a 'highly intelligent, conscientious and sweet-natured young economics graduate' to clean up after him, a post for which she is clearly over-educated? On the other hand, the massive expansion of the university sector in the UK since 1991 has resulted in swathes of British graduates being unable to find work in this country commensurate with their qualifications. I work with many of them, and I can attest that they are "highly intelligent, conscientious and sweet-natured" and that many are "prepared to accept much less for their services than their qualifications deserve". Why doesn't Mr. Utley spare a thought for them? And precisely what are Mr. Utley's qualifications for the post he holds?
Fifthly, Mr. Utley states that "the newcomers bring very few of the racial, religious or cultural tensions that came with earlier waves of immigrants. Like many Britons, I have a soft spot for the Poles, whose pilots played such a heroic role in the Battle of Britain". Upon what evidence does he make his first sweeping assertion? And although my admiration for the Polish pilots of the Battle of Britain is on a par with his, I also have regard for all the British soldiers, sailers and airmen who lost their lives fighting the Third Reich to liberate Poland, and whose grandchildren are now being deliberately excluded by their own government from their own labour market because they won't pander to people who seem to have no scruples about hiring graduates in order to clean their houses - and who then have to read editorials praising this system by the likes of Mr. Utley.
Finally, Mr. Utley produces the argument which should be hailed as the Omega Canard of Immigrationism, the one its proponents use whenever all other means are exhausted -
"I rejoice that so many eastern Europeans have come to Britain, to do the jobs that so many of us are too lazy or spoilt to do". Ah, yes, the jobs we won't do!
Like cleaning our own houses!
Yours faithfully,
Martin Kelly, LL.B., Dip.L.P."
Like cleaning our own houses!
Yours faithfully,
Martin Kelly, LL.B., Dip.L.P."
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