Enoch Starmer and our 'Island of Strangers' Ep 140. 14 May 2025

Alistair McConnachie of pro-UK unionist campaign group and think tank, A Force For Good (AFFG), American historian, author and singer-songwriter Avellina Balestri, and viewers discuss:
- Welcome.
- Keir Starmer's remarkable Speech!
- His White Paper admits that immigration does not lead to economic growth!
- And it emphasises the importance of building home-grown skills - "the damage has been incalculable".
- Reform UK have every reason to panic!
- Foreign care worker recruitment to be abandoned.
- Applications for 'Indefinite Leave to Remain' now requiring a 10-year wait!
- Will Keir Starmer get this past the Invasion Migration Sector (which we pay for)?
- Starmer is rendering John Swinney and the SNP's "pro-immigration argument" irrelevant.
- GUEST Avellina Balestri:, Part 6 of Avellina's series on Scottish and British Loyalists in the USA in the 18th century; Sir Peter Halkett; born in Pitfirrane Castle, Dunfermline; engaged in the Jacobite Conflict; his conflict at the Battle of Prestonpans; captured and promises not to fight them again; Duke of Cumberland kicks him out of Army: Cumberland "enabled" Butler's "Life of the Saints"; Halkett recognised as a "symbol of honour" across Scotland; George II intervenes to restore Halkett into the Army; killed at the Battle of Monongahela, 1755; buried in Highland Plaid; Halkett's Legacy; Avellina's book and songs, links below.
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REFERENCES
Keir Starmer's Speech at launch of White Paper, 12-5-25:
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-remarks-at-immigration-white-paper-press-conference-12-may-2025

"Restoring Control over the Immigration System", White Paper, May 2025 (downloadable as a PDF): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6821f334ced319d02c906103/restoring-control-over-the-immigration-system-web-optimised.pdf

LINKS FOR GUEST
Avellina Balestri Website: https://www.AvellinaBalestri.com

Avellina's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@avellinabalestri

Avellina's Book: "All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier"
https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Ye-That-Pass-Soldier/dp/B0D9QMCS6N

Avellina's "Braddock's Sash" Song, at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_AnzKfFSkQ

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This is the 140th episode of "Good Evening Britain" broadcast on Wednesday 14th May 2025.