"I have never welcomed the weakening of family ties by politics or pressure" - Nelson Mandela.
"He who travels for love finds a thousand miles no longer than one" - Japanese proverb.
"Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence." - Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
"When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change". -
David Cameron.

Saturday 8 February 2014

Immigration minister Mark Harper has resigned from the government after it emerged his cleaner did not have permission to work in the UK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26101442

"I am extremely sorry to lose him from the Home Office but I am confident that he will be able to bring his considerable talents to government as a minister again in future."


So no £10,000 fine then. ( http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-immigration-bill-reduce-illegal-immigrants/16004 )



https://twitter.com/OwenJones84 :
Various people who I suspect are on first terms with Mark Harper are going on about how decent he is. He was behind the 'Go Home' vans.

https://twitter.com/IanDunt :
Spare me the praise for Harper's honour. Think instead about his cleaner, who will be deported without anyone mentioning her better nature.

https://twitter.com/MigrantVoiceUK :
if an immigration minister didn't know how will landlords, hospitals, surgeries, teachers... As per #ImmigrationBill £10k fine?

https://twitter.com/NoXenophobia :
ByeBye Mark Harper, tough isn't it - checking someone's immigration status? #stoptheimmigrationbill

https://twitter.com/ColinYeo1 :
The exchange of letters between Harper and Cameron suggests he has in fact 'broken the law' and is liable for a civil penalty. More soon...

https://twitter.com/thedharmablues :
Employing a person is no reason to resign. Ruining lives and destroying families for political gain, now that's a much better reason.

https://twitter.com/EiriOhtani :
I'd like to thank Mark Harper for demonstrating that requirement to check pple's immigration status is just unworkable. #stopImmigrationBill

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