When born I am issued with a unique birth certificate and number, as soon as I start work, I have a National Insurance number used for this and tax purposes, when I marry a marriage certificate and when I die a death certificate and number. Then of course there is passport, driving licence, NHS number, Council Tax, etc. etc..
In this modern technological age with instant communication, I can use Google or any search engine and get thousands of matches within seconds and yet the State seems unable to do these simple tasks to find out who is legally registered in the system.
In the absence of a National Identity card and number (too expensive to implement), then the National Insurance number is the key identity tag, it shows that someone is or has been contributing to the economy as a working member of Society, with a complete record of such contributions.
It is a unique active identity number which can be readily tracked and verified and then cancelled at death, it is regularly up-dated by Employers and the Tax Office and therefore ideal for identity checks, if the basic information was available on a search database.
Applications for work, benefit or any form of identity could be checked out without costly searches to confirm only one individual exists and the latest address, work details and legitimacy to work and live in the UK, what could be simpler and a quick and ready method of tracking individuals, without affecting their rights.
The database exists and could be instantly available for identity checks and a legal requirement for any employment, it could also be used to establish the right to earned benefits above poverty levels and final pension rights. The information is there and should be used, giving a quicker and simpler method of tracking legal citizens.
We seem loath to implement any sort of controls on migrants, legal or otherwise, we cannot deport terrorists or prevent mass entry or visitors who enter the country purely to exploit the welfare system or health service or even for criminal activities. They export money out of the country affecting trade balance and undermining the economy.
We are hidebound by human rights and EU regulations, which we obey meticulously at great legal and other costs, whilst the rest of Europe ignore such limitations, shipping illegals back or better still on to us, regardless. Next year we can expect another wave of new EU members without restriction and who we will support, whilst our own citizens suffer deprivation, homelessness or poverty or if in work doing more for less return.
If you go to the US, Australia or other major country, you need a visa and cannot stay longer than a visitor period; you need a limited time period work permit and often need residency status to get a permanent job and certainly to claim any benefit or health care, even if it is available.
Immigrants play an important part in our work force, but they need to be part of that work force, contributing to Society and if they stay for a longer time need to become British in outlook. We cannot afford welfare migrants; need to be tough about dealing with them and enforcing border controls, even if they are European in origin.
It is all about plain common sense,
which appears to be lacking in European bureaucracy and even in our own. I am
not a secular, Britain for the British type of person, but they do need to be
given priority when scarce resources are concerned in housing, welfare, health
and social care.
We appear to be increasingly
governed by minority interests, whether it be big business, the anti everything
brigade or the goody goody idealists. They should be firmly put in their place
with the interests of the Country and its real citizens as the first priority.
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