A muslim attack on christmas!! No, wait...

[Papewaio]

If it is culture (memes) not ethnic groups (genes) that one wishes to stop than you have next to no chance. Might as well stop the tide with a bucket.

Culture spreads beyond ethnic groups. It's how come after two generations immigrant kids mostly speak with a local accent and have local expectations and desires.

To stop culture spreading you have to stop communication spreading. You would have to stop tv, cable, satellite and the Internet and we know how well off North Koreans are off in their culturally isolated paradise.

Immigrant parents complain about children becomming westernized. Then they visit their families back where they first came from and find their nephews and necies just as if not more imbedded in western ideas.

If UK wants to kick out all memes from other cultures not born within its shores than it will have to gut some 2/3rds plus of its language. Other ideas such as lager and curry I'd have to pry from dead cold hands.

[HoreTore]

England has no more control over immigration than over the weather?????

Unless you propose building a wall all around england with a guard tower every 50 metres, then no, immigration isn't something you can affect much.

Or bring an end to world poverty and exploitation, of course, that would shut immigration down instantly. Good luck.

If none of the above is Viable, the best you can hope for is to shift the current over to another european country.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Unless you propose building a wall all around england with a guard tower every 50 metres, then no, immigration isn't something you can affect much.

I suggest a moat. A really wide one.

[HoreTore]

I suggest a moat. A really wide one.

You'd need to massacre them at the border.

Fortunately, should any leader willing to do that gain control of England, the US will show up and crush the tiny european military once again.

[Kralizec]

Unless you propose building a wall all around england with a guard tower every 50 metres, then no, immigration isn't something you can affect much.

Or bring an end to world poverty and exploitation, of course, that would shut immigration down instantly. Good luck.

If none of the above is Viable, the best you can hope for is to shift the current over to another european country.

It's true that restrictive immigration policies don't stop a certain amount of people from going to [insert country] anyway.

Common sense would say, however, that without those restrictive policies the amount would be a lot larger. Admittedly allowing anyone in would at least get rid of the problem of illegal aliens, but there would simply be too many to handle.

And do remember that not every country is like Norway - you have almost 10 times the amount of land that we do, and less then a third of our population.

[Greyblades]

You'd need to massacre them at the border.

Fortunately, should any leader willing to do that gain control of England, the US will show up and crush the tiny european military once again.

Once again?

[Beskar]

Once again?

He was doing a slight godwin reference, hinted through the use of "European Military".

[Greyblades]

Oh, OK then.
Though what's this crud about European millitary?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Oh, OK then.
Though what's this crud about European millitary?

Not a Godwin, just missing "their" and it's a little tease.